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

25 October 2023

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 771/2023

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 751/2023 of 17 October 2023, the European Commission published a notice C/2023/387 on 25 October 2023 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202300387.

2.The product concerned is threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron, currently falling under CN code ex 7307 19 10 (TARIC code 7307 19 10 10 and 7307 19 10 20) and originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China, with the following products excluded: bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread; malleable iron threaded circular junction boxes without having a lid; ductile iron clamp tees with rubber sealing and an outlet hole; ductile iron grooved end caps for use on grooved steel pipe with a threaded outlet; ductile iron grooved reducers with threaded end; ductile iron grooved reducing tees with a threaded outlet; ductile iron blanking saddles without threaded outlets used to seal a hole in a tube or pipe. Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 26 July 2024.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China have been imposed since 15 May 2013. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 57.8% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 24.6% to 41.1%).

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.