Measuring Tapes Anti-dumping Duty Extended to Singapore and Cambodia
on Grounds of Circumventing Duty on China
[Notification No. 67/2021-Customs (ADD)
dated 12 November 2021]
Whereas,
in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring Tapes and their parts and components’
falling under the tariff item 9017 80 10 or 9017 90 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 People’s Republic of China, the designated
authority in its final findings vide notification
No. 7/24/2019-DGTR, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section
1, dated the 18th June 2020, had recommended imposition of the anti-dumping
duty on Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring Tapes and their
parts and components, originating in or exported from People’s Republic of China;
And
whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring Tapes and their parts and components’,
originating in or exported from People’s Republic of China, vide notification of the Government of India
in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.17/2020-Customs (ADD), dated
the 8th July, 2020, published vide
G.S.R. number 433(E) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (i), dated the 8th July, 2020;
And
whereas, the designated authority, vide notification
No.07/36/2020-DGTR, dated the 21st September, 2020, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 dated the 21st September,
2020, in the matter of circumvention of the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports
of ‘Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring Tapes and their parts
and components’ originating in or exported from People’s Republic of China, had
initiated an investigation to determine the need for extending the anti-dumping
duty imposed on imports of ‘Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring
Tapes and their parts and components’, originating in or exported from People’s
Republic of China, vide notification of
the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.17/2020-Customs
(ADD), dated the 8th July, 2020, published vide G.S.R. number 433(E) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part
II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the 8th
July, 2020, to the imports of ‘Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring
Tapes and their parts and components’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject
goods’) falling under the tariff item 9017 80 10 or 9017 90 00 of the First Schedule
to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from Singapore and Cambodia
(hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) into India;
And
whereas, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification No.07/36/2020- DGTR, dated
the 3rd September, 2021, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part
I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that-
(i)
there has been a change in pattern of trade
in case of subject goods from the subject countries;
(ii)
imports of subject goods from the subject
countries are being done at dumped prices;
(iii)
the import of subject goods from the subject
countries has undermined the remedial effect of existing anti-dumping measure on
the imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from People’s Republic
of China,
and
has recommended imposition of the existing anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports
of ‘Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring Tapes and their parts
and components’, originating in or exported from People’s Republic of China, vide notification of the Government of India
in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.17/2020-Customs (ADD), dated
the 8th July, 2020, published vide
G.S.R. number 433(E) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (i), dated the 8th July, 2020, on the subject
goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries;
Now,
therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1), (1A) and (5)
of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rule 27 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, specification of which is specified in column (4), falling under tariff item
of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, specified in the corresponding
entry in column (2), originating in the countries specified in the corresponding
entry in column (5), exported from the countries specified in the corresponding
entry in column (6), produced by the producers specified in the corresponding entry
in column (7), an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount specified in
the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency specified in the corresponding
entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement specified in the corresponding
entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-
Table
|
Sl.No |
Tariff Item |
Description of Goods |
Specification |
Country of Origin |
Country of Export |
Producer |
Duty Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Steel tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Singapore |
Singapore |
Any |
1.83 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
2 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Steel tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Singapore |
Any other than Singapore |
Any |
1.83 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
3 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Steel tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Any other than Singapore |
Singapore |
Any |
1.83 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
4 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Steel tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Cambodia |
Cambodia |
Any |
1.83 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
5 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Steel tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Cambodia |
Any other than Cambodia |
Any |
1.83 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
6 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Steel tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Any other than Cambodia |
Cambodia |
Any |
1.83 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
7 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Fibre Glass tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Singapore |
Singapore |
Any |
2.56 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
8 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Fibre Glass tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Singapore |
Any other than Singapore |
Any |
2.56 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
9 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Fibre Glass tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Any other than Singapore |
Singapore |
Any |
2.56 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
10 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Fibre Glass tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Cambodia |
Cambodia |
Any |
2.56 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
11 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Fibre Glass tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Cambodia |
Any other than Cambodia |
Any |
2.56 |
Kg |
US $ |
|
12 |
9017 80 10 or 9017 90
00 |
Measuring Tapes |
Fibre Glass tapes and parts
and components thereof |
Any other than Cambodia |
Cambodia |
Any |
2.56 |
Kg |
US $ |
2.
The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective from the
date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be co-terminus
with the anti-dumping duty on Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring
Tapes and their parts and components as levied vide aforesaid notification No. 17/2020- Customs (ADD), dated the 8th
July, 2020, published vide G.S.R. number
433(E), dated the 8th July, 2020 (unless revoked, superseded
or amended earlier) and shall be paid in Indian currency.
Explanation.-
For the purposes of this notification, the rate of exchange applicable for the 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. CBIC-190349/7/2021-TRU
Section-CBEC]