Anti-dumping Duty on Jute Products
No
Relief for Two Jute Exporters in New Shipper Review, Duty Slapped on them
[Notification No. 44/2019-Customs (ADD)
dated 11 November 2019]
Seeks to amend notification No. 1/2017-Customs dated
5th January, 2017 to insert S. Nos. 48 to 52 in the duty table to finalize the assessment
of exports of jute products by M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. (Producer/Exporter) and
M/s SMP International, LLC,USA (Exporter/ Trader), M/s Aziz Fibres
Limited (Producer/Exporter), M/s Natore Jute Mills (producer),
Bangladesh and M/s PNP Jute trading LLC (Exporter/Trader), USA.
G.S.R.
(E).- Whereas, in the matter of import of ‘Jute Products’ namely, Jute Yarn/Twine
(multiple folded/cabled and single), Hessian fabric, and Jute sacking bags (hereinafter
referred to as the subject goods) falling under Tariff Headings 5307, 5310, 5607
or 6305 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 Bangladesh
and Nepal (hereinafter referred to as subject countries) and imported into India,
the designated authority, in its final findings published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section I vide notification No. 14/19/2015-DGAD, dated the
20th October, 2016, had come to the conclusion
that-
(i) there is dumping of subject goods from the
subject countries;
(ii) imports from subject countries are undercutting and suppressing
the prices of the domestic industry;
(iii) performance of domestic industry has deteriorated in the terms
of profitability return on investments and cash flow;
(iv) injury to domestic industry has been caused by dumped imports,
and
had recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject
goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries and imported into
India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry;
And
whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, vide notification of the Government of India
in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD), dated the 5th January, 2017, published vide number G.S.R. 11(E), in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
dated the 5th January, 2017;
And
whereas, M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. (Producer/Exporter) and M/s SMP International,
LLC,USA (Exporter/ Trader) had requested for review in terms of rule 22 of the Customs
Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped
Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in respect of exports of
the subject goods made by them, and the designated authority, vide new shipper review notification No.
7/7/2018-DGAD, dated the 28th March,
2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated
the 28th March, 2018, had recommended provisional
assessment of all exports of the subject goods made by the above stated party till
the completion of the review by it, which was notified vide enabling Customs notification
No. 24/2018-Customs (ADD) dated the 7th May,
2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(i) vide number
G.S.R. 428(E), dated the 7th May,
2018;
And
whereas, the designated authority, vide its final findings in notification No. 7/7/2018-DGAD,
dated the 19th September, 2019, published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 19th
September, 2019 has come to the conclusion
that in the given circumstances and facts of the case, the producer/exporter can
only be considered for an Anti-Dumping measure as recommended for the non-sampled
category of exporters in the original investigation both for yarn and sacking bag
and accordingly recommended that S. Nos. 48 and 49 be added to the existing duty
table mentioned in notification No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD) dated 5th January 2017:-
|
Sl No. |
Heading |
Description of goods * |
Specifications |
Country of
Origin |
Country of
Exports |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount |
Unit |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
48. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Sacking Bags |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. |
M/s SMP International, LLC |
125.21 |
US$/M T |
|
49. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. |
M/s SMP International, LLC |
97.19 |
US$/M T |
And
whereas, M/s Aziz Fibres Limited (Producer/Exporter),
Bangladesh had also requested for review in terms of rule 22 of the Customs Tariff
(Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles
and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in respect of exports of the subject
goods made by them, and the designated authority, vide new shipper review notification
No. 7/25/2018-DGAD dated 2nd July,
2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated
the 2nd July, 2018, had recommended
provisional assessment of all exports of the subject goods made by the above stated
parties till the completion of the review by it, which was notified vide enabling
Customs notification No. 42/2018-Customs (ADD) dated the 24th August, 2018, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i)
vide number G.S.R. 811(E), dated the 24th
August, 2018;
And
whereas, the designated authority, vide its final findings in notification No. 7/25/2018-
DGAD, dated the 3rd October, 2019,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 3rd
October, 2019 has concluded that given the
facts and circumstances of the case, the producer/exporter can only be considered
for an Anti-Dumping measure as recommended for the non-sampled category of exporters
in the original investigation for yarn and accordingly recommended that S. No. 50
be added to the existing duty table mentioned in notification No.01/2017-Customs
(ADD) dated 5th January 2017:-
|
Sl No. |
Heading |
Description of goods * |
Specifications |
Country of
Origin |
Country of
Exports |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount |
Unit |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
50. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Aziz Fibres Limited |
M/s Aziz Fibres Limited |
97.19 |
US$/M T |
And
whereas, M/s Natore Jute Mills (producer), Bangladesh
and M/s PNP Jute trading LLC (Exporter/Trader), USA had requested for review in
terms of rule 22 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection
of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules,
1995, in respect of exports of the subject goods made by them, and the designated
authority, vide new shipper review notification
No. 7/24/2018-DGAD dated the 2nd July,
2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated
the 2nd July, 2018, had recommended
provisional assessment of all exports of the subject goods made by the above stated
party till the completion of the review by it, which was notified vide enabling
Customs notification No. 41/2018-Customs (ADD) dated the 24th August, 2018, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)
vide number G.S.R. 811(E), dated the 24th
August, 2018;
And
whereas, the designated authority, vide its
final findings in notification No. 7/24/2018-DGAD, dated the 3rd October, 2019, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 3rd October, 2019 has come to the conclusion
that in the given circumstances and facts of the case, the producer/exporter can
only be considered for an Anti-Dumping measure as recommended for the non-sampled
category of exporters in the original investigation both for yarn and sacking bag
and accordingly recommended that S. Nos. 51 and 52 be added to the existing duty
table mentioned in notification No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD) dated 5th January 2017:-
|
Sl No. |
Heading |
Description
of goods * |
Specifications |
Country of
Origin |
Country of
Exports |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount |
Unit |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
51. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Sacking Bags |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Natore Jute Mills |
M/s PNP Jute trading LLC |
125.21 |
US$/M T |
|
52. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Natore Jute Mills |
M/s PNP Jute trading LLC |
97.19 |
US$/M T |
Now,
therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section
9A of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification,
Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination
of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government hereby makes the following further
amendments in the notification of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD), dated the 5th of
January, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 11(E), dated the 5th of January, 2017, in the Table, after serial
number 47 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries
shall be inserted, namely:-
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
“48. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Sacking Bags |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. |
M/s SMP Internation al, LLC |
125.21 |
US$/ MT |
|
49. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. |
M/s SMP Internation al, LLC |
97.19 |
US$/ MT |
|
50. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Aziz Fibres Limited |
M/s Aziz Fibres Limited |
97.19 |
US$/ MT |
|
51. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Sacking Bags |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Natore Jute Mills |
M/s PNP Jute trading LLC |
125.21 |
US$/ MT |
|
52. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Natore Jute Mills |
M/s PNP Jute trading LLC |
97.19 |
US$/ MT.” |
[F. No. 354/211/2016-TRU]