Anti-dumping Duty of US$75/MT (30% Duty
on Vietnam Price of $300 per tonne) on Calcium Carbonate
Filler Masterbatch from Vietnam on Complaint of CMMAT and MMA on behalf of Domestic
Industry
·
Calcium Carbonate Fillers are Additives on PE or PP
Plastics Manufacturing
[Notification No. 37/2025-Customs
(ADD) 24 December, 2025]
Seeks
to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of “Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch
" originating in or exported from Vietnam
G.S.R.---(E). – Whereas, in the matter of
“Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods),
falling under tariff item 3824 99 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 Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as the subject country) and
imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings, vide notification
F . No.6/38/2024 – DGTR, dated the 27th September 2025, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 27th September 2025, has come
to the conclusion that-
(i)
the
product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country
at a price below normal value, thus resulting in dumping;
(ii)
the
domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping in respect of the
subject goods;
(iii) the landed price of imports is
below the level of selling price of the domestic industry and is undercutting the
prices of the domestic industry,
and has recommended imposition of anti-dumping
duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the 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 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 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 country 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, an anti- dumping duty at the rate
equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7),of the
said Table, namely :-
Table
|
S. No. |
Tariff Item |
Description of Goods |
Country of Origin |
Country of Export |
Producer |
Amount ($/MT) |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
|
1 |
3824 99 00 |
Calcium carbonate
filler masterbatch |
Vietnam |
Any country including
Vietnam |
European Plastic
Joint Stock Company (“EuroPlast”) |
31.58 |
|
2 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including
Vietnam |
Yen Bai European
Plastic Joint Stock Company (“Yenbai”) |
31.58 |
|
3 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including
Vietnam |
Nghe An European
Plastic One Member Limited Liability Company (“Nghe”) |
31.58 |
|
4 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including
Vietnam |
Polyfill joint stock company
(“Polyfill”) (collectively referred to as “Europlast Group”) |
31.58 |
|
5 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including
Vietnam |
ADC Plastic.,JSC |
36.13 |
|
6 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including
Vietnam |
An Tien Industries
Joint Stock Company |
Nil |
|
7 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including
Vietnam |
Vitaplas Joint Stock Company
(Vitaplas) |
39.25 |
|
8 |
-do- |
-do- |
Vietnam |
Any country including
Vietnam |
Any |
75.00 |
|
9 |
-do- |
-do- |
Any country other
than Vietnam |
Vietnam |
Any |
75.00 |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this
notification shall be levied 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 payable in Indian currency.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification,
rate of exchange applicable for the purpose 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-190349/67/2025-TRU Section-CBIC]