Anti-dumping Duty on Measuring Tapes from Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam

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[Customs Notification No. 16 (ADD) dated 2nd May 2016]

Whereas, in the matter of ‘Measuring Tapes’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff items 9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10 or 9017 80 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 the Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (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. 14/21/2014-DGAD dated the 10th March, 2016, has come to the conclusion that –

(a)  there is dumping of the subject goods from the subject countries;

(b)  dumped imports are causing injury to the domestic industry,

and has recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and subsection (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, on the basis of 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, specification of which is mentioned in column (4), falling under 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 (5), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at  the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (11) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table, namely:-

Table

S. No.

Tariff item

Description of goods

Specification

Country of origin

Country of export

Producer

Exporter

Duty amount

Unit

Currency

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Malaysia

Malaysia

Any

Any

2.60

kg

US Dollar

2

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Malaysia

Any

Any

Any

2.60

kg

US Dollar

3

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Any

Malaysia

Any

Any

2.60

kg

US Dollar

4

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre Glass Tapes

Malaysia

Malaysia

Any

Any

2.79

kg

US Dollar

5

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre Glass Tapes

Malaysia

Any

Any

Any

2.79

kg

US Dollar

6

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre Glass Tapes

Any

Malaysia

Any

Any

2.79

kg

US Dollar

7

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Taiwan

Taiwan

Any

Any

2.84

kg

US Dollar

8

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Taiwan

Any

Any

Any

2.84

kg

US Dollar

9

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Any

Taiwan

Any

Any

2.84

kg

US Dollar

10

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre Glass Tapes

Taiwan

Taiwan

Any

Any

2.86

kg

US Dollar

1 1

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre Glass Tapes

Taiwan

Any

Any

Any

2.86

kg

US Dollar

12

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre Glass Tapes

Any

Taiwan

Any

Any

2.86

kg

US Dollar

13

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Thailand

Thailand

Any

Any

2.96

kg

US Dollar

14

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Thailand

Any

Any

Any

2.96

kg

US Dollar

15

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Any

Thailand

Any

Any

2.96

kg

US Dollar

16

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre glass tapes

Thailand

Thailand

Any

Any

3.27

kg

US Dollar

17

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre glass tapes

Thailand

Any

Any

Any

3.27

kg

US Dollar

18

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre glass tapes

Any

Thailand

Any

Any

3.27

kg

US Dollar

19

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Vietnam

Vietnam

Any

Any

2.77

kg

US Dollar

20

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Vietnam

Any

Any

Any

2.77

kg

US Dollar

21

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Steel Tapes

Any

Vietnam

Any

Any

2.77

kg

US Dollar

22

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre glass tapes

Vietnam

Vietnam

Any

Any

1.87

kg

US Dollar

23

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre glass tapes

Vietnam

Any

Any

Any

1.87

kg

US Dollar

24

9017 10 00, 9017 30 10, 9017 30 29, 9017 80 10, or 9017 80 90

Measuring Tapes

Fibre glass tapes

Any

Vietnam

Any

Any

1.87

Kg

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.354/30/2016-TRU]