Anti-dumping Duty of US$449 MT Imposed on Flat Rolled Products
of Aluminium from China on Hindalco Complaint
[Notification No. 68/2021-Customs (ADD)
dated 6 December, 2021]
G.S.R.
---(E).- Whereas in the matter of ‘Certain Flat Rolled Products of Aluminium’
(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under chapter heading
760 6 or 7607 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 People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the
subject country), and imported into India, the designated authority in its
final findings vide notification number 6/27/2020-DGTR, dated the 7th
September, 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, dated the 7th September, 2021, has come to the conclusion that the-
(i) the
dumping margin for the subject goods from the subject country is positive and
significant;
(ii) domestic industry has
suffered material injury and the injury margin is positive;
(iii) the material injury
suffered by the domestic industry has been caused by the dumped imports,
and has
recommended imposition of an anti -dumping duty on the imports of subject goods,
originating in, or exported from the subject country 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 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 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), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to
the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the
currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit
of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), of the
said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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|
Sl. No. |
Heading |
Description* |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
1. |
7606, 7607 |
Flat Rolled
Products of Aluminium |
People’s Republic
of China |
Any country
including People’s Republic of China |
Jiangsu Dingsheng New Materials Joint-Stock Co., Ltd. |
65 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
2. |
7606, 7607 |
Flat Rolled
Products of Aluminium |
People’s Republic
of China |
Any country
including People’s Republic of China |
Inner Mongolia Liansheng New Energy Material Co., Ltd. |
65 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
3. |
7606, 7607 |
Flat Rolled
Products of Aluminium |
People’s Republic
of China |
Any country
including People’s Republic of China |
Arconic
(Kunshan) Aluminum Products Co., Ltd. |
NIL |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
4. |
7606, 7607 |
Flat Rolled
Products of Aluminium |
People’s Republic
of China |
Any country
including People’s Republic of China |
Granges Aluminium
(Shanghai) Ltd. |
NIL |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
5. |
7606, 7607 |
Flat Rolled
Products of Aluminium |
People’s Republic
of China |
Any country
including People’s Republic of China |
Any producer
other than at serial number 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
449 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
6. |
7606, 7607 |
Flat Rolled
Products of Aluminium |
Any country other
than People’s Republic of China |
People’s Republic
of China |
Any producer |
449 |
MT |
US Dollar |
*The
following products are excluded from the scope of the subject goods:
i.
Can-body Stock – also includes Can End Stock (CES) used to make aluminium cans
ii. Aluminium Foil up to 80 microns.
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
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, 1
962 (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.
190354/268/2021-TRU]