Anti-dumping
Duty on Ceramic Tableware and Kitchenware (except Knives and Toilet Items) from
China – Final Findings
·
No Change in the $1.04 per kg
Anti-dumping Duty, Provisional Duty Maintained
[Notification
No. 4/2018-Customs
(ADD)
dated 21 February 2018]
Whereas,
in the matter of “Ceramic
Tableware and Kitchenware,
excluding
knives and toilet items” (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’), falling under headings 6911, 6912 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 the China PR (hereinafter referred
to as the subject country),
and imported into India,
the designated authority in its
preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification No. 14/05/2016-DGAD, dated
4th May
2017, had recommended
imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from the
subject countries;
And, whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.
27/2017-Customs (ADD), dated 12th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 576
(E), dated the 12th June, 2017;
And, whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 14/05/2016-
DGAD dated 8th
December, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
dated the 8th December, 2017, has
come to the conclusion
that-
i. The product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country at dumped country.
ii. The Domestic Industry has suffered
material injury.
iii. The material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods subject
country.
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from 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 1975, 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 of the First Schedule
to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (7), when exported from the country as specified in the corresponding entry
in column (6), by the exporter as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (8), imported into India, an anti- dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as indicated in the corresponding entry in column (9), and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table,
namely:-
|
Table |
|||||||||
|
Sl. No |
Heading |
Description of Goods* |
Specifi-cation |
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount (in
USD) |
UOM |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1 |
6911
and 6912 |
Ceramic Tablewares and Kitchenwares |
Any |
China PR |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
1.04 |
KG |
|
2 |
6911
and 6912 |
Ceramic Tablewares and Kitchenwares |
Any |
China PR China P |
Any |
Any |
Any |
1.04 |
KG |
|
3 |
6911
and 6912 |
Ceramic Tablewares and Kitchenwares |
Any |
Any |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
1.04 |
KG |
*Description of the Product under consideration is “Ceramic table wares and kitchen wares, excluding knives and toilet items”.
Bone china, stoneware
and porcelain-ware
all
constitute ceramic products.
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 aforesaid
date of imposition
of the provisional anti-dumping duty,
that is, the 12th June,
2017 and shall be payable in
Indian currency:
Provided that the said anti-dumping, duty
shall not be levied for the period commencing from the
date of the lapse of the provisional
anti-dumping duty,
that is, the 11th December,
2017 up to the preceding
day
of the publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
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, 1962.
[F.
No. 354/91/2017-TRU]