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Ref : CR EIC 693/3/2
26 April 2006
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 155/2006
India : Initiation of Anti-Dumping Investigation concerning Import of Compact Discs-Recordable (CD-Rs) originating in or exported from certain economies including Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 144/2006, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India (hereafter as the Indian authority) has initiated an anti-dumping investigation against Compact Discs-Recordable (CD-Rs) originating in or exported from certain economies including Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. A copy of the notification is at Annex (pdf format) for reference. Salient points are set out below-
| (a) Date of Publication of the Notification | : | 4 April 2006 |
| (b) Product Coverage | : | Compact Discs-Recordable (CD-Rs). The product is classified under India's Customs Classification No. 8523.90.50. |
| (c) Procedures | : |
The Indian authority has invited certain known exporters in Hong Kong to respond to the investigation by furnishing information in the form and manner prescribed in the exporters questionnaire. The questionnaire can be downloaded from the Indian authority's web site (http://commerce.nic.in/) or obtained from this Department upon request.
Information submitted by the known exporters, who are being addressed by the Indian authority separately, should reach the Indian Authority within 40 days from 12 April 2006. Other interested parties may also furnish information in the form and manner prescribed in the exporters questionnaire. The completed questionnaire should reach the Indian authority within 40 days from 4 April 2006. Relevant information should be submitted to :
The Designated Authority |
| (d) Period of Investigation | : | The period of investigation for the purpose of present investigation is 1.10.2004 to 30.9.2005. |
BACKGROUND
- The Indian Authority initiated the proceeding on the basis of an application lodged by Optical Disc Manufacturers Welfare Association, New Delhi. It was alleged that imports of the product concerned were being dumped, thereby causing material injury to the Indian industry.
ENQUIRIES
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For traders involved in the exports of the subject product in the Guangdong Province, please contact CHEN Li-peng, Director-General of the Bureau of Fair Trade for Import and Export under the Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, at telephone number +86-20-3881 9913, or SHUAI Hai-yan, Deputy Director-General, at telephone number +86-20-3881 9915. The Bureau is responsible for, among others, conducting anti-dumping investigations, and guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong Province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the Guangdong Province.
- For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5698.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms. Mabel YU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.