Vitamin C Anti-dumping Duty Slashed to $3.74 per kg in Review

[Ref: Notification No. 38/2015-Customs (ADD) dated 6 August 2015]

Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 15/10/2014-DGAD, dated the 11th June, 2014, 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 Vitamin C (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff item 2936 27 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, the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 67/2009-Customs, dated the 16th June, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 425(E), dated the 16th June, 2009; And whereas, the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject country upto and inclusive of the 15th June, 2015, vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 33/2014-Customs (ADD), dated the 23rd July, 2014, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R 528(E), dated the 23^rd July, 2014;

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. 15/10/2014-DGAD, dated the 10th June, 2015, 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 and the dumping margin is above de-minimis and significant;

(ii) dumped imports have caused injury to the domestic industry in the period of investigation;

(iii) should the present anti-dumping duties cease, dumping of the subject goods from the subject country is likely to get intensified causing consequent injury to the domestic industry,

and had recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject country.

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 as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (11) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table, namely:-

Table

S.No.	Tariff item	Description of goods	Specifi-cation	Country of origin	Country of export	Producer	Exporter	Amount	Unit	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
1.	2936 27 00	Vitamin C	AllForms/ Grades	People’s Republic of China	People’s Republic of China	Any	Any	3.74	Kg	US Dollar
2.	2936 27 00	Vitamin C	All Forms/ Grades	People’s Republic of China	Any country other than People’s Republic of China	Any	Any	3.74	Kg	US Dollar
3.	2936 27 00	Vitamin C	All Forms/ Grades	Any country other than People’s Republic of China	People’s Republic of China	Any	Any	3.74	Kg	US Dollar

Note:- The anti-dumping duty under this notification shall be applicable to all synonyms of Vitamin-C, including, most commonly used synonyms of Vitamin-C, namely, ascorbic Acid, L-Xyloascorbic Acid, 3-Oxo-L-gulofuranolactone (enol form), L-3-Ketothreohexuronic Acid Lactone, etc., as described under entry number “867” of Merck Index.

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.