Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on O-Acid from China Notified
[Customs
Notification No. 35 (ADD) dated 13th July 2017]
Whereas,
in the matter of import of ‘O-Acid’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods),
falling under Chapter 29 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975
(51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said 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 No. 14/31/2016-DGAD, dated the 23rd May, 2017, published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 23rd May,
2017, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) the subject
goods have been exported to India from the subject country at price less their
normal values in the domestic market of the exporting country;
(ii) the dumping
margin of the subject goods imported from the subject country are substantial
and above de-minimis;
(iii) the
domestic industry has been materially retarded due to the dumped imports of
subject goods from subject country; and
(iv) provisional
anti-dumping duties are required to be imposed in order to address injury being
suffered by the domestic industry during investigation,
and
has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty equal to the lesser
of the margin of dumping and the margin of injury, so as to remove the 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 tariff items of the First Schedule to the
said 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), and 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, a provisional 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 per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (9) of the said Table:-
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Table |
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SNo. |
Tariff item |
Description of goods |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty amount |
Unit of measure |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1. |
29419030, 29152990, 29163990, 29183090, 29189900, 29349900, 29411090,
29419090, 29420090 |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
China PR |
China PR |
Jiangxi Chibang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd |
Jiangxi Chibang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd |
4.94 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
2. |
-do- |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
China PR |
China PR |
Jiangxi Chibang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd |
i. Zhejiang Chemicals Import & Export Co., Ltd. ii. Zhejiang Hengdian Apeloa Imp.& Exp. Co. Ltd |
7.50 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
3. |
-do- |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
China PR |
China PR |
M/s. Yancheng XinAnzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
i. Zhejiang Chemicals Import & Export Co., Ltd. ii. Zhejiang Hengdian Apeloa Imp.& Exp. Co., Ltd. iii. Zhejiang Ueasy Business Service Co., Ltd. iv. Zhejiang Xingyang Import & Export Co., Ltd. |
5.04 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
4. |
-do- |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
China PR |
China PR |
M/s. Inner Mongolia Yuanhong Fine Chemical Co., Ltd |
i. Dreamland Creation Inc. ii. Zhejiang Ueasy Business Service Co., Ltd iii.Zhejiang Yuanhong Medical & Chemical Technology Co., Ltd
iv. China Sinopharm International Corporation |
8.55 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
5. |
-do- |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
China PR |
China PR |
M/s. Jiangxi Dadi Pharmaceutical Limited Liability Company |
Zhejiang Hengdian Apeloa Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. |
0.03 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
6. |
-do- |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
China PR |
China PR |
M/s. Zhejiang Yuanhong Medical and Chemical Technology Co., Ltd |
i. Zhejiang Medicines & Health Products Co., Ltd ii. China Sinopharm International Corporation iii. Zhejiang Chemicals Import & Export Co., Ltd. iv. Zhejiang Xingyang Import & Export Co., Ltd. v. Dreamland Creation Inc. vi. Shanghai Changyu Chemical Technology Co., Ltd |
3.57 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
7. |
-do- |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
China PR |
China PR |
Any combination other than mentioned in Sl No-1 to 6 above |
8.79 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
|
8. |
-do- |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
China PR |
Any country other than China PR |
Any |
Any |
8.79 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
9. |
-do- |
O-acid or Ofloxacin Acid |
Any country other than China PR |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
8.79 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
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.354/111/2017
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