Anti-dumping Duty Imposed on MAA (Methyl Acetoacetate) from USA and China – Final Findings
[Customs
Notification No. 22 (ADD) dated 31st May 2016]
Whereas,
in the matter of ‘Methyl Acetoacetate’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under Chapter 29 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 United States of America and the 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
number 14/7/2014-DGAD, dated the 1st April, 2016, has come to the conclusion
that –
(i) the subject
goods has been exported to India from the subject countries below normal
values;
(ii) the
domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports
from the subject countries;
(iii) the material
injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject
countries;
and
has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the
subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries and
imported into India, 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, hereby imposes on
the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the
Table below, falling under tariff items of the First Schedule to the Customs
Tariff Act, specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in
the countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from
the countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by
the producers specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), exported by
the exporters specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and imported
into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount specified in
the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency specified in the
corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement specified in
the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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Sl.No.
|
Tariff
Item |
Description
of goods |
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer
|
Exporter
|
Amount
|
Unit
|
Currency
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
(10)
|
|
1.
|
2914
69 90, 2915 39 10, 2915 39 40, 2915 39 90, 2918 30 40 2918 30 90, 2933 19 90,
2941 00 90 or 2918 99 00 |
Methyl
Acetoacetate |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Qingdao
Double-Peach Specialty Chemicals (Group) Co., Ltd. |
Qingdao
Double-Peach Specialty Chemicals (Group) Co., Ltd. |
0.353
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar |
|
2.
|
-do- |
-do- |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Nantong
Acetic Acid Chemical Co., Ltd. |
Nantong
Tianhong International Trade Co., Ltd. |
0.277
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar |
|
3.
|
-do- |
-do- |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
combination other than the combinations specified above |
0.404
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar |
|
|
4.
|
-do- |
-do- |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.404
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar |
|
5.
|
-do- |
-do- |
Any
country other than the subject countries |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
|
Any
|
0.404
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar |
|
6.
|
-do- |
-do- |
United
States of America |
United
States of America |
Eastman
Chemical Company |
Eastman
Chemical Ltd, Singapore |
0.243
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar |
|
7.
|
-do- |
-do- |
United
States of America |
Any
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.293
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar |
|
8.
|
-do- |
-do- |
Any
country other than the subject countries |
United
States of America |
Any
|
Any
|
0.293
|
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 calculation
of 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. 354/297/2015-TRU]