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Seeks to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of Flat rolled product of steel, plated or coated with alloy of Aluminium and Zinc originating in, or exported from China PR, Vietnam and Korea RP.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

NOTIFICATION No. 40/2019-CUSTOMS (ADD)

New Delhi, the 15th October, 2019

G.S.R. 786(E). – Whereas, in the matter of import of ‘Flat rolled product of steel, plated or coated with alloy of Aluminium and Zinc’ (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 China PR, Vietnam and Korea RP (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings No. 6/4/20 19-DGTR, dated the 15th July, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 15th July, 2019, has come to the conclusion that-

(i) there is significant increase in imports of subject goods from subject counties in absolute terms as well as in relation to production and consumption in India;

(ii) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below their normal ;

(iii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

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

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries 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 said 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 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 headings of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in 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 at the rate equal to the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9), of the said Table:-

Table

Sl. No. Head-ing Descri-ption of
Goods
Country of
Origin
Country of Export Producer Duty
Amount
Curre-ncy Unit of measur ement
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 7210, 7212, 7225 and 7226 Flat rolled product of steel, plated or coated with alloy of Aluminium and Zinc (this alloy may contain one or more additional elements which in individual or in combin-ation shall not exceed 3% by weight) Korea RP Korea RP Dongkuk        Steel
Mill Co., Ltd.
28.67 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
2 do do Korea RP Korea RP POSCO 113.49 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
3 do do Korea RP Korea RP POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd. 113.49 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
4 do do Korea RP Any Any other producer  other than serial number 1, 2 and 3 122.66 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
5 do do Any country other       than
subject countries
Korea RP Any 122.66 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
6 do do Vietnam Vietnam Ton Dong A
Corporation
45.35 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
7 do do Vietnam Vietnam Hoa Sen Group 54.07 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
8 do do Vietnam Vietnam Tay Nam Steel Manufa-cturing and Trading Co. Ltd, 49.05 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
9 do do Vietnam Vietnam Nam Kim Steel Joint Stock Company 86.06 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
10 do do Vietnam Any Any other producer other than serial number 6, 7, 8 and 9 199.53 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
11 do do Any country other       than
subject countries
Vietnam Any 199.53 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
12 do do China PR China PR Zhejiang Huada New Materials
Co., Ltd.
68.08 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
13 do do China PR Any Any producer other than Zhejiang       Huada New         Materials
Co., Ltd.
129.59 United States Dollar Metric Tonne
14 do do Any country other       than
subject countries
China PR Any 129.59 United States Dollar Metric Tonne

The subject goods mentioned in column (3) in the above Table does not include the following products: –

(a) Flat rolled steel products coated with Zinc without addition of Aluminium;

(b) Flat rolled steel products coated with Aluminium without addition of Zinc; and

(c) Pre-painted or colour coated Aluminium Zinc alloy coated steel sheets (Pre-coated SGL sheets).

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 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.

[F.No.354/109/2019 –TRU]

(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.

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