Welded Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes from China and Vietnam – Anti-subsidy Duty of
10.33% to 11.96% (Vietnam) 21.74% and 29.88% (China) Notified
[Notification No. 4/2019-Customs
(CVD)
dated 17 September 2019]
Seeks to levy
countervailing duty on 'Welded Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes' originating in
or exported from China PR and Vietnam, in pursuance of final findings issued by
DGTR
G.S.R. (E). -Whereas, in the matter of
“Welded Stainless
Steel Pipes and Tubes” (hereinafter
referred to as
the subject goods) falling under tariff items 7306 40 00, 7306 61 00,
7306 69 00, 7306 11 00 and 7306 21 00 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, China PR and Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries),
and
imported into India, the Designated Authority in its final findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification No. 6/22/2018-DGAD dated the 31st
July, 2019 has
come to the conclusion
that-
(i) the subject
goods have been
exported to India from
subject countries at subsidized value,
thus resulting in subsidization
of the product;
(ii) the domestic
industry has suffered material injury due to subsidization of the subject
goods;
(iii) the material
injury has been caused
by
the subsidized imports of
the subject goods
originating in or exported from
the
subject countries;
and
has recommended the imposition of definitive countervailing duty on imports of the subject goods
originating in,
or exported, from
the
subject countries.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (6) of
section 9 of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 20 and 22
of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized
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
tariff item 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), and imported into India, countervailing duty calculated at
the
rate mentioned in column
(7) of the said Table, namely:-
|
Table |
||||||
|
S.No. |
Tariff item |
Description of
goods |
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer |
Duty
amount as a % of CIF Value |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
|
1 |
7306
40 00, 7306 61 00, 7306 69 00, 7306 11 00, 7306 21 00 |
Welded
stainless steel pipes and tubes |
China
PR |
Any country including China PR |
Zhejiang Jiuli
Hi-Tech Metals Co., Ltd. |
21.74 |
|
2 |
-do- |
-do- |
China
PR |
Any country including China PR |
Any producer
other than S.No.
1 |
29.88 |
|
3 |
-do- |
-do- |
Any country other than China PR and
Vietnam |
China
PR |
Any |
29.88 |
|
4 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including Vietnam |
Sonha
SSP Vietnam Sole Member Company Limited |
NIL |
|
5 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including Vietnam |
Nam Cuong Metal Company Limited |
11.04 |
|
6 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including Vietnam |
OSS Dai Duong
International
Joint
Stock Company |
11.10 |
|
7 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including Vietnam |
Vinlong
Stainless Steel (Vietnam)
Co., Ltd. |
10.33 |
|
8 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including Vietnam |
Steel
568 Co., Ltd. |
NIL |
|
9 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including Vietnam |
Ha
Anh Stainless
Steel Company Limited |
11.96 |
|
10 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including Vietnam |
Gia
Anh Hung Yen Co.,
Ltd. |
11.96 |
|
11 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including Vietnam |
Any producer
other than 4 to 10 above |
11.96 |
|
12 |
-do- |
-do- |
Any country other than Vietnam and China PR |
Vietnam |
Any |
11.96 |
2. The countervailing duty imposed under
this notification shall be levied
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 -
(1) The rate of exchange applicable for the
purposes of calculation of such countervailing
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 Act.
(2) “CIF value” means the assessable
value as determined under section 14 of the Customs
Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).
[F. No. 354/125/2019-TRU]