Anti-dumping Duty on Met Coke from Australia
($16.29/MT) and China ($25.20/MT) Imposed
· Final Findings Issued on 20.10.2016
[Customs Notification No. 53 (ADD) dated 25th
November 2016]
Whereas
in the matter of “Low Ash Metallurgical Coke” (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods) falling under sub-heading 2704 00 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, Australia and People’s Republic of
China (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and imported into
India, the designated authority in its final findings published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification
No.14/9/2015-DGAD, dated the 20th October, 2016, has come to the conclusion
that–
(i) the dumped imports of subject
goods from subject countries increased significantly in the Period of Injury as
compared to the base year 2011-12;
(ii)
the subject goods have been exported to India from the
subject countries below normal values, the dumping margins are positive and
significant;
(iii)
the domestic industry suffered material injury on
account of subject imports from the subject countries;
(iv)
the material injury has been caused by the dumped
imports of subject goods from the subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of
definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in, or exported
from the subject countries, 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 sub-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), and imported into India, an
anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the
corresponding entry 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:-
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Table |
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SNo. |
Sub-heading |
Description of goods |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit of measurement |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1. |
2704 00 |
Low Ash Metallurgical Coke excluding Metallurgical Coke
with ash content in excess of 18%. |
People’s Republic of China |
People’s Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
25.20 |
Metric Tonne |
US Dollar |
|
2. |
2704 00 |
Low Ash Metallurgical Coke excluding Metallurgical
Coke with ash content in excess of 18%. |
People’s Republic of China |
Any country other than subject countries |
Any |
Any |
25.20 |
Metric Tonne |
US Dollar |
|
3. |
2704 00 |
Low Ash Metallurgical Coke excluding Metallurgical
Coke with ash content in excess of 18%. |
Any country other than subject countries |
People’s Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
25.20 |
Metric Tonne |
US Dollar |
|
4. |
2704 00 |
Low Ash Metallurgical Coke excluding Metallurgical
Coke with ash content in excess of 18%. |
Australia |
Australia |
Any |
Any |
16.29 |
Metric Tonne |
US Dollar |
|
5. |
2704 00 |
Low Ash Metallurgical Coke excluding Metallurgical
Coke with ash content in excess of 18%. |
Australia |
Any country other than subject countries |
Any |
Any |
16.29 |
Metric Tonne |
US Dollar |
|
6. |
2704 00 |
Low Ash Metallurgical Coke excluding Metallurgical Coke
with ash content in excess of 18%. |
Any country other than subject countries |
Australia |
Any |
Any |
16.29 |
Metric Tonne |
US Dollar |
2. The
anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective 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
paid in Indian currency.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this
notification, rate of exchange applicable for 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.354/193/2016-TRU]