Seeks to levy provisional ant-dumping duty on ‘Colour coated/pre-painted flat products of alloy or non-alloy steel’ originating in or exported from People’s Republic of China and European Union for a period of six months (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier).
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 02/2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 11th January, 2017
G.S.R. (E). –Whereas, in the matter of “Colour coated/pre-painted flat products of alloy or non-alloy steel” (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’), falling under headings 7210, 7212, 7225 and 7226 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Customs Tariff Act’), originating in, or exported from People’s Republic of China and European Union (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject countries’), and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification number 14/28/2016-DGAD, dated the 20th October, 2016, read with corrigendum number 14/28/2016-DGAD, dated the 30th November, 2016, has come to the provisional conclusion that –
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below normal value;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from the subject countries; and
(c) the injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from subject countries and imported into India, in order to offset dumping and injury;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, after considering the aforesaid preliminary findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), imported into India, an antidumping duty at a rate which is equivalent to difference between the amount mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (8) and the landed value of the subject goods, provided the landed value is less than such amount specified in column (8) , in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely :-
Table
Sl. No. |
Heading |
Description of goods |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amo unt |
Unit |
Curre ncy |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
1. |
7210, 7212, 7225 and 7226 |
Pre-ainted, painted, colour coated or organic coated flat steels in coils or not in coils whether or not with metallic coated substrate of zinc, aluminium-zinc or any other substrate coating, excluding plates of thickness 6mm or more |
People’s Republic of China |
People’s Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
849 |
Metric tonne |
United States Dollar |
2. |
– do – |
– do – |
People’s Republic of China |
Any country other than the subject countries |
Any |
Any |
849 |
Metric tonne |
United States Dollar |
3. |
– do – |
– do – |
Any country other than the subject countries |
People’s Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
849 |
Metric tonne |
United States Dollar |
4 |
-do- |
-do- |
European Union |
European Union |
Any |
Any |
849 |
Metric tonne |
United States Dollar |
5 |
-do- |
-do- |
European Union |
Any country other than the subject countries |
Any |
Any |
849 |
Metric tonne |
United States Dollar |
6. |
-do- |
-do- |
Any country other than the subject countries |
European Union |
Any |
Any |
849 |
Metric tonne |
United States Dollar |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period not exceeding six months (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be paid in Indian currency.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification,-
(a) “landed value” of imports for the purpose of this notification means the assessable value as determined by the customs under the Customs Act, 1962 and includes all duties of customs except duties levied under sections 3, 3A, 8B, 9 and 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975;
(b) rate of exchange applicable for the purpose of calculation of such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and the relevant date for the determination of the rate of exchange shall be the date of presentation of the bill of entry under section 46 of the said Customs Act, 1962.
[F.No. 354/190/2016-TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
