Provisional Anti-Dumping Duty on Telescopic Channel Drawer Slider from China

CBIC imposes provisional anti-dumping duty on Telescopic Channel Drawer Slider, originating in or imported from China PR vide Notification No. 13/2024- Customs (ADD) | Dated: 27th June, 2024.

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued Notification No. 13/2024-Customs (ADD) on June 27, 2024, imposing provisional anti-dumping duty on Telescopic Channel Drawer Sliders originating from China PR. This action follows preliminary findings by the designated authority that these products are being imported into India at prices lower than their normal value, causing significant injury to the domestic industry.

Telescopic Channel Drawer Sliders are classified under tariff items 83024110, 8302 4190, 83024200, and 83024900 of the Customs Tariff Act. The provisional duty of 614 USD per metric ton is applicable on goods originating in or exported from China PR, regardless of the country of export. The duty is effective for six months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, aimed at mitigating the harm caused to Indian manufacturers due to dumped imports.

This measure is based on the authority’s determination that the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumped imports of these products. The duty is payable in Indian currency and is intended to provide relief to local manufacturers by ensuring fair competition in the Indian market for Telescopic Channel Drawer Sliders.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 13/2024- Customs (ADD) | Dated: 27th June, 2024

G.S.R. 351(E).— Whereas, in the matter of ‘Telescopic Channel Drawer Slider’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff items 83024110, 8302 4190, 83024200 and 83024900 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 China PR (hereinafter referred to as the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings F. No. 6/13/2023-DGTR, dated the 19^th April , 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 19^th April , 2024, has provisionally concluded that-

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

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(iii) material 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 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-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, on the basis of 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 following Table, falling under the Chapter 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, a provisional anti-dumping duty equal to the amount indicated 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

Note : Customs classification is only indicative, and the determination of anti-dumping duty shall be made as per the description of the PUC.

2. The provisional anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of six months, unless revoked, amended or superseded 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 purposes of calculation of the 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.

[F. No. CBIC- 190349/8/2024 – TO(TRU-I)]
VIKRAM VIJAY WANERE, Under Secy.