Anti-dumping Duty on Stainless Steel Tubes and Pipes from China Notified for Five Years

· Complainants: Chandan Steel (Mumbai), Tubacex Prakash India and Welspun Specialty Solutions

[Notification No. 31/2022-Customs (ADD) dated 20 December 2022]

Seeks to impose Anti-Dumping duty on Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes originating in or exported from China PR for a period of 5 years in pursuance of fresh final findings issued by DGTR.

G.S.R. ---(E).- Whereas in the matter of ‘Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under chapter heading 7304 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 (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings, vide notification No. 6/13/2021-DGTR, dated the 23rd September, 2022, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 23rd September, 2022, read with corrigendum notification No. of even number, dated 30th September, 2022, has come to the conclusion that—

(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below normal values;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from subject countries;

(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject countries,

and has recommended imposition of an anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from the 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 (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 18, 20 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 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 entries in column (2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entries in column (4), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entries in column (5), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entries in column (6), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entries in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entries in column (9) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entries in column (8), of the said Table, namely:-

Table
S.N	Heading	Description of subject goods	Country of origin	Country of export	Producer	Amount	Unit	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
1.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any country including China PR	Zhejiang Bangnuo Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.	114	MT	USD
2.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any country including China PR	Zhejiang HongQuan Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Yinlong Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Yinlai Steel Tube Co., Ltd.	886	MT	USD
3.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any country including China PR	Wenzhou Sodo Stainless Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	1,492	MT	USD
4.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any country including China PR	Zhejiang Huatian Stainless Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	1,005	MT	USD
5.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any country including China PR	Zhejiang Yi Jia Wang Steel Tube Co., Ltd.	3,191	MT	USD
6.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any country including China PR	Zhejiang Jiuli Hi-Tech Metals Co., Ltd.	Nil	MT	USD
7.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless	China PR	Any country	Huadi Steel Group Co., Ltd.	Nil	MT	USD
		Tubes and Pipes**		including China PR
8.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any country including China PR	Jiangsu Wujin Stainless Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd.	Nil	MT	USD
9.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any country including China PR	Zhejiang Tsingshan Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.	Nil	MT	USD
10.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	China PR	Any	Any producer other than serial number 1 to 9	3,801	MT	USD
11.	7304	Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes**	Any country Other than China PR	China PR	Any	3,801	MT	USD

** Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubes and Pipes with diameter up to and including 6 NPS, or comparable thereof in other unit of measurement, whether manufactured using hot extrusion process or hot piercing process and whether sold as hot finished or cold finished pipes and tubes, including subject goods imported in the form of defectives, non- prime or secondary grades.

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, 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.

[F.No. CBIC-190354/243/2022-TO(TRU-I)-CBEC]