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

24 April 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 293/2012

European Union (EU)* : Results of an Expiry Review of the Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Tartaric Acid Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circulars Nos. 74/2011 of 26 January 2011 and 288/2012 of 20 April 2012, the Council of the EU (the Council) has published a regulation to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of tartaric acid originating in the Mainland of China consequent to an expiry review. The regulation can be accessed through the following link : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:110:0003:0016:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2.Salient points are set out below -

(a) Product

Tartaric acid, excluding D-(-)-tartaric acid with a negative optical rotation of at least 12.0 degrees, measured in a water solution according to the method described in the European Pharmacopoeia, falling within CN code ex 2918 12 00 (TARIC code 2918 12 00 90).

(b) Rate of Duty

34.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for Hangzhou Bioking Biochemical Engineering Co., Ltd ('Hangzhou Bioking') which is excluded and for two companies whose individual duty rates are 4.7% and 10.1% respectively).

25 April 2012

(d) Duration

5 years

BACKGROUND

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tartaric acid originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 28 January 2006. The rate of duty is 34.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for Hangzhou Bioking whose individual rate being 0% and for two companies whose individual duty rates are 4.7% and 10.1% respectively).

4.On 13 April 2012, the Council adopted an amending regulation to exclude Hangzhou Bioking from the definitive anti-dumping measures imposed.

5.The European Commission initiated an expiry review on 26 January 2011. As a result of the review, the definitive anti-dumping duty is maintained for five years with effect from 25 April 2012.

ENQUIRIES

6.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Wendy LAU)

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, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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