Anti-dumping Duty on Stainless Steel HR Flat Products of ASTM Grade from EU, USA, Taiwan and South Africa

[Customs Notification No. 104 dated 25^th November 2011]

Whereas in the matter of imports of Hot Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of ASTM Grade 304 with all its variants,(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), classified under Chapter 72 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, European Union, Korea RP, South Africa, Taiwan and USA (hereinafter referred as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 14/12/2010-DGAD, dated the 11^th October, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, the dated 11^th October , 2011, had come to the conclusion that –

(a) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury;

(c) the material injury had been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from subject countries;

(d) the injury has been caused cumulatively by the imports from subject countries;

and had recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and sub section (5) of section 9A of the said 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, 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 sub-heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty rate equal to the amount specified in the currency per unit of measurement specified in corresponding entry in column (8), of the said Table.

Duty Table
S.No.	Subheading	Description of goods	Country/ Territory of origin	Country/ Territory of export	Producer	Exporter	Duty amount (in US dollars per metric tonne)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
1	7219, 7220	Hot Rolled flat products of stainless steel*	EU	EU	Acerinox SA, Spain	Acerinox SA, Spain	NIL
2	-do-	-do-	EU	EU	Acerinox SA, Spain	Acerinox Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Malaysia	NIL
3	-do-	-do-	EU	EU	Outokumpu Stainless OY-Finland	Outokumpu Stainless OY-Finland	NIL
4	-do-	-do-	EU	EU	Any combination of producer/exporter other than that mentioned at SI. No. 1, 2 and 3 above		649.55
5	-do-	-do-	EU	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	649.55
6	-do-	-do-	Any country other than subject countries	EU	Any	Any	649.55
7	-do-	-do-	Korea RP	Korea RP	Any producer/exporter		NIL
8	-do-	-do-	South Africa	South Africa	Columbus Stainless (PTY) Ltd.	Columbus Stainless (PTY) Ltd.	160.14
9	-do-	-do-	South Africa	South Africa	Columbus Stainless (PTY) Ltd.	Acerinox Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Malaysia	200.50
10	-do-	-do-	South Africa	South Africa	Any combination of producer/exporter other than that mentioned at SI. No. 8 and 9 above		1130.28
11	-do-	-do-	South Africa	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	1130.28
12	-do-	-do-	Any country other than subject countries	South Africa	Any	Any	1130.28
13	-do-	-do-	Taiwan	Taiwan	Yieh United Steel Corporation	Yieh United Steel Corporation	432.44
14	-do-	-do-	Taiwan	Taiwan	Any combination of producer/exporter other than that mentioned at SI. No. 13		683.95
15	-do-	-do-	Taiwan	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	683.95
16	-do-	-do-	Any country other than subject countries	Taiwan	Any	Any	683.95
17	-do-	-do-	USA	USA	Any producer/exporter		165.32
I8.	-do-	-do-	USA	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	165.32
19	-do-	-do-	Any country other than subject countries	USA	Any	Any	165.32

Explanation: In the table, the expression “Hot rolled flat products of stainless steel” shall mean such products of ASTM Grade 304 with all its variants including products of equivalent specifications in other standards, of width up to 1250 mm (width tolerance of+20 mm for Mill Edge and +5mm for Trimmed Edge)

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed 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 purpose 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 Customs Act.

[F.No.354/58/2011 –TRU]