Fibre Board
(MDF) from Indonesia ($14.71 to 64.35 per cu m) and Vietnam ($14.84 to 63.99
per cu m) Slapped with Anti-dumping Duty for Five Years
Seeks to impose
definitive anti-dumping of all imports of Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF)
having thickness of 6mm and above, originating in or exported from Indonesia
and Vietnam.
[Customs Notification No. 34 (ADD) dated 14th
July 2016]
Whereas
in the matter of ‘Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having thickness of
6mm and above’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under
tariff items 4411 13 00 or 44 11 14 00 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 Indonesia 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 number 14/23/2014-DGAD
dated the 5th May, 2016, has come to the conclusion that–
(153.a)
the subject goods have been exported to India from subject countries below its
normal value, thus resulting in dumping of the product;
(153.b)
the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the
subject goods;
(153.c)
the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods
originating in or exported from the subject countries;
And,
whereas, the designated authority has recommended imposition of definitive
antidumping duty on the imports of 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 of the designated
authority, hereby imposes definitive anti-dumping duty 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 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), exported by
the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and
imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of
measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9), of the said
Table, namely :-
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Table |
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SNo. |
Tariff item |
Description of Goods |
Countries of Origin |
Countries of Export |
Producer |
Exporter(s) |
Duty Amount |
Unit of measurement |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having thickness
of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Vietnam |
Any |
M/s Kim Tin MDF Joint Stock Company |
M/s Kim Tin MDF Joint Stock Company |
Nil |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
2. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having thickness
of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Vietnam |
Any |
M/s Kim Tin MDF Joint Stock Company |
M/s Kim Tin Trading Co. Ltd. |
Nil |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
3. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Vietnam |
Any |
M/s VRG Donghwa MDF Joint Stock Company, Vietnam |
M/s VRG Donghwa MDF Joint Stock Company, Vietnam |
15.95 |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
4. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Vietnam |
Any |
MDF VRG Quang Tri Wood Joint Stock Company |
MDF VRG Quang Tri Wood Joint Stock Company |
14.84 |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
5. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Vietnam |
Any |
Any other than above |
63.99 |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
|
6. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Any, other than the countries attracting anti-dumping
duties |
Vietnam |
Any |
Any |
63.99 |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
7. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Indonesia |
Any |
M/s PT Sumatera Prima Fibreboard, Indonesia |
M/s PT Sumatera Prima Fibreboard, Indonesia |
42.38 |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
8. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Indonesia |
Any |
PT Hijau Lestari Raya Fibreboard |
PT Hijau Lestari Raya Fibreboard |
14.71 |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
9. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Indonesia |
Any |
Any other than above |
64.35 |
Cubic meter |
United States Dollar |
|
|
10. |
4411 13 00 or 4411 14 00 |
Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6MM and above, excluding laminated boards |
Any, other than the countries attracting anti-dumping
duties |
Indonesia |
Any |
Any |
64.35 |
Cubic meter |
United States 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 Act.
[F.No.354/80/2016-TRU]