Anti-dumping Duty of US$ 0.18 per Kg Imposed on Acrylic Solid Surfaces from China for Five Years on Dominant Manufacturer Stylam Industries Complaint

[Notification No. 07/2025-Customs (ADD) dated 25 March, 2025]

Seeks to levy anti-dumping duty on imports of 'Acrylic Solid Surfaces' imported from China PR for a period of 5 years, on the recommendations of DGTR

G.S.R. …(E).- Whereas, in the matter of “Acrylic Solid Surfaces” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff items 3506 99 99, 3920 51 11, 3920 51 19, 3920 51 99, 3920 63 90, 3921 9039 or 3926 90 69 of the First Schedule of 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 the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings, vide notification F. No. 06/06/2023- DGTR, dated the 26th December, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 26th December, 2024, has come to the conclusion, inter alia that-

(i) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country at dumped prices;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject country,

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 items 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, an anti-dumping duty at the 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

Sl.No.	Tariff item	Description	Country of Origin	Country of Export	Producer	Amount	Unit of measure-ment	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
1.	3506 99 99, 3920 51 11, 3920 51 19, 3920 51 99, 3920 63 90, 3921 90 39, 3926 90 69	Acrylic Solid Surfaces*	China PR	Any including China PR	Shandong Kelesi New Material Technology Co., Ltd and Shanghai Sailisi Industry Development Co., Ltd. Shandong Branch	NIL	Kg	USD
2.	-do-	-do-	China PR	Any Country including China PR	Any other producer excluding producer mentioned at Sl. No. 1 above.	0.18	Kg	USD
3.	-do-	-do-	Any country other than China PR	China PR	Any	0.18	Kg	USD

* Covers alternative descriptions such as 100% Acrylic solid surfaces, Pure Acrylic solid surfaces, Corian Sheets, Hi Macs Acrylic Sheets, Montelli Sheets made of PMMA, PMMA Sheets, Staron Solid Surface, Krion Methyl Methacrylic Resin Solid Surface Sheet, Methyl Methacrylic Resin Sheets. The below products are not covered in the scope of PUC for the purpose of the present investigation;

a) Pure acrylic sheets;

b) Acrylic laminates and PET/PVC films for furniture decoration and vehicle wrapping ;

c) Polyester solid surface sheets;

d) Modified Acrylic Solid Surfaces.

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 Customs Act.

[F. No. CBIC-190354/39/2025-TRU Section-CBEC]