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Ref : EIC 111/3/10/1

25 September 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 768/2013

US : Antidumping and Countervailing Actions against Grain-oriented Electrical Steel from the Mainland of China: Institution of Investigations and Scheduling of Preliminary Phase Investigations

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 25 September 2013 the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigations to determine whether there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the US is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the US is materially retarded, by reason of imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from the Mainland of China that are alleged to be sold in the US at less than fair value and subsidised by the Government of the People's Republic of China. A copy of the FR notice is available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-25/pdf/2013-23277.pdf.

2.Interested parties wishing to participate in the investigations should file an entry of appearance with ITC not later than seven days after publication of the FR notice. Written submissions should reach ITC on or before 15 October 2013. Besides, ITC has scheduled a conference in connection with the investigations on 9 October 2013 in which parties wishing to participate should contact ITC no later than 7 October 2013 to arrange for their appearance.

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3. For traders involved in the exports of the subject product(s) in the Guangdong Province, please contact Zhang Ping, Director of the Bureau of Fair Trade for Import and Export under the Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, at 8620 3881 9932. The Bureau is responsible for, among others, conducting antidumping investigations, and guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong province in responding to antidumping investigations against products from the Guangdong Province.

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Linda Ng)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry