Commercial Information Circular

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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

16 January 2024

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 67/2024

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of ironing boards originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 752/2019 of 17 October 2019, the European Commission published notice C/2024/788 on 16 January 2024 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of ironing boards originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202400788.

2.The product concerned is ironing boards, whether or not free-standing, with or without a steam-soaking and/or heating top and/or blowing top, including sleeve boards, and essential parts thereof, i.e. the legs, the top and the iron rest, currently falling within CN codes ex 3924 90 00, ex 4421 99 99, ex 7323 93 00, ex 7323 99 00, ex 8516 79 70 and ex 8516 90 00 (TARIC codes 3924 90 00 10, 4421 99 99 10, 7323 93 00 10, 7323 99 00 10, 8516 79 70 10 and 8516 90 00 51). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 3 October 2024.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 27 April 2007. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 42.3% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 18.1% to 39.6%).

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Tracy MAK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU comprises 27 member countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.