Provisional Anti-dumping Duty Slapped on Methylene Chloride from China and Russia on Chemplast
and Gujarat Fluoro Complaint
EU and US Already under Anti-dumping
Net from 21 May 2014
[Customs Notification No. 58 (ADD)
dated 8th December 2015]
Whereas, in the matter of Methylene
Chloride also known as Dichloromethane (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under sub-heading 2903 12 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 the People’s Republic of China and
Russia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and imported into
India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,vide notification
number 14/33/2014-DGAD, dated the 30th October, 2015, has come to the
conclusion that
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject
countries below normal values;
(ii) the dumping margins are positive and so significant that it
justifies recommendation of preliminary duty;
(iii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of
subject imports from the subject countries;
(iv) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of
subject goods from the subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of
provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in,
or exported from 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 (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act,
read with rules 13 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
preliminary 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 sub-heading 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), 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:-
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Table |
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SNo. |
Sub-heading |
Description of goods |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Peoples Republic of China |
Peoples Republic of China |
Shandong Dongyue FluoSilicon
Materials Co., Ltd. |
Shandong Dongyue FluoSilicon
Materials Co., Ltd. |
144.41 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
2. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Peoples Republic of China |
Peoples Republic of China |
Zhejiang Quhua Flourchemistry Co. Ltd |
Farmasino Holding (HK) Limited, Hong
Kong |
163.70 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
3. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Peoples Republic of China |
Peoples Republic of China |
Zhejiang Quhua Flourchemistry Co. Ltd |
Polychem Corporation, Taiwan |
163.70 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
4. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Peoples Republic of China |
Peoples Republic of China |
Zhejiang Quhua Flourchemistry Co. Ltd |
Mercy Group Co., Ltd., Hong Kong |
163.70 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
5. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Peoples Republic of China |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any combination other than Sl. No.1,
2, 3 and 4 above |
232.47 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
|
6. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
Any |
232.47 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
7. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Any country other than subject
countries |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
232.47 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
8. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Russia |
Russia |
Any |
Any |
194.43 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
9. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Russia |
Any |
Any |
Any |
194.43 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
10. |
2903 12 |
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) |
Any country other than subject
countries |
Russia |
Any |
Any |
194.43 |
MT |
US Dollar |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be
effective for a period not exceeding six months (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 purpose 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. 354/273/2015-TRU]