Anti-dumping Duty Imposed on Viscose Staple Fibre from China and Indonesia (Bamboo Fibre Excluded)

Ntfn 76 Whereas, in the matter of imports of
26.07.2010 Viscose Staple Fibre excluding Bamboo
(DoR) fibre (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under sub heading 5504 10 00 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, People’s Republic of China and Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No.14/6/2009-DGAD, dated the 17th May, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 17th May, 2010, had come to the conclusion that-

(a) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below their associated normal values;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury in respect of the subject goods. Besides, there was a case of threat of material injury as well;

(c) the material injury and threat thereof had been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject countries;

and had recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said 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, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under sub heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act specified in the corresponding entry in column (2),originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated 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.

Table
Sl. No	Sub heading	Description of goods	Country of origin	Country of exports	Producer	Exporter	Duty amount	Unit	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
1	5504 10 00	‘Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’	Indonesia	Indonesia	M/s P T South Pacific Viscose	M/s P T South Pacific Viscose	0.103	Kg	US Dollar
2	5504 10 00	‘Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’	Indonesia	Indonesia	PT. Indo Bharat Rayon	PT. Indo Bharat Rayon	0.164	Kg	US Dollar
3	5504 10 00	‘Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’	Indonesia	Indonesia	Any combination other than as specified at Sl. No.1 and 2		0.512	Kg	US Dollar
4.	5504 10 00	‘Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’	Indonesia	Any country other than Indonesia	Any	Any	0.512	Kg	US Dollar
5.	5504 10 00	‘Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’	Any country other than attracting Anti-dumping duty	Indonesia	Any	Any	0.512	Kg	US Dollar
6.	5504 10 00	‘Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’	People’s Republic of China	People’s Republic of China	Any	Any	0.194	Kg	US Dollar
7.	5504 10 00	‘Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’	People’s Republic of China	Any country other than People’s Republic of China	Any	Any	0.194	Kg	US Dollar
8.	5504 10 00	‘Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’	Any country other than attracting Anti-dumping duty	People’s Republic of China	Any	Any	0.194	Kg	US Dollar

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Gazette of India and shall be payable in Indian currency.

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, this notification shall remain in force upto and inclusive of the 25th day of July, 2016, unless revoked earlier. [Inserted by 37-ADD/06.08.2015]

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.354/171/2009 –TRU]