Anti-dumping Duty on Nylon
Filament Yarn from European Union and Vietnam – Carpet Grades 650 to 10,000 decitex Excluded
[Notification No. 23/2021-Customs
(ADD) dated 20 April 2021]
Seeks to amend notification No. 50/2018-Customs (ADD)
dated 5th October, 2018 imposing anti-dumping duty on imports of nylon filament
yarn originated in or exported from Vietnam and European Union , to exclude
goods of certain specification from the scope of the anti-dumping duty
G.S.R. .…(E).- Whereas, the Designated Authority, vide notification
No. 7/30/2019-DGTR, dated the 31st January, 2020 published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 31st January, 2020, had initiated midterm
review in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act 1975
(51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act ), read with rule
23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping
Duty on Dumped Articles and Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred
to as the said Rules) in the matter of reviewing the product scope of definitive
anti-dumping duty imposed on ‘Nylon Filament
Yarn (multi- filament)’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) originating
in or exported from European Union and Vietnam
(hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), imposed vide notification of
the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 50/2018-Customs (ADD), dated the 5th October,
2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II-Section 3 (i), vide number G.S.R.998 (E), dated the 5th October, 2018.
And whereas, the Designated Authority in its final findings
in the said review, published vide notification No. 7/30/2019-DGTR, dated the 22nd
January, 2021 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the
22nd January, 2021, has recommended that
the technical scope of Bulk Continuous Filament (BCF) Yarn be amended in the notification
No. 50/2018-Customs (ADD) dated the 5th October, 2018, to exclude BCF of higher
denierage (650 decitex to 10,000
decitex), from the levy of ADD.
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 23 of
the said Rules, the Central Government, after considering the aforesaid final findings
of the Designated Authority, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification
of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No. 50/2018-Customs (ADD), dated the 5th October, 2018, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II-Section 3 (i), vide number
G.S.R.998 (E), dated the 5th October, 2018, namely:-
In the said notification, in the footnote after the Table,
for the word and figure “1650 decitex”, the word and figure “10000 decitex” shall be substituted.
[F.
No. 354/326/2018-TRU (Pt.-I)]
* Synthetic multi filament
yarns of nylon or polyamides such as flat yarn-twisted and/or untwisted,
crimped yarn, fully drawn yarn(FDY), spin drawn yarn (SDY), fully oriented
yarn(FOY), high oriented yarn (HOY), partially oriented yarn (POY), textured
yarn-twisted and/or untwisted, and dyed yarn, single, double, multiple, folded
or cabled, classifiable within chapter 54 under customs subheading No. 5402.
The product includes all variants of Nylon Filament Yarn or polyamide yarn such
as flat/ textured/ twisted/ bright/ semi-dull/ full dull(or variants thereof),
grey/coloured/dyed (or variants thereof), single,
double, multiple, folded or cabled (or variants thereof), whether or not sized,
but excludes high tenacity yarn of nylon. Specifically excluded from the scope
of product under consideration are all man-made filament yarns not having nylon
or polyamides and mono filament yarn, high tenacity yarn of nylon, BCF (Bulk
Continuous Filament) Yarn, which
is a crimped nylon filament yarn which has high tenacity of approximately 4 centi newton decitex and high denierage (approx.. 650 to 10000 1650 decitex) and is normally used in carpet making.