Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/670 of 26 February 2024 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of hand pallet trucks and their essential parts originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/670
• Articles: 4

Article 1

1.   A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of hand pallet trucks and their essential parts, i.e. chassis and hydraulics, currently falling under CN codes ex 8427 90 00 (TARIC code 8427900019) and ex 8431 20 00 (TARIC code 8431200019), originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2.   For the purpose of this Regulation, hand pallet trucks shall be trucks with wheels supporting lifting fork arms for handling pallets, designed to be manually pushed, pulled and steered, on smooth, level, hard surfaces, by a pedestrian operator using an articulated tiller. The hand pallet trucks are only designed to raise a load, by pumping the tiller, to a height sufficient for transporting and do not have any other additional functions or uses such as for example (i) to move and to lift the loads in order to place them higher or assist in storage of loads (high lifters); (ii) to stack one pallet above the other (stackers); (iii) to lift the load to a working level (scissor lifts); or (iv) to lift and to weigh the loads (weighing trucks).

3.   The rates 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 produced by the companies listed below, shall be as follows:

Company

Anti-dumping duty

TARIC additional code

Zhejiang Noblelift Equipment Joint Stock Co. Ltd

70,8  %

A603

Ningbo Logitrans Handling Equipment Co., Ltd

54,1  %

A070

All other companies

70,8  %

A999

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

Article 2

1.   The definitive anti-dumping duty set out in Article 1, paragraph 3, is hereby extended to the same product but presented at import with a so-called ‘weight indication system’ consisting of a weighing mechanism not integrated in the chassis, that is to say not integrated in the forks, currently falling under TARIC codes 8427900030 and 8431200050.

2.   The definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to ‘all other companies’ set out in Article 1, paragraph 3, is hereby extended to imports of the same hand pallet trucks consigned from Thailand, currently falling under TARIC codes 8427900011 and 8431200011, whether declared as originating in Thailand or not.

Article 3

1.   Requests for exemption from the duty extended by Article 2 shall be made in writing in one of the official languages of the European Union and must be signed by a person authorised to represent the applicant. The request must be sent to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Trade

Directorate G

Rue de la Loi 170/Wetstraat 170, CHAR 04/034

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Email: [email protected]

2.   In accordance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, the Commission, after consulting the Advisory Committee, may authorise, by decision, the exemption of imports from companies which do not circumvent the anti-dumping measures imposed by Article 1, from the duty extended by Article 2.

Article 4

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