Govt imposes Anti-Dumping Duty on Acrylic Surfaces from China for 5 Years

Seeks to levy anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Acrylic Solid Surfaces’ imported from China PR for a period of 5 years, on the recommendations of DGTR

The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, issued Notification No. 07/2025-Customs (ADD) on March 25, 2025, detailing the imposition of an anti-dumping duty on “Acrylic Solid Surfaces” imported from China PR. This action follows a final finding by the designated authority, which concluded that these goods were being exported to India at dumped prices, causing material injury to the domestic industry. The products in question fall under various tariff items of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, including 3506 99 99, 3920 51 11, 3920 51 19, 3920 51 99, 3920 63 90, 3921 90 39, and 3926 90 69. The scope of the investigation and the resulting duty specifically target acrylic solid surfaces, with exclusions for pure acrylic sheets, acrylic laminates, polyester solid surface sheets, and modified acrylic solid surfaces. The notification clarifies that certain alternative descriptions of the products are included in the scope of the duty.

The imposed anti-dumping duty varies depending on the producer and the origin/export scenario. For Shandong Kelesi New Material Technology Co., Ltd and Shanghai Sailisi Industry Development Co., Ltd. Shandong Branch, a NIL duty is applied. For all other producers from China PR, the duty is set at $0.18 per kilogram. Additionally, if the goods originate from any country other than China PR but are exported from China PR, the same $0.18 per kilogram duty applies. The duty is to be levied for a period of five years from the date of the notification’s publication in the Official Gazette, unless it is revoked, superseded, or amended earlier. The duty is payable in Indian currency, and the exchange rate for calculation will be determined by the relevant notification issued under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, using the rate applicable on the date of presenting the bill of entry. This measure aims to address the injury caused to the domestic industry by the dumped imports.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 07/2025-Customs (ADD) | Dated: 25th March, 2025

G.S.R. 192(E).— Whereas, in the matter of “Acrylic Solid Surfaces” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff items 3506 99 99, 3920 51 11, 3920 51 19, 3920 51 99, 3920 63 90, 3921 9039 or 3926 90 69 of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from China PR (hereinafter referred to as the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings, vide notification F. No. 06/06/2023-DGTR, dated the 26^th December, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 26^th December, 2024, has come to the conclusion, inter alia that-

(i) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country at dumped prices;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject country,

and has recommended imposition of anti- umping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject country and imported into India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry.

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 aforesaid final 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 the tariff items 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), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the said Table, namely:-

TABLE

* Covers alternative descriptions such as 100% Acrylic solid surfaces, Pure Acrylic solid surfaces, Corian Sheets, Hi Macs Acrylic Sheets, Montelli Sheets made of PMMA, PMMA Sheets, Staron Solid Surface, Krion Methyl Methacrylic Resin Solid Surface Sheet, Methyl Methacrylic Resin Sheets. The below products are not covered in the scope of PUC for the purpose of the present investigation;

a) Pureacrylic sheets;

b) Acryliclaminates and PET/PVC films for furniture decoration and vehicle wrapping ;

c) Polyestersolid surface sheets;

d) Modified Acrylic Solid Surfaces.

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in Indian currency.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purpose of calculation of such anti- umping 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.