Anti-dumping Duty on Viscose Staple Fibre
(Excluding Bamboo Fibre) from China and Indonesia Notified for Five More Years
[Customs Notification
No. 43 (ADD) dated 8th August 2016]
Whereas, the designated
authority, vide notification No. 15/9/2015-DGAD, dated the 22nd July, 2015,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, had initiated
a review in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of
“Viscose Staple Fibre excluding Bamboo Fibre” (hereinafter referred to as the
subject goods) falling under tariff item 5504 10 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 People’s Republic of China
and Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) imposed vide
notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department
of Revenue) No.76/2010-Customs, dated the 26th July, 2010, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide
number G.S.R.632(E), dated the 26th July, 2010;
And whereas, the Central
Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating
in, or exported from, the subject countries, upto and inclusive of the 25th day
of July, 2016, vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of
Finance (Department of Revenue) No.37/2015- Customs(ADD), dated the 6th August,
2015, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 616 (E), dated the 6th August, 2015;
And whereas, in the
matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods,
originating in or exported from the subject countries, the designated authority
in its final findings, published vide notification No.15/9/2015-DGAD, dated the
8th July, 2016, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, has
come to the conclusion that-
(i) subject goods have been exported to India
from the subject countries below its normal value;
(ii) domestic industry has suffered injury;
(iii) there is a likelihood of recurrence of dumping
and injury in case of cessation of antidumping duties.
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 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:-
Table |
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S.
No |
Tariff
Item |
Description
of goods |
Country
of Origin |
Country
of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit
of measurement |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1. |
5504
10 00 |
‘Viscose
Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’ |
Indonesia |
Indonesia |
P T
South Pacific Viscose |
P T
South Pacific Viscose |
0.103 |
Kilogram |
US
Dollar |
|
2. |
5504
10 00 |
‘Viscose
Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’ |
Indonesia |
Indonesia |
Any Combination
other than at S.No.1 |
0.512 |
Kilogram |
US
Dollar |
||
3. |
5504
10 00 |
‘Viscose
Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’ |
Indonesia |
Any
country other than attracting antidumping duty |
Any |
Any |
0.512 |
Kilogram |
US
Dollar |
|
4. |
5504
10 00 |
‘Viscose
Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’ |
Any
country other than attracting antidumping duty |
Indonesia |
Any |
Any |
0.512 |
Kilogram |
US
Dollar |
|
5. |
5504
10 00 |
‘Viscose
Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’ |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Tangshan
Sanyou Group Xingda Chemical Fibre Co., Ltd |
Tangshan
Sanyou Group Hong Kong International Trade Co. Ltd |
0.180 |
Kilogram |
US
Dollar |
|
6. |
5504
10 00 |
‘Viscose
Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’ |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
Combination other than at S. No. 5 |
0.194 |
Kilogram |
US
Dollar |
||
7. |
5504
10 00 |
‘Viscose
Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’ |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
country other than attracting antidumping duty |
Any |
Any |
0.194 |
Kilogram |
US
Dollar |
|
8. |
5504
10 00 |
‘Viscose
Staple Fibre (VSF) excluding Bamboo fibre’ |
Any
country other than attracting antidumping duty |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
0.194 |
Kilogram |
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 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.354/171/2009-TRU
(Pt.-II)]