LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1259 of 24 July 2019 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron, originating in the People's Republic of China and Thailand, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Article 1
A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of 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) originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand.
The following products are 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.
The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and manufactured by the companies listed below, shall be as follows:
| Country | Company | Duty (%) | TARIC Additional Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRC | Hebei Jianzhi Casting Group Ltd – Yutian County | 57,8 | B335 |
| PRC | Jinan Meide Casting Co., Ltd — Jinan | 39,2 | B336 |
| PRC | Qingdao Madison Industrial Co., Ltd — Qingdao | 24,6 | B337 |
| PRC | Hebei XinJia Casting Co., Ltd – XuShui County | 41,1 | B338 |
| PRC | Shijiazhuang Donghuan Malleable Iron Castings Co., Ltd – Xizhaotong Town | 41,1 | B339 |
| PRC | Linyi Oriental Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd – Linyi City | 41,1 | B340 |
| PRC | China Shanxi Taigu County Jingu Cast Co., Ltd – Taigu County | 41,1 | B341 |
| PRC | Yutian Yongli Casting Factory Co., Ltd – Yutian County | 41,1 | B342 |
| PRC | Langfang Pannext Pipe Fitting Co., Ltd – LangFang, Hebei | 41,1 | B343 |
| PRC | Tangshan Daocheng Casting Co., Ltd – Hongqiao Town, Yutian County | 41,1 | B344 |
| PRC | Tangshan Fangyuan Malleable Steel Co., Ltd — Tangshan | 41,1 | B345 |
| PRC | Taigu Tongde Casting Co., Ltd – Nanyang Village, Taigu | 41,1 | B346 |
| PRC | All other companies | 57,8 | B999 |
| Thailand | BIS Pipe Fitting Industry Co. Ltd — Samutsakorn | 15,5 | B347 |
| Thailand | Siam Fittings Co., Ltd — Samutsakorn | 14,9 | B348 |
| Thailand | All other companies | 15,5 | B999 |
Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
The Commission may amend paragraph 2 in order to include a new exporting producer and to attribute to that producer the appropriate weighted average anti-dumping duty rate applicable to the cooperating companies not included in the sample of the original investigation, where a new exporting producer in the People's Republic of China or Thailand provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that:
- (a) it did not export to the Union the product described in paragraph 1 in the period between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011 (original investigation period),
- (b) it is not related to any exporter or producer in the People's Republic of China or Thailand which is subject to the anti-dumping measures imposed by this Regulation, and
- (c) it has either actually exported to the Union the product under review or it has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the original investigation period.
The application of the individual anti-dumping duty rates specified for the companies listed in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation of a valid commercial invoice to the customs authorities of the Member States. On the commercial invoice shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron or spheroidal graphite cast iron, sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the (country concerned). I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such invoice is presented, the duty rate applicable to ‘all other companies’ shall apply.
The following new TARIC codes and descriptions shall be created for the products indicated:
| - - - - Threaded | |
| - - - - - Of malleable cast iron | |
| 7307191003 | - - - - - - Bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread |
| 7307191005 | - - - - - - Circular junction boxes without having a lid |
| - - - - - Of spheroidal graphite cast iron | |
| 7307191013 | - - - - - - Bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread |
| 7307191030 | - - - - - Other |
| - - - - Unthreaded | |
| 7307191035 | - - - - - Of malleable cast iron |
| 7307191040 | - - - - - Of spheroidal graphite cast iron |
| 7307191045 | - - - - - Other |
The following new descriptions shall be attributed to the TARIC codes indicated:
| 7307191010 | - - - - - - Other |
| 7307191020 | - - - - - - Other |
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.
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