Anti-dumping
Duty Imposed on Flax Yarn from China
[Notification No. 53/2018-Customs
(ADD) dated 18 October 2018]
Whereas, in the
matter of ‘Flax
yarn below 70 Lea count’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under
tariff sub-headings 5306
10 and 5306 20 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
(hereinafter referred to as subject country), and imported into India, the
Designated Authority in its final findings, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification
No. 6/3/2018-DGAD dated the 18th September, 2018, has come to the conclusion
that –
(i) the subject goods
have been exported from the subject country to India below its normal value,
resulting in dumping;
(ii)
the domestic
industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the product under
consideration from the subject country;
(iii)
the material
injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from subject
country;
and has recommended
imposition of definitive 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 heading or sub heading or tariff
item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (2), originating or exported from the countries
as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), produced by the
producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), exported by
the exporters 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 |
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S. No. |
Sub Heading or
Tariff Item |
Description of
Goods |
Country of Origin
or export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount USD/KG |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
1. |
5306 10 and 5306 20 |
Flax Yarn of below
70 Lea count (or below 42 Nm) |
China PR |
Zhejiang Kingdom
Linen Co., Ltd/ Jiangsu Jinyuan Flax Co., Ltd/
Zhejiang Jinyuan Flax Co., Ltd |
Jiangsu Jinyuan Flax Co., Ltd/ Zhejiang Jinyuan
Flax Co., Ltd |
2.42 |
2. |
|
|
China PR |
Yixing Sunshine Linen
Textile Co. Ltd. |
Yixing Sunshine Linen
Textile Co. Ltd. |
2.29 |
3 |
|
|
China PR |
Zhejiang Axiang Flax Textile Co., Ltd |
Huzhou Axiang Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd. |
2.77 |
4. |
|
|
China PR |
Zhejiang Golden
Eagle Co. Ltd/ Zhejiang Golden Eagle Yili Linen
Textile Co., |
Zhejiang Golden
Eagle Co. Ltd/ Zhejiang Golden Eagle Spun Silk Co. Ltd, |
2.02 |
5. |
|
|
China PR |
Hangzhou Sanglu Silk Co. Ltd. |
Hangzhou Sanglu Silk Co. Ltd. |
2.71 |
6. |
|
|
China PR |
Great Eastern
Textiles (Tongling) Co., Ltd. |
Ningbo Win Way
Trading Co. Ltd. |
1.30 |
7. |
|
|
China PR |
Changzhou Meiyuan Flax Textile Co., ltd. |
Changzhou Meiyuan Flax Textile Co., ltd. |
2.06 |
8. |
|
|
China PR |
Tung Ga Linen &
Cotton (Changzhou) Co. , Ltd. |
Tung Ga Linen &
Cotton (Changzhou) Co. , Ltd. |
0.50 |
9. |
|
|
China PR |
Any other than the
producers at Serial numbers 1 to 8 |
Any other than the
producers at Serial numbers 1 to 8 |
4.83 |
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 19th day of October, 2018 and shall be paid 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 Customs Act.
[F. No. 354/380/2018 -TRU]