Anti-dumping Duty on Homopolymer of Vinyl Chloride
Monomer Suspension Grade from China, USA to Continue for 30 Months from 13
August 2019
·
Thailand Out of the Net
·
Number of Entries Reduced to 7 from 40
·
No Major Changes in Duty Rates
[Notification
No. 32/2019-Customs (ADD) dated 10 August 2019]
Seeks to impose anti-dumping duty
on imports of "Homopolymer of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension
grade)" originating in or exported from China PR and USA for 30 months
with effect from 13th August, 2019, in pursuance of SSR investigation by DGTR.
G.S.R….
(E). - Whereas, the designated authority, vide
notification No.7/34/2018 DGTR , dated the 29th October, 2018
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the
29th October, 2018, had initiated the review in terms of sub-section
(5) of section 9 A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), (hereinafter
referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), and in pursuance of rule 23 of the
Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty
on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in the matter
of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Homopolymer of Vinyl
Chloride Monomer (suspension grade)’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods)
falling under the heading 3904 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act,
originating in, or exported from originating in or exported from China PR,
Thailand and United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the subject
Countries), imposed vide notification
of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No. 27/2014- Customs (ADD), dated the 13th June, 2014;
And
whereas, the Central Government had extended the period of imposition of anti-
dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject
Countries upto and inclusive of the 12th day of August, 2019 vide notification of the Government of
India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 23/2019-Customs
(ADD), dated the 11th
June, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (i), vide number
G.S.R. 416 (E), dated the 11th June, 2019;
And
whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject
goods, originating in or exported from the subject Countries, the Designated
Authority in its final findings, published vide
notification No. F. No.7/34/2018-DGTR, dated the 18th July, 2019
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 18th
July, 2019 has come to the conclusion that: -
(i) the product
under consideration has been exported into India from the subject countries
during period of investigation at dumped prices;
(ii) the Domestic
Industry has not suffered material injury during the period of investigation in
terms of either price or volume effect with anti-dumping duty measure being in
force. There exists likelihood of injury due to imports from USA and China on
cessation of AD duty and the likelihood of injury of imports from Thailand is
quite low and insignificant;
(iii) the likelihood
analysis indicates that in event of cessation of Anti-dumping duty, the exports
by USA and China to countries other than India are likely to get diverted to
India and the landed value of significant volume of such diverted exports would
cause injury to the domestic industry when compared with the Net Import Price
during post period of investigation.
and
has recommended continued imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the subject
goods, originating in or exported from the subject country;
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 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 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), imported into India, an 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:-
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Duty
Table |
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S.
No. |
Heading |
Description |
Country
of Origin |
Country
of Export |
Producer |
Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
1. |
3904 |
Homopolymer
of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension grade) |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
i.
M/s Tianjin LG Bohai Chemical Co., Ltd |
61.14 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ii.
M/s Tianneng Chemical Co., Ltd |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
iii.
M/s Tianjin Dagu Chemical Co., Ltd |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
iv.
M/s Xinjiang Shengxiong Chlor-Alkali Co., Ltd |
|
|
|
|
v. |
|
|
|
|
v.
M/s Chiping Xinfa PVC Co., Ltd. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
vi.
M/s CNSG Jilantai Salt Chlori- Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
vii.
M/s Yibin Haifeng Herui Co., Ltd. |
|
|
|
|
2. |
3904 |
Homopolymer
of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension grade) |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
other producer except i to vii mentioned above in column no. (6) |
147.96 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
|
3. |
3904 |
Homopolymer
of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension grade) |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
country other than People’s Republic of China |
Any |
147.96 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
|
4. |
3904 |
Homopolymer
of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension grade) |
United
States of America |
United
States of America |
M/s
Westlake Vinyls Company LP or M/s Westlake Vinyls, Inc., or M/s Axial, LLC |
29.99 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
|
5. |
3904 |
Homopolymer
of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension grade) |
United
States of America |
United
States of America |
M/s
Oxy Vinyls, LP |
49.10 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
|
6. |
3904 |
Homopolymer
of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension grade) |
United
States of America |
United
States of America |
Any
other producer except M/s Westlake Vinyls Company LP, M/s Westlake Vinyls,
Inc., M/s Axial, LLC, M/s Oxy Vinyls, LP |
115.54 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
|
7. |
3904 |
Homopolymer
of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension grade) |
United
States of America |
Any
country other than United States of America |
Any |
115.54 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
Note: The product under consideration is
Homopolymer of vinyl chloride monomer (PVC) (suspension grade) where various
polymer chains are not linked to each other, which however, excludes the
specialty poly vinyl chloride suspension resins such as cross-linked poly vinyl
chloride, chlorinated poly vinyl chloride (CPVC), vinyl chloride – vinyl
acetate copolymer (VC-Vac), poly vinyl chloride paste resin and poly vinyl
chloride blending resin.
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this
notification shall be effective for a period of 30 Months (unless revoked,
superseded or amended earlier) from the 13th August, 2019 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. 354/70/2007 –TRU (Pt. II)]