Anti-dumping Duty Imposed on Veneered Engineered Wooden Flooring from China, Malaysia, Indonesia
and EU
·
EU – US$ 6.91/Sqm; Indonesia –
US$ 1.21/Sqm; China –US$0.56/Sqm
[Notification No. 17/2018-Customs (ADD)
dated 27 March 2018]
Whereas
in the matter of ‘Veneered Engineered Wooden Flooring’ (hereinafter referred to
as the subject goods) falling under tariff items 4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 of
the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter
referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), from China PR, Malaysia, Indonesia and
the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and
imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification number 14/34/2016-DGAD, dated the 13th
February, 2018, has come to the
conclusion that–
(a)
the product
under consideration has been exported to India from subject countries below
their normal values;
(b) the domestic
industry has suffered material injury; and
(c)
material injury has been caused by the
dumped imports of subject goods from subject countries, except the imports from
UAB Boen, EU and Tarkett Polska Sp. Zoo, Poland (producer)/ Tarkett,
Hongkong (exporter);
And
whereas, the designated authority has recommended imposition of definitive
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 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, after considering the aforesaid final findings of the designated
authority, hereby imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods,
the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, 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 country as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from the country
as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the
producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), exported by
the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and
imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of
measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9), of the said
Table, namely :-
Table
|
Sl. No |
Tariff item |
Description of goods |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
European Union |
European Union |
UAB BOEN |
UAB BOEN |
Nil |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
2. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
European Union |
Hong Kong |
Tarkett Polska
Sp. Zoo |
Tarkett Hong Kong |
Nil |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
3. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
European Union |
European Union |
Any |
Any |
6.91 |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
4. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
European Union |
Any country other than those
subject to Antidumping Duty |
Any |
Any |
6.91 |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
5. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
Any country other than those
subject to Antidumping Duty |
European Union |
Any |
Any |
6.91 |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
6. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
Indonesia |
Indonesia |
Any |
Any |
1.21 |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
7. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
Indonesia |
Any country other than those
subject to Antidumping |
Any |
Any |
1.21 |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
|
|
|
|
.Duty |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
Any country other than those
subject to Antidumping Duty |
Indonesia |
Any |
Any |
1.21 |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
9. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
China PR |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
0.56 |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
10. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
Any country other than those
subject to Antidumping Duty |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
0.56 |
Sqm |
US$ |
|
11. |
4409 10 10 or 4409 29 90 |
Veneered Engineered Wooden
Flooring |
China PR |
Any country other than those
subject to Antidumping Duty |
Any |
Any |
0.56 |
Sqm |
US$ |
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.354/61/2018-TRU]