Anti-dumping
Duty Imposed on Resorcinol from China and Japan
[Notification
No.
13/2018-Customs (ADD) dated 21 March 2018]
Whereas,
in the matter of import of ‘Resorcinol’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under Chapter 29 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff
Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff
Act), originating in, or exported from China PR and Japan (hereinafter referred
to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its final findings published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification No. 14/37/2016-DGAD, dated the 4th January,
2018, has come to conclusion that-
(i) the product under
consideration has been exported to India from the subject countries 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 countries;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports from
the subject countries;
and
has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty equal to the amount
indicated in column 8 of the duty table below and the difference between the
landed value per unit of the subject goods, provided that the per unit landed
value is less than the value indicated in column 8 of the said table. The
landed value of imports for the purpose of this Notification shall be the
assessable value as determined by the Customs under the Customs Act, 1962 (52
of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties under sections 3, 3A,
8B, 9 and 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.
Now,
therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) 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 tariff items of the First Schedule to the
said 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), and 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), exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry
in column (7), and imported into India, a definitive anti-dumping duty as the
difference between the amount indicated in column (8) and per unit landed value
of the subject goods, per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (9), provided that the per unit landed value is less than the
value indicated in column (8) of the said Table:-
|
Table |
||||||||
|
S. No. |
Tariff Item |
Description
of goods |
County
of Origin |
County
of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount
in USD |
UOM |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
1 |
2907 21
00 |
Resorcinol |
China
PR |
China
PR |
Zhejiang
Hongsheng Chemical Co., Ltd |
Zhejiang
Hongsheng Chemical Co., Ltd / Amino Chem-(HK) Co., Ltd. |
5461 |
MT |
|
2 |
2907 21
00 |
Resorcinol |
China
PR |
China
PR |
Any
combination other than Column 1 |
Any
combination other than Column 1 |
5461 |
MT |
|
3 |
2907 21
00 |
Resorcinol |
China
PR |
Any |
Any |
Any |
5461 |
MT |
|
4 |
2907 21
00 |
Resorcinol |
Any |
China
PR |
Any |
Any |
5461 |
MT |
|
5 |
2907 21
00 |
Resorcinol |
Japan |
Japan |
Sumitomo
Chemicals Co. Ltd |
Sumitomo
Chemicals Co. Ltd / B.R. Chemicals Co. Ltd & East West Corporation |
5461 |
MT |
|
6 |
2907 21
00 |
Resorcinol |
Japan |
Japan |
Any
combination other than Column 4 |
Any
combination other than Column 4 |
5461 |
MT |
|
7 |
2907 21
00 |
Resorcinol |
Japan |
Any |
Any |
Any |
5461 |
MT |
|
8 |
2907 21
00 |
Resorcinol |
Any |
Japan |
Any |
Any |
5461 |
MT |
2.
The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be
effective for a period of three 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
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 Act.
[F.No.354/254/2017
–TRU]