Six Months Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on
PVC Paste Resin from China, Korea Plus 4 Countries Notified Chemplast Sanmar Complaint Supported
by Finolex
[Notification
No. 09/2024-CUSTOMS (ADD) dated 13 June 2024]
Seeks to impose provisional anti-dumping
duty on imports of Poly Vinyl Chloride Resin Paste, originating in or exported from
China PR, Korea RP, Malaysia, Norway, Taiwan & Thailand, for a period of six
months.
G.S.R.
...(E). Whereas, in the matter of Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin (hereinafter
referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff items 3904 10 10, 3904 10
20, 3904 10 90, 3904 21 00, 3904 22 00, 3904 30 10, 3904 30 90, 3904 90 00, 3904
40 00 and 3904 90 90 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, Korea RP, Malaysia, Norway, Taiwan and Thailand (hereinafter referred
to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide
its preliminary findings No. 6/17/2023-DGTR, dated the 26th April, 2024, published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 26th April,
2024, has provisionally concluded that-
(i)
the product under consideration
that has been exported to India from the subject countries are at dumped prices;
(ii)
there is substantial increase in
imports of subject goods from the subject countries in both absolute terms and in
relation to production and consumption;
(iii)
the material injury suffered by
the domestic industry has been caused by the dumped imports from the subject countries,
and has
recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the 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-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs
Tariff Act read with rules 13 and 20 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, on the basis of the aforesaid 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 the 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, a provisional anti-dumping duty at
the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7),
in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per
unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the
said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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|
S. No. |
Tariff item |
Description of goods |
Country of origin |
Country of exports |
Producer |
Duty amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
1. |
39041010, 39041020, 39041090, 39042100, 39042200, 39043010,
39043090, 39049000, 39044000, 39049090 ## |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as Emulsion
PVC Resin # |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any country including Peoples Republic of China |
Formosa Industries (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. |
546 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
2. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any country including Peoples Republic of China |
Shenyang Chemical Co., Ltd. |
115 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
3. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any country including Peoples Republic of China |
Any producer other than SN 1 and 2 mentioned above |
600 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
4. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Any country other than subject countries |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any producer |
600 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
5. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as Emulsion
PVC Resin # |
Korea RP |
Any country including Korea RP |
Hanwha Solutions Corporation |
Nil |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
6. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Korea RP |
Any country including Korea RP |
Any producer other than SN 5 mentioned above |
41 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
7. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Any country other than subject countries |
Korea RP |
Any producer |
41 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
8. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as Emulsion
PVC Resin # |
Malaysia |
Any country including Malaysia |
Kaneka Paste Polymers Sdn.
Bhd. |
317 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
9. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Malaysia |
Any country including Malaysia |
Any producer other than SN 8 mentioned above |
375 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
10. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Any country other than subject countries |
Malaysia |
Any producer |
375 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
11. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Taiwan |
Any country including Taiwan |
Formosa Plastics Corporation |
118 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
12. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Taiwan |
Any country including Taiwan |
Any producer other than SN 11 mentioned above |
168 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
13. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Any country other than subject countries |
Taiwan |
Any producer |
168 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
14. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Thailand |
Any country including Thailand |
TPC Paste Resin Co., Ltd. |
195 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
15. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Thailand |
Any country including Thailand |
Any producer other than SN 14 mentioned above |
252 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
16. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Any country other than subject countries |
Thailand |
Any producer |
252 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
17. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Norway |
Any country including Norway |
Any producer |
328 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
|
18. |
do |
'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin', also known as
Emulsion PVC Resin # |
Any country other than subject countries |
Norway |
Any producer |
328 |
Metric Tonne |
US$ |
#The following
products are excluded from the scope of the product under consideration (PUC):
(a)
PUC with a K value below 60K
(b)
PVC Blending Resin
(c)
Co-polymers of PVC Paste Resin
(d)
Battery separator resins
(e)
The brand name Biovyn produced by Innovyn Europe
Ltd.
##
The customs classification is indicative only and not binding on the scope of the
product under consideration.
2. The
provisional anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective
for a period of six months (unless revoked, amended or superseded 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, 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-190354/63/2024-TRU Section-CBEC]