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Ref : CR EIC 230/2/1/1/2

12 April 2007

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 161/2007

European Union (EU)* : Termination of the Partial Interim Review of the Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Synthetic Staple Fibres of Polyesters Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 553/2005 of 29 December 2005, the Council of the EU (the Council) has published a regulation to terminate the partial interim review without amending the product scope of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of synthetic staple fibres of polyesters ( hereafter 'the product concerned' ) originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The regulation is accessible from the EU website at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_096/l_09620070411en00010006.pdf

DETAILS

2. The European Commission self-initiated a partial interim review on 22 December 2005 to examine whether low melt polyester staple fibres (LMP) should be excluded from the product scope as they appeared to have different basic physical and chemical characteristics and end-uses in comparison to other types of polyester staple fibres. In particular, unlike other polyester staple fibres types, LMP appeared to have inherent binding properties.
    
3. The review investigation revealed that LMP and other polyester staple fibres types share the same basic physical and technical characteristics and have the same basic end-uses. In numerous applications, LMP directly or indirectly competes with other types of PSF on the Community market. On this basis, it is concluded that LMP and other types of polyester staple fibres should be considered as one single product. The Council decided that the partial interim review concerning the product scope of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of the product concerned originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China should be terminated without amending the anti-dumping measures in force. 

BACKGROUND

4. Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the product concerned originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 18 March 2005. The rate of duty is 49.7% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for individual companies with duty rates ranging from 4.9% to 26.3%). For details, please refer to the Commercial Information Circular No. 101/2005 of 23 March 2005 which is accessible from the Department's web portal as follows:
   http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/aboutus/tradecircular/cic/eu/2005/ci1012005.html

ENQUIRIES

5. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5427.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Jenny TSANG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.