Float Glass 4mm to 12mm Slapped Anti-dumping Duty Ranging from $58 to $165 per tonne

Pak, Saudi Arabia and UAE in Hit List

[Customs Notification No. 48 (ADD) dated 11^th December 2014]

Whereas in the matter of imports of Clear Float Glass of nominal thicknesses ranging from 4mm to 12mm (both inclusive), the nominal thickness being as per BIS 14900:2000, (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under the headings 7003, 7004, 7005, 7009, 7013, 7015, 7016, 7018, 7019, 7020 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UAE (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide, notification No. 14/25/2012-DGAD, dated the 10^th October, 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 10^th October, 2014, has come to the conclusion that-

(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below the associated normal values, thus resulting in dumping of the subject goods;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury in respect of the subject goods; and

(iii) the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject countries have caused material injury to the domestic industry,

and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on all imports of subject goods, originating in or exported  from the subject countries so as to remove the injury to the domestic industry.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and sub-section (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, on the basis of 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 heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty equal to the amount indicated in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-

Table
Sl. No.	Heading	Description of goods	Country of origin	Country of exports	Producer	Exporter	Amount	Unit of measurement	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
1	7003, 7004, 7005, 7009, 7013, 7015, 7016, 7018, 7019, 7020	Clear Float Glass of nominal thicknesses ranging from 4 mm to 12 mm (both inclusive), the nominal thickness being as per BIS 14900:2000	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Obeikan Glass Company, Saudi Arabia	Obeikan Glass Company, Saudi Arabia	58.22	MT	US$
2	-do-	-do-	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Arabian United Float Glass Co, Saudi Arabia	Arabian United Float Glass Co, Saudi Arabia	134.92	MT	US$
3	-do-	-do-	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Any producer other than those at Sl. Nos. 1 and 2 above	Any exporter other than those at Sl. Nos. 1 and 2 above	165.07	MT	US$
4	-do-	-do-	Saudi Arabia	Any country, other than subject countries	Any	Any	165.07	MT	US$
5	-do-	-do-	Any country, other than subject countries	Saudi Arabia	Any	Any	165.07	MT	US$
6	-do-	-do-	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Emirates Float Glass LLC, UAE	Emirates Float Glass LLC, UAE	79.00	MT	US$
7	-do-	-do-	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Any producer other than that at Sl. No. 6 above	Any exporter other than that at Sl. No. 6 above	111.15	MT	US$
8	-do-	-do-	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Any country, other than subject countries	Any	Any	111.15	MT	US$
9	-do-	-do-	Any country, other than subject countries	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Any	Any	111.15	MT	US$
10	-do-	-do-	Pakistan	Pakistan	Ghani Glass Limited, Pakistan	Ghani Glass Limited, Pakistan	82.34	MT	US$
11	-do-	-do-	Pakistan	Pakistan	Any producer other than that at Sl. No. 10 above	Any exporter other than that at Sl. No. 10 above	123.61	MT	US$
12	-do-	-do-	Pakistan	Any country, other than subject countries	Any	Any	123.61	MT	US$
13	-do-	-do-	Any country, other than subject countries	Pakistan	Any	Any	123.61	MT	US$

Note 1: Reflective glass and Tinted glass including green glass and transition glass are not included in the “Description of goods” in the Duty Table above.

Note 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.354/46/2014 –TRU]