Anti-dumping
Duty Imposed on Flax Yarn from China
[Notification
No. 53/2018-Customs (ADD) dated 18 October 2018]
Whereas, in the matter of ‘Flax
yarn below 70 Lea count’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff sub-headings 5306 10 and 5306 20 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 subject country), 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.
6/3/2018-DGAD dated the 18th September, 2018, has come to the conclusion that –
(i)
the subject goods
have been exported from the subject country to India below its normal value,
resulting in dumping;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to
dumping of the product under consideration from the subject country;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped
imports of the subject goods from subject country;
and has recommended imposition of definitive 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-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 heading or sub heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to
the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2),
originating or exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry
in column (4), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (5), exported by the exporters as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (6) and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty
at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (7) of the said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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S. No. |
Sub Heading or
Tariff Item |
Description of
Goods |
Country of Origin
or export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount USD/KG |
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
|
|
1. |
5306 10 and 5306 20 |
Flax Yarn of below
70 Lea count (or below 42 Nm) |
China PR |
Zhejiang Kingdom
Linen Co., Ltd/ Jiangsu Jinyuan Flax Co., Ltd/
Zhejiang Jinyuan Flax Co., Ltd |
Jiangsu Jinyuan Flax Co., Ltd/ Zhejiang Jinyuan
Flax Co., Ltd |
2.42 |
|
|
2. |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Yixing
Sunshine Linen Textile Co. Ltd. |
Yixing
Sunshine Linen Textile Co. Ltd. |
2.29 |
|
|
3 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Zhejiang Axiang Flax Textile Co., Ltd |
Huzhou
Axiang Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd. |
2.77 |
|
|
4. |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Zhejiang Golden
Eagle Co. Ltd/ Zhejiang Golden Eagle Yili Linen
Textile Co., |
Zhejiang Golden
Eagle Co. Ltd/ Zhejiang Golden Eagle Spun Silk Co. Ltd, |
2.02 |
|
|
5. |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Hangzhou Sanglu Silk Co. Ltd. |
Hangzhou Sanglu Silk Co. Ltd. |
2.71 |
|
|
6. |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Great Eastern
Textiles (Tongling) Co., Ltd. |
Ningbo Win Way Trading
Co. Ltd. |
1.30 |
|
|
7. |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Changzhou Meiyuan Flax Textile Co., ltd. |
Changzhou Meiyuan Flax Textile Co., ltd. |
2.06 |
|
|
8. |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Tung Ga Linen &
Cotton (Changzhou) Co. , Ltd. |
Tung Ga Linen &
Cotton (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. |
0.50 |
|
|
9. |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any other than the
producers at Serial numbers 1 to 8 |
Any other than the
producers at Serial numbers 1 to 8 |
4.83 |
|
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 19th day
of October, 2018 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. 354/380/2018 -TRU]