Anti-dumping Duty of Rs. 3 per piece on DVD-R and DVD-RW from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Slapped

Ntfn 89 Whereas, in the matter of
23.07.2008 import of digital versatile
discs-recordable generally
known as DVD-R and DVD RW, (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under heading 8523 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from China PR, Hong Kong, and Chinese Taipei (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and imported into India, the designated authority, in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/17/2007-DGAD dated the 16^th June, 2008, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 17^th June, 2008, has come to the conclusion that-

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

b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

c) the injury has been caused by the dumped imports from the subject countries,

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on all imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject countries;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 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 preliminary findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the 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 countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table, and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), when exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty which shall be equal to the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.

Duty Table

SNo	Heading	Description of Goods	Country of Origin	Country of Export	Producer	Exporter	Amount	Unit of Measurement	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
1	8523	Digital Versatile Disc Recordable (See note below)	China PR	China PR	Any	Any	3.06	Per piece	INR
2	8523	-do-	China PR	Any country other than China PR	Any	Any	3.06	Per piece	INR
3	8523	-do-	Any country other than subject countries	China PR	Any	Any	3.06	Per piece	INR
4	8523	-do-	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Any	Any	3.0	Per piece	INR
5	8523	-do-	Hong Kong	Any country other than Hong Kong	Any	Any	3.0	Per piece	INR
6	8523	-do-	Any country other than subject countries	Hong Kong	Any	Any	3.0	Per piece	INR
7	8523	-do-	Taiwan	Taiwan	Any	Any	2.96	Per piece	INR
8	8523	-do-	Taiwan	Any country other than Taiwan	Any	Any	2.96	Per piece	INR
9	8523	-do-	Any country other than subject countries	Taiwan	Any	Any	2.96	Per piece	INR

Note: The product under consideration is digital versatile disc recordable of all kinds. Such product includes DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW.

[F. No. 354/111/2008-TRU]