Anti-dumping Duty on Glass Fibre from China – Final Findings

[Customs Notification No. 30 dated 4th March 2011]

Whereas in the matter of imports of Glass Fibre and articles thereof (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under heading 7019 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred as the said Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from, People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country or China PR) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No.14/28/2009-DGAD, dated the 2nd June, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 2nd June, 2010, had come to the conclusion that-

(a) the product under consideration had been exported to India from the subject country below normal values;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury on account of subject imports from subject country;

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

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 No. 75/2010-Customs, dated the 14th July, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 598(E), dated the 14th July, 2010;

And whereas, the designated authority, in its final findings vide notification No. 14/28/2009- DGAD dated 6th January, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 6th January, 2011, had come to the conclusion that-

(a) the product under consideration had been exported to India from the subject country below its normal values;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury on account of subject imports from subject country; and

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said 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, on the basis of the aforesaid 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), the specification of which is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty equal to the amount arrived at by applying the percentage indicated in the corresponding entry in column (9), of the said Table.

Table
SNo.	Heading or Subheading	Description of goods	Specification	Country of Origin	Country of Exports	Producer	Exporter	Percentage of CIF value
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
1.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	M/s Shandong Taishan-PDO Glass Fiber Products Co., Ltd.	M/s Shandong Taishan-PDO Glass Fiber Products Co., Ltd.	20.89
2.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	M/s Shandong Taishan- PDO Glass Fiber Products Co., Ltd.	Taishan Fiberglass Inc.	20.89
3.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	M/s Taishan Fiberglass Inc. (CTG)	M/s Taishan Fiberglass Inc. (CTG)	20.89
4.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	M/s Taishan Fiberglass Zoucheng Co., Ltd.	M/s Taishan Fiberglass Inc. (CTG)	20.89
5.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	M/s Jushi Group Chengdu Co Ltd	M/s Jushi Group Chengdu Co Ltd	18.67
6.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	M/s Jushi Group Jiujiang Co. Ltd	M/s Jushi Group Jiujiang Co. Ltd	18.67
7.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	M/s Jushi Group Co Ltd (‘Jushi, Tongxiang’	M/s Jushi Group Co Ltd (‘Jushi, Tongxiang’	18.67
8.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	M/s Chongqing Polycomp International Corporation (CPIC)	M/s Chongqing Polycomp International Corporation (CPIC)	7.46
9.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	China PR	Others	Others	40.91
10.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	China PR	Any country other than China PR	Any	Any	40.91
11.	7019	Glass Fibre	Glass Fibre	Any country other than China PR	China PR	Any	Any	40.91

Explanation.- For the purpose of this Table, “Glass fibre” means glass fibre and articles thereof, including glass roving, glass chopped strands, glass chopped strands mats but excluding glass wool, glass yarn, glass woven fabrics and chopped strands of a kind generally treated with polyurethane or acrylic emulsion meant for thermoplastic applications, micro glass fibre used in battery separator, surface mat or surface veil or tissue.

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 imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 14th July, 2010, and shall be payable in Indian currency.

3. The rate of exchange applicable for the purposes of calculation of anti-dumping duty under this notification 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.354/95/2010 –TRU]