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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification
No. 49/2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 17
th
October, 2017
G.S.R. (E). Whereas, in the matter of “Colour coated/pre-painted flat products
of alloy or non-alloy steel” (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’), falling under
headings 7210, 7212, 7225 or 7226 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51
of 1975), (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Customs Tariff Act’), originating in, or exported
from the People’s Republic of China and European Union (hereinafter referred to as the
‘subject countries’), and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary
findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification
number 14/28/2016-DGAD, dated the 20
th
October, 2016, had recommended imposition of
provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from
the subject countries;
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 of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No. 02/2017-Customs (ADD), dated the 11
th
January, 2017, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 21 (E), dated the 11
th
January, 2017;
And, whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification
No.14/28/2016-DGAD, dated the 30
th
August, 2017, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 30
th
August, 2017, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) the subject goods have 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 subject goods
from the subject countries;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the
subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject
goods, originating in, or exported from subject countries 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 heading
2
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),
exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and
imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at a rate which is equivalent to difference between
the landed value of the subject goods and the amount mentioned in the corresponding
entry in column (8), provided the landed value is less than the value specified in column
(8), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit
of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table,
namely :-
TABLE
Sl.
No.
Heading/
Sub -
heading
Description of
goods*
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amoun
t
Unit Currency
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. 7210,
7212,
7225 or
7226
Pre-painted,
painted, colour
coated or
organic coated
flat steels in
coils or not in
coils whether
or not with
metallic coated
substrate of
zinc,
aluminium-
zinc or any
other substrate
coating
China
PR
China
PR
Any Any 822 Metric
tonne
United
states
Dollar
2. - do - - do - China
PR
Any
country
other
than
the
subject
countries
Any Any 822 Metric
tonne
United
states
Dollar
3
Sl.
No.
Heading/
Sub -
heading
Description of
goods*
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amoun
t
Unit Currency
3. - do - - do - Any
country
other
than
the
subject
countries
China PR Any Any 822 Metric
tonne
United
states
Dollar
4. -do- -do- Europea
n Union
Europea
n Union
Any Any 822 Metric
tonne
United
states
Dollar
5. -do- -do- Europea
n Union
Any
country
other
than
the
subject
countries
Any Any 822 Metric
tonne
United
states
Dollar
6. -do- -do- Any
country
other
than
the
subject
countries
Europea
n Union
Any Any 822 Metric
tonne
United
states
Dollar
*Note: The description of goods does not include the plates of thickness of 6mm or more.
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period
of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the aforesaid date of
imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 11
th
January, 2017 and shall be
payable in Indian currency:
Provided that the said anti-dumping, duty shall not be levied for the period commencing
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from the date of the lapse of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 10
th
July, 2017 up
to the preceding day of the publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, -
(a) “landed value” of imports means the assessable value as determined by the customs
under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties
levied under sections 3, 3A, 8B, 9 and 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975;
(b) 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, 1962.
[F. No. 354/190/2016-TRU]
(Gunjan Kumar Verma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
