Anti-dumping Duty
on Glass Fibre Insulating Material from China Raised in Review
·
Multinational Owens Corning with Presence in 27 Countries is Threatened
by Imports
[Customs Notification
No. 48 (ADD) dated 1st September 2016]
Whereas, the designated
authority, vide notification No. 15/10/2015-DGAD, dated the 7th July, 2015, published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 dated the 8th July,
2015, had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of antidumping duty
on imports of “Glass Fibre and Articles thereof (hereinafter referred to as the
subject goods)”, falling under heading 7019 of the First Schedule to the
Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the
Peoples' Republic of China (in short 'China PR'), (hereinafter referred to as
the subject country), imposed vide notification of the Government of India in
the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 30/2011- Customs, dated
the 4th March, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3,
Subsection (i), vide number G.S.R. 188(E), dated the
4th March, 2011, and had requested for extension of anti-dumping duty for an
additional period of one year from the date of its expiry, in terms of
sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, pending the
completion of the review;
And, whereas the Central
Government had extended the anti-dumping duty imposed on the subject goods
originating in, or exported from, the subject country vide notification No.
33/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 13th July, 2015, published in the Gazette of
India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide
number G.S.R. 554(E), dated the 13th July, 2015 up to and inclusive of 13th
July, 2016;
And whereas the
designated authority vide notification No. 15/10/2015-DGAD, dated the 6th July,
2016, published in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
dated the 6th July, 2016 has concluded that –
a) the subject goods
have been exported to India from the subject country below its normal value;
b) the subject goods
from the subject country continue to enter the Indian market at dumped prices;
c) the domestic
industry has suffered material injury;
d) there is likelihood
of recurrence of injury in case of cessation of Anti-dumping duties;
and having regard to the
lesser duty rule, has recommended continuation of ad-valorem antidumping duty
as a percentage of the CIF value of imports of the subject goods 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, 1975 (51 of 1975) 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 findings of the designated authority,
hereby imposes on the goods the description of which is specified in column (3)
of the Table below, falling under heading of the First Schedule to the said
Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), the
specification of which is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4),
originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5),
exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (6),
produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and
exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (8),
and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty equal to the amount arrived at by
applying the percentage indicated in the corresponding entry in column (9), of
the said Table.
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Table |
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S.No. |
Heading |
Description of goods |
Specification |
Country of Origin |
Country of Export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Percentage of CIF Value |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
1 |
7019 |
*Glass Fibre as described below |
Glass Fibre as described below |
China PR |
China PR |
Taishan Fiberglass Inc. |
Taishan Fiberglass Inc. |
33.11 |
|
2 |
7019 |
*Glass Fibre as described below |
Glass Fibre as described below |
China PR |
China PR |
Jushi Group Jiujiang
Co. Ltd. |
Jushi Group Jiujiang
Co. Ltd |
24.59 |
|
3 |
7019 |
*Glass Fibre as described below |
Glass Fibre as described below |
China PR |
China PR |
Jushi Group Co. Ltd., Tongxiang |
Jushi Group Co. Ltd., Tongxiang |
24.59 |
|
4 |
7019 |
*Glass Fibre as described below |
Glass Fibre as described below |
China PR |
China PR |
Chongqing Polycomp
International Corporation (CPIC) |
Chongqing Polycomp
International Corporation (CPIC) |
20.46 |
|
5 |
7019 |
*Glass Fibre as described below |
Glass Fibre as described below |
China PR |
China PR |
Any combination other than mentioned in S. No. 1
to 4 above |
47.15 |
|
|
6 |
7019 |
*Glass Fibre as described below |
Glass Fibre as described below |
China PR |
Any country other than China PR |
Any |
Any |
47.15 |
|
7 |
7019 |
*Glass Fibre as described below |
Glass Fibre as described below |
Any country other than China PR |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
47.15 |
(*) glass fibre,
including glass roving [assembled rovings (AR),
direct rovings (DR)], glass chopped strands (CS),
glass chopped strands mats (CSM). Specifically excluded from the scope of the product
under consideration are glass wool, fibre glass wool, fibre glass insulation in
wool form, glass yarn, glass woven fabrics, glass fibre fabric, glass woven rovings, chopped strands meant for thermoplastic
applications, micro glass fibre used in battery separator, surface mat/surface
veil/tissue, wet chopped strands and Cemfil (alkali
resistant glass fibre for concrete reinforcement).
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this
notification shall be effective for a period of five years (unless revoked,
amended or superseded earlier) from the date of publication of this
notification in the Gazette of India 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, under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of
1962) and the relevant date for 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. 354/95/2010-TRU]