China
Faces Anti-dumping Duty of USD 150.80/MT on Aniline or Aniline Oil, Wanhua gets away with USD 65
[Notification
No. 20/2020-CUSTOMS (ADD) dated 29th July
2020]
Whereas,
in the matter of ‘Aniline or Aniline oil’ (hereafter in this notification
referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2921 41 10 of the
First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereafter in this
notification referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in or exported
from China PR (hereafter in this notification referred to as the subject
country) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its
preliminary findings No. 6/42/2019-DGTR, dated the 12th June, 2020,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the
12th June, 2020, has provisionally concluded that-
(i) the product under consideration
has been exported to India from the subject country at dumped prices;
(ii)
the domestic industry has suffered material injury;
(iii)
the injury to the domestic industry has been caused by
the dumped imports from subject country;
and has recommended imposition of
provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in,
or exported from subject country and imported into India, in order to remove 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,
on the basis of the aforesaid 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 tariff item of the First Schedule to the
said 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), and imported into India, a provisional anti-dumping duty at the
rate equal to the amount as 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:-
|
Table |
||||||||
|
S.No. |
Tariff
item |
Description
of goods |
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer |
Duty |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
1 |
29214110 |
Aniline
or aniline oil |
China
PR |
Any
country including China PR |
Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Limited |
65.91 |
MT |
USD |
|
2 |
29214110 |
Aniline
or aniline oil |
China
PR |
Any
country including China PR |
Any
producer other than mentioned in S.No. 1 |
150.80 |
MT |
USD |
|
3 |
29214110 |
Aniline
or aniline oil |
Any
country other than China PR |
China
PR |
Any |
150.80 |
MT |
USD |
2.
The provisional anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be
effective for a period of six months (unless revoked, amended or superseded
earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official
Gazette and shall be payable 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. 354/80/2020 –TRU]