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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/141 of 26 January 2017 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings, whether or not finished, originating in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/141 of 26 January 2017 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings, whether or not finished, originating in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union(1) (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

Whereas:

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    1.

    A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of tube and pipe butt-welding fittings, of austenitic stainless steel grades, corresponding to AISI types 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 316Ti, 321 and 321H and their equivalent in the other norms, with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 406,4 mm and a wall thickness of 16 mm or less, with a roughness average (Ra) of the surface finish not less than 0,8 micrometres, not flanged, whether or not finished, originating in the PRC and Taiwan. The product falls under CN codes ex73072310 and ex73072390 (Taric codes 7307231015, 7307231025, 7307239015, 7307239025).

    2.

    The rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:

    Company

    Definitive anti-dumping duty rate (%)

    TARIC additional code

    Taiwan

    King Lai Hygienic Materials Co., Ltd

    0,0

    C175

    Ta Chen Stainless Pipes Co., Ltd

    5,1

    C176

    All other companies

    12,1

    C999

    The People's Republic of China

    Zhejiang Good Fittings Co., Ltd

    55,3

    C177

    Zhejiang Jndia Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd

    48,9

    C178

    Suzhou Yuli Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd

    30,7

    C179

    Jiangsu Judd Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd

    30,7

    C180

    All other cooperating companies:

    ALFA Laval Flow Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd

    41,9

    C182

    Kunshan Kinglai Hygienic Materials Co., Ltd

    41,9

    C184

    Wifang Huoda Pipe Fittings Manufacture Co., Ltd

    41,9

    C186

    Yada Piping Solutions Co., Ltd

    41,9

    C187

    Jiangsu Huayang Metal Pipes Co., Ltd

    41,9

    C188

    All other companies

    64,9

    C999

    3.

    Where any exporting producer in the People's Republic of China provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that:

    1. it did not export to the Union the product described in Article 1(1) during the investigation period (1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015);

    2. it is not related to any of the exporters or producers in the People's Republic of China which are subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation; and

    3. it has actually exported to the Union the product concerned after the investigation period or it has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union, the Table in Article 1(2) may be amended by adding the new exporting producer to the cooperating companies not included in the sample and thus subject to the weighted average duty rate of the companies in the sample.

    4.

    Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 26 January 2017.

    For the Commission

    The President

    Jean-Claude Juncker