Anti-dumping Duty of $23.78/MT to $300.22/MT
on Linear Alkyl Benzene from China, Iran and Qatar Notified
[Customs Notification no. 12 (ADD) dated 11th
April 2017]
Whereas in the matter of Linear Alkyl Benzene
(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff item 3817
00 11 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, Iran, Qatar and People’s Republic of China (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 No.14/20/2015-DGAD dated the 6th March,
2017, has come to the conclusion that–
(i) there is dumping of subject goods from
the subject countries;
(ii) imports from subject countries are undercutting and
suppressing the prices of the domestic industry;
(iii) performance of domestic industry has deteriorated in the
terms of market share and profitability;
(iv) injury to domestic industry has been caused by dumped
imports,
and
has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods,
originating in, or exported from the subject countries, 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 the tariff item 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), exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (7), and imported into India, an 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 as per unit
of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9), of the
said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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S.
No. |
Tariff
item |
Description
of goods |
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer
|
Exporter
|
Amount
|
Unit
of measur ement |
Curre
ncy |
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
(10)
|
|
1.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
M/s
Jiangsu Jintung Chemical Corp. Ltd |
M/s
Hotung Chemical Corp. and M/s Sharpinv
est International Ltd. |
23.78
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
2.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
M/s
Jiangsu Jintung Chemical Corp. Ltd |
M/s
Jiangsu Jintung Chemical Corp. Ltd. |
147.11
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
3.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
combination other than at S.No.1 and 2 above. |
147.11
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
|
4.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
country other than those subject to anti-dumping duty |
Any
|
Any
|
147.11
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
5.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Any
country other than those subject to anti-dumping duty |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
|
Any
|
147.11
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
6.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Qatar
|
Qatar
|
M/s
SEEF Limited |
M/s
Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) Q.J.S.C., Qatar |
46.49
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
7.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Qatar
|
Qatar
|
M/s
SEEF Limited |
M/s
Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) Q.J.S.C., Qatar and M/s Renish
Petrochem FZE (Trader) |
46.49
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
8.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Qatar
|
Qatar
|
Any
combination other than at S.No. 6 & 7 above. |
300.22
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
|
9.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Qatar
|
Any
country other than those subject to anti-dumping duty |
Any
|
Any
|
300.22
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
10.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Any
country other than those subject to anti-dumping duty |
Qatar
|
Any
|
Any
|
300.22
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
11.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Iran
|
Iran
|
Any
|
Any
|
71.8
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
12.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Iran
|
Any
country other than those subject to anti-dumping duty |
Any
|
Any
|
71.8
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
13.
|
3817
00 11 |
Linear
Alkyl Benzene |
Any
country other than those subject to anti-dumping duty |
Iran
|
Any
|
Any
|
71.8
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
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
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 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.354/208/2016-TRU (Pt. - 1)]