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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. 48 /2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 9
th
October, 2017
G.S.R. (E). Whereas, in the matter of “Wire Rod of Alloy or Non-Alloy Steel”
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’), falling under headings 7213 or 7227 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 (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘subject country’), 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 14/17/2016-DGAD dated the 27
th
September, 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. 51/2016-Customs (ADD) dated the 2
nd
November, 2016 published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 1039 (E), dated the 2
nd
November, 2016;
And, whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification
No.14/17/2016-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 country 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 country;
(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 country 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), 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
S.NO. Heading/
Sub
heading
Description of
goods
Country
of
origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amo
unt
Unit Curr
ency
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. 7213 or
7227
Bars and rods, hot-rolled,
in irregularly wound
coils, of iron or non-alloy
steel or alloy steel,
excluding (i) bars and
rods containing
indentations, ribs,
grooves or other
deformations produced
during the rolling process
falling under tariff item
72131090 (commonly
known as rebars or TMT
bars), (ii) bars and rods of
stainless steel falling
under tariff heading 7221
and (iii) bars and rods of
high speed steel falling
under tariff heading
72271000.
China
PR
China
PR
Minmetals
Yingkou
Medium
Plate Co.,
Ltd.
Minmeta
ls
Yingkou
Medium
Plate Co.,
Ltd.
535 MT US$
2. - do - - do - China
PR
China
PR
Any combination other
than at S. No.1
546 MT US$
3. - do - - do - China
PR
Any
country
other
than
China
PR
Any Any 546 MT US$
3
4. - do - - do - Any
country
other
than
China
PR
China
PR
Any Any 546 MT US$
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 date of imposition
of anti-dumping duty, that is, the 2
nd
November, 2016 and shall be payable in Indian currency:
Provided that the said anti-dumping, duty shall not be levied for the period commencing
from the date of the lapse of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 2
nd
May, 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 for the purpose of this notification 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. 354/177/2016-TRU]
(Gunjan Kumar Verma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
