Prelim Anti-dumping Duty on Textured Tempered Coated and Uncoated Glass from China (US$ 677/MT) and Vietnam (US$ 565/MT) Notified for Six Months

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[Notification No. 26/2024-Customs (ADD) dated 04 December, 2024]

As amended by Corrigendum dated 5 December, 2024

 

[CBIC Corrigendum dated 5 December, 2024]

G.S.R… (E). - In the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 26/2024-CUSTOMS (ADD), dated the 4th December, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 749(E), dated the 4th December, 2024, on Page 4, in line 28,

for

“rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7)”

read

“rate equal to the difference between the landed value of subject goods and the amount specified as Duty amount in the corresponding entry in column (7), provided the landed value is less than the value indicated in column (7)”.

[F. No. CBIC-190354/182/2024-TRU]

 

Seeks to impose Anti-Dumping Duty on imports of "Textured Tempered Coated and Uncoated Glass " falling under Tariff headings 7003, 7005, 7007, 7016, 7020 and 8541 originating in or exported from China PR or Vietnam for a period of 6 Months.

G.S.R. 749(E).—Whereas, in the matter of “Textured Tempered Coated and Uncoated Glass” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff headings 7003, 7005, 7007, 7016, 7020 and 8541 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 and Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide Notification No. 6/29/2023-DGTR, dated the 5th November, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 5th November, 2024, has provisionally concluded that-

a)   the subject goods that have been exported to India from the subject countries are at dumped prices;

b)   there is substantial increase in imports of subject goods from the subject countries in both absolute terms and in relation to production and consumption;

c)   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 antidumping duty at the rate equal to the difference between the landed value of subject goods and the amount specified as Duty amount in the corresponding entry in column (7), provided the landed value is less than the value indicated in column (7) 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:-

Table

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

70071900

Textured Toughened (Tempered) Coated and Uncoated Glass

China PR

China PR

Shaanxi Topray Solar Co., Ltd

677

MT

USD

2

-do-

-do-

China PR

China PR

Anhui Flat Solar Glass Co., Ltd & Flat Glass Group Co., Ltd

677

MT

USD

3

-do-

-do-

China PR

China PR

Anhui CSG New Energy Material Technology Co., Ltd

677

MT

USD

4

-do-

-do-

China PR

China PR

Dongguan CSG Solar Glass Co., Ltd

673

MT

USD

5

-do-

-do-

China PR

China PR

Wujiang CSG Glass Co., Ltd

677

MT

USD

6

-do-

-do-

China PR

China PR

Guangxi Xinyi Photovoltaic Industry Co., Ltd / Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd. / Xinyi Solar (Suzhou) Ltd

673

MT

USD

7

-do-

-do-

China PR

China PR

Zhangzhou Kibing Photovoltaic New Energy Technology Co., Ltd / Hunan Kibing Solar Technology Co., Ltd. / Ningbo Kibing Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.

674

MT

USD

8

-do-

-do-

China PR

All countries, including China PR

Any Producer other than those mentioned in serial number 1 to 7

677

MT

USD

9

-do-

-do-

All countries other than China PR and Vietnam

China PR

Any

677

MT

USD

10

-do-

-do-

Vietnam

Vietnam

Flat (Vietnam) Co., Ltd

565

MT

USD

11

-do-

-do-

Vietnam

All countries including Vietnam

Any Producer other than those mentioned in serial number 10

565

MT

USD

12

-do-

-do-

All countries other than Vietnam and China PR

Vietnam

Any

565

MT

USD

# The customs classification is only indicative 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 Act.

[F. No. CBIC-190354/182/2024-TRU]