SBR of 1500 series and 1700 series from EU, Korea and Thailand – Anti-dumping Duty Notified for Five Years

[Ref: Notification No. 43/2017-Customs (ADD) dated 30 August 2017]

Whereas in the matter of “Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) of 1500 series and 1700 series,” (hereinafter referred to as ‘the subject goods’) falling under sub-heading 4002 19 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 European Union, Korea RP or Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification number 14/10/2015-DGAD, dated the 12^th July, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 12^th July, 2017, has come to the conclusion that–

i. there is dumping of product concerned from the subject countries;

ii. the dumped imports from the subject countries are suppressing the prices of the domestic industry, impacting profitability;

iii. manifestation of the aforesaid injury is both in form of material injury as well as material retardation,

and, whereas, the designated authority has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping 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 sub-heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from the country 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), as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and in the currency as specified in column (10) of the said Table, namely :-

Table
Sl. No	Sub- headin g	Description of goods *	Country of origin	Country of export	Producer	Exporter	Amount (in USD)	Unit	Currency
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	European Union	European Union	Synthos Kralupy A.S., Czech Republic	Synthos Kralupy A.S., Czech Republic	207.49	MT	US $
2	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	European Union	European Union	Synthos Dwory 7 Sp. Z. Oo, Poland	Synthos Dwory 7 Sp. Z. Oo, Poland	207.49	MT	US $
3	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	European Union	European Union	Any combination other than S. No. 1 & 2		266.00	M T	MT
4	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	European Union	Any	Any	Any	266.00	MT	US $
5	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Any country other than those subject to anti- dumping duty	European Union	Any	Any	266.00	MT	US $
6	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Korea RP	Korea RP	Kumho Petrochemi cal Co., Ltd	Kumho Petrochemic al Co., Ltd	33.95	MT	US $
7	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Korea RP	Korea RP	Kumho Petrochemic al Co., Ltd	i. Daewoo International Corporation, Korea RP ii. Daewoo International , Singapore	33.95	MT	US $
8	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Korea RP	Korea RP	LG Chem Ltd, Korea RP	LG Chem Ltd, Korea RP	28.68	MT	US $
9	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Korea RP	Korea RP	LG Chem Ltd, Korea RP	i. LG Chem America Inc.; ii. Hansuk Chemica ls Co. Ltd; iii. Everlite Korea Co. Ltd.; iv. Hearty Chem Corp.; v. Wonche m Ltd	28.68	MT	US $
10	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Korea RP	Korea RP	Any combination other than S. Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9		64.00	M T	MT
11	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Korea RP	Any	Any	Any	64.00	MT	US $
12	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Any country other than those subject to anti- dumping duty	Korea RP	Any	Any	64.00	MT	US $
13	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Any	Korea RP	Any	Any	64.00	MT	US $
14	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Thailand	Thailand	Any	Any	243.60	MT	US $
15	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Thailand	Any	Any	Any
16	4002 19	Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) of 1500 Series and 1700 Series	Any country other than those subject to anti- dumping duty	Thailand	Any	Any

*Styrene Butadiene Rubber of 1900 Series and Solution SBR are excluded from the scope of the product under consideration.

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed 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 payable 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.354/206/2016 –TRU]