$135.40 per MT Dumping Duty Imposed on Flexible Slabstock
Polyol from Thailand
[Customs
Notification No. 13 (ADD) dated 11th April 2017]
Whereas
in the matter of Flexible Slabstock Polyol (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling
under sub-heading 3907 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, Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the 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.14/34/2015-DGAD dated the 21st February, 2017, has come to
the conclusion that–
(i) the subject goods have been exported to
India from Thailand below the associated normal value, resulting in dumping;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury in
respect of the subject goods;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports from
Thailand,
and
has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject
goods, originating in, or exported from the subject country, 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 sub-heading 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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SNo.
|
Sub-heading
|
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.
|
3907
20 |
Flexible
Slabstock Polyol of
Molecular weight 3000-4000 |
Thailand
|
Thailand
|
M/s
IRPC Polyol Company Ltd. |
M/s
IRPC Polyol Compan y Ltd.
|
Nil
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
2.
|
3907
20 |
Flexible
Slabstock Polyol of
Molecular weight 3000-4000 |
Thailand
|
Thailand
|
M/s
IRPC Polyol Company Ltd. |
M/s
IRPC PCC Compan y Ltd. |
Nil
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
3.
|
3907
20 |
Flexible
Slabstock Polyol of
Molecular weight 3000-4000 |
Thailand
|
Thailand
|
Any
combinat ion other than at S. No.1 and S.No.2 above
|
Any
combina tion other than
at S. No.1 and S.No.2 above |
135.40
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
4.
|
3907
20 |
Flexible
Slabstock Polyol of
Molecular weight 3000-4000 |
Thailand
|
Any
other country not attracting g anti-dumping duty |
Any
|
Any
|
135.40
|
Metric
Tonne |
US
Dollar |
|
5.
|
3907
20 |
Flexible
Slabstock Polyol of
Molecular weight 3000-4000 |
Any
other country not attracting anti-dumping duty |
Thailand
|
Any
|
Any
|
135.40
|
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. 354/41/2017-TRU]