Anti Dumping Duty on Decor Paper – Reg.

Anti Dumping Duty on Decor Paper – Seeks to amend notification No. 77/2021-Customs(ADD), dated the 27^th December, 2021 vide Notification No. 15/2022-Customs (ADD) | Dated: 24th May, 2022

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi

Notification No. 15/2022-Customs (ADD) | Dated: 24th May, 2022

G.S.R. 387(E).—Whereas in the matter of ‘Décor Paper’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’) falling under tariff item 4805 91 00 or 4802 20 90 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 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject country’), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings, vide, notification number F. No. 6/38/2020-DGTR, dated the 28^th September, 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28^th September, 2021, has recommended imposition of an anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject country and imported into India;

And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid final findings, vide, notification number F. No. 6/38/2020-DGTR, dated the 28^th September, 2021 of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed anti-dumping duty on the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 77/2021-Customs(ADD), dated the 27^th December, 2021 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the, vide, number G.S.R. 882(E), dated the 27^th December, 2021;

And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification number 6/38/2020-DGTR, dated the 10^th April, 2022, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 10^th April, 2022, has recommended substitution of Duty Table in its final findings issued, vide, notification number F. No. 6/38/2020-DGTR, dated the 28^th September, 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28^th September, 2021.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 18 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 said final findings of the designated authority, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 77/2021-Customs(ADD), dated the 27th December, 2021 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of, vide, number G.S.R. 882(E), dated the 27^th December, 2021, namely :-

In the said notification, for the TABLE and the entries relating thereto, the following Table shall be substituted, namely:-

“TABLE

*uncoated paper in reel form of 40-130 GSM, having klemm absorbency of at least 12 mm per 10 minutes, wet tensile strength of 6-12 N/15 mm, and gurley porosity of 10-40 sec / 100 ml, containing titanium dioxide or pigments as filler. It includes base paper for high pressure (HPL) or low-pressure (LPL) decorative laminates, also known as decor paper, decorative base paper, decorative paper for high-pressure or low-pressure laminates, coating base paper and print base paper, but excluding printed ready-to-use decor paper.

The subject goods include various types of decor paper, such as surfacing paper (white/off-white), liner (white / off-white), barrier paper, shuttering base, overlay paper and print base paper (color / white). It may be imported as base paper for waxing, coating and impregnation; base paper for printing; base paper for use in decorative industry and barrier paper, and may come in various sizes as 95 cm, 96 cm, 102 cm, 123 cm, 123.5 cm, 124 cm, 124.5 cm, 125 cm, 131 cm, 132 cm, 183 cm, 184 cm and 185 cm.”.

[F. No. 190354/287/2021-TRU]

VIKRAM VIJAY WANERE, Under Secy.

Note : The principal notification No. 77/2021-Customs(ADD), dated the 27^th December, 2021 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 882(E), dated the 27^th December, 2021.