Anti-dumping Duty
Slapped on Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware Products from China, Thailand and
Vietnam for Five Years on Sole Complaint by Milton
[Customs Notification No. 55 (ADD) dated 4th December
2015]
Seeks to levy definitive anti-dumping duty on Melamine Tableware
and Kitchenware products originating in, or exported from the People’s Republic
of China, Thailand and Vietnam for a period of five year.
Whereas, in the matter of Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware
products (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under headings
3924 or 3926 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 the People’s Republic of China, Thailand and Vietnam (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 number 14/10/2014-DGAD, dated the 20th
October, 2015, has come to the conclusion that
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject
countries below its normal value;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the
subject goods from subject countries;
(iv) the injury has been caused cumulatively by the imports from the
subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on
imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from 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-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,
specification of which is specified in column (4), falling under 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 (5), exported from the countries as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (6), produced by the producers as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (7), exported by the exporters as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), imported into India, an
anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (9) in the currency as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (11) and as per unit of measurement as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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Sl.No. |
Tariff Item |
Description of goods |
Specification |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
|
1. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Peoples Republic of China |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
1284.16 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
2. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Any |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
1284.16 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
3. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
Any. |
1284.16 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
4. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Thailand |
Thailand |
Any |
Any |
582.85 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
5. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Any |
Thailand |
Any |
Any |
582.85 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
6. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Thailand |
Any |
Any |
Any |
582.85 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
7. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Vietnam |
Vietnam |
Any |
Any |
1732.11 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
8. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Any |
Vietnam |
Any |
Any |
1732.11 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
9. |
3924 10 10 3924 10 90 3924 90 90 3926 40 49 3926 90 99 |
Melamine Tableware and Kitchenware products |
Any specification |
Vietnam |
Any |
Any |
Any |
1732.11 |
MT |
US Dollar |
1. 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 the purpose 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.354/272/2015-TRU]