Anti-dumping Duty on PTFE from Russia Cut by 78% in Review
[Customs
Notification No. 23 (ADD) dated 6th June 2016]
Whereas,
the Designated Authority, vide notification No. 15/2/2015-DGAD dated the
13th April, 2015, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping
duty on imports of Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE (hereinafter referred to as
the subject goods) falling under tariff item 3904 61 00 of Chapter 39 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 Russia
(hereinafter referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification
of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
No. 57/2010-Customs, dated the 3rd May, 2010, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number
G.S.R. 373(E), dated the 3rd May, 2010;
And
whereas, the Central Government had extended the period of imposition of
anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the
subject country upto and inclusive of the 2nd May, 2016 vide notification
of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
No. 17/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 1st May, 2015, published in Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number
G.S.R 350(E), dated the 1st May, 2015;
And
whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject
goods, originating in or exported from the subject country, the Designated
Authority in its final findings, published vide notification No.
15/2/2015-DGAD, dated the 12th April, 2016, in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that –
(i) there is
continued dumping of the subject goods from the subject country, causing injury
to the domestic industry;
(ii) the dumped
imports from the subject country continue to cause injury to the domestic
industry; and
(iii) dumping of
the subject goods from the subject country is likely to continue / intensify
should the antidumping duty be revoked,
and
has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the
subject goods, originating in, or exported from 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 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, 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), exported by
the exporters specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) and imported
into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount specified in
the corresponding entry in column (9), in the currency specified in the
corresponding entry in column (11) and as per unit of measurement specified in
the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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Sl.No.
|
Tariff
Item |
Description
of goods |
Specification
|
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer
|
Exporter
|
Amount
|
Unit
|
Currency
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
(10)
|
(11)
|
|
1.
|
3904
61 00 |
Polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE) |
Any
|
Russia
|
Russia
|
Any
|
Any
|
739.77
|
MT
|
US
Dollar |
|
2.
|
3904
61 00 |
Polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE) |
Any
|
Russia
|
Any
other than Russia |
Any
|
Any
|
739.77
|
MT
|
US
Dollar |
|
3.
|
3904
61 00 |
Polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE) |
Any
|
Any
other than Russia or People’s Republic of China |
Russia
|
Any
|
Any
|
739.77
|
MT
|
US
Dollar |
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
paid 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, 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. 354/106/2004-TRU (Pt.-I)]