Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Digital Offset Printing Plates from China, Japan,
Korea RP, Taiwan and Vietnam Notified
Fujifilms and Kotak china Exempted
[Notification
No. 2 /2020-Customs (ADD) dated 30 January 2020]
G.S.R.
(E). –Whereas, in the matter of “Digital
Offset Printing Plates” (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’),
falling under sub-headings 8442 50 and tariff items 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90,
3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 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 People’s Republic of China, Japan, Korea RP, Taiwan and Vietnam
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject countries’), and imported into India,
the designated authority in its preliminary findings published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide
notification number 6/7/2019- DGTR dated the 3rd October, 2019, has come to
the provisional conclusion that–
(a) there is substantial increase in imports of subject goods
from subject counties in absolute terms as well as in relation to production
and consumption in India;
(b) the subject goods have been exported to India from the
subject countries below normal value;
(c) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on
account of subject imports from the subject countries; and
(d) the injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the
subject goods from the subject countries,
and
has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the
subject goods, originating in, or exported from subject countries and imported
into India, in order 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 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,
after considering the aforesaid preliminary 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 sub-heading or 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 (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), imported into India, an anti-dumping
duty at the rate equal to the amount specified in the corresponding entry in
column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column
(9) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (8) of the said Table, namely :-
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Table |
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Sl.
No |
Sub-heading/
tariff item |
Description |
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer |
Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
1. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Lucky
Huaguang Graphics Co. Ltd. |
0.52 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
2. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Kodak
China Graphic Communications Co. Ltd. |
Nil |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
3. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Shanghai
Strong State Printing Equipment Limited |
0.57 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
4. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Fujifilm
Printing Plate (China) Co. Ltd. |
Nil |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
5. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
other product except S. No. 1 to 4 mentioned above in column no. (6) |
0.57 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
6. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
country other than People’s Republic of China |
Any |
0.57 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
7. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Korea
RP |
Korea
RP |
Jeil
C&P Co. Ltd. |
0.26 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
8. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Korea
RP |
Korea
RP |
Any
other producer except Jeil C&P Co. Ltd. |
0.89 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
9. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Korea
RP |
Any
country other than Korea RP |
Any |
0.89 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
10. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Japan |
Japan |
Fujifilm
Corporation |
0.04 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
11. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Japan |
Japan |
Any
other producer except Fujifilm Corporation |
0.21 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
12. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Japan |
Any
country other than Japan |
Any |
0.21 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
13. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Vietnam |
Vietnam |
Any |
0.76 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
14. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Vietnam |
Any
country other than Vietnam |
Any |
0.76 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
15. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Taiwan |
Taiwan |
Any |
0.88 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
|
16. |
8442
50, 3701 30 00, 3704 00 90, 3705 10 00, 7606 11 90, 7606 91 90, 7606 92 90 |
Digital
Offset Printing Plates |
Taiwan |
Any
country other than Taiwan |
Any |
0.88 |
sqm |
US
Dollar |
2.
The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a
period not exceeding six months (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, 1962.
[F.
No. 354/165/2019-TRU]