[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUBSECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
New Delhi, the 11th December, 2015.
Notification No. 61/2015-Customs (ADD)
G.S.R. (E).- – Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 15/04/2014-DGAD, dated the 17th April, 2014,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, had initiated a review in the matter of import of Cold Rolled
Flat Products of Stainless Steel, (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under heading 7219 of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act) and originating in, or
exported from the People's Republic of China, Korea, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Thailand and
United States of America (USA) ( hereinafter referred to as the subject countries / territories), imposed vide notification of the
Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 14/2010-CUSTOMS, dated the 20th February,
2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 95(E), dated the
20th February, 2010;
And whereas, the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported
from the subject countries / territories upto and inclusive of the 21st April, 2015, vide notification of the Government of India, in
the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 20/2014-Customs (ADD), dated the 12th May, 2014, published in Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R 337(E), dated the 12th May, 2014;
And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the
subject countries / territories, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification No. 15/04/2014-DGAD,
dated the 12th October, 2015, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that -
(i). there is continued dumping of the subject goods from the subject countries/territories though the volume of imports has
declined after imposition of duties;
(ii). the performance of the domestic industry has deteriorated in the current injury period due to the impact of the dumped
imports from the subject country and diversion of imports to product ranges outside the scope of the product under
consideration;
(iii). the dumping is likely to continue and the performance of the domestic industry is likely to deteriorate, should the present
anti-dumping duty is revoked,
and has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods originating in, or
exported, from the subject countries / territories;
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 23 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, the specification of which is specified in column (4), falling under tariff heading of the First Schedule to the Customs
Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries/territories as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (5), exported from the countries/territories as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6),
produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), exported by the exporters as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate to be worked out as percentage of
the landed value of imports of the subject goods as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table,
namely:-
Table
Sl.
No.
Tariff
heading
Description of
goods
Specification
Countries/
Territories of origin
Countries/
Territories
of export
ProducerExporter
% of
landed
value
(1)(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
17219
Cold-rolled Flat
products of
stainless steel
All Grades, All Series
except the exclusions as
per Note below
Peoples Republic of
China
Any Any Any 57.39%
2-Do--Do- -Do-
Any country other
than the subject
countries/ territories
Peoples
Republic of
China
Any Any 57.39%
3-Do--Do- -Do- Korea RP Korea RPPOSCO
1.Hyundai
Corporation
2. Daewoo
International
Corporation
5.39%
4-Do--Do- -Do- Korea RP Korea RP
Any combination other than
above combination
13.44%
5-Do--Do- -Do- Korea RP Any Any Any 13.44%
6-Do--Do- -Do-
Any country other
than the subject
countries/ territories
Korea RPAny Any 13.44%
7-Do--Do- -Do- Chinese Taipei Any Any Any 15.93%
8-Do--Do- -Do-
Any country other
than the subject
countries/ territories
Chinese
Taipei
Any Any 15.93%
9-Do--Do- -Do- South Africa
South
Africa
Columbus
Stainless
(Pty) Ltd
Columbus
Stainless (Pty)
Ltd
12.34%
10-Do--Do- -Do- South Africa
South
Africa
Any combination other than
above combination
36.91%
11-Do--Do- -Do- South Africa Any Any Any 36.91%
12-Do--Do- -Do-
Any country other
than subject
countries/ territories
South
Africa
Any Any 36.91%
13-Do--Do- -Do- Thailand Thailand
POSCO
Thainox
1. POSCO
Thainox
1. Hyundai
Corporation
4.58%
14-Do--Do- -Do- Thailand Thailand
Any combination other than
above combination
5.39%
15-Do--Do- -Do- Thailand Any Any Any 5.39%
16-Do--Do- -Do-
Any country other
than the subject
countries/ territories
ThailandAny Any 5.39%
17-Do--Do- -Do- USA Any Any Any 9.47%
18-Do--Do- -Do-
Any country other
than the subject
countries/ territories
USA Any Any 9.47%
19-Do--Do- -Do- European Union
European
Union
Acerinox
Europa
SAU,
Spain
Acerinox Europa
SAU, Spain
29.41%
20-Do--Do- -Do- European Union
European
Union
Any combination other than
the above combination
52.56%
21-Do--Do- -Do- European Union Any Any Any 52.56%
22-Do--Do- -Do-
Any country other
than the subject
countries/ territories
European
Union
Any Any 52.56%
Sl.
No.
Tariff
heading
Description of
goods
Specification
Countries/
Territories of origin
Countries/
Territories
of export
ProducerExporter
% of
landed
value
Note
The subject goods include cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel of width of 600 mm upto 1250 mm of all series not further
worked than Cold rolled (cold reduced) with a thickness of up to 4 mm (width tolerance of +30 mm for Mill Edged and +4 mm
for Trimmed Edged), excluding the following:
(i) the subject goods of width beyond 1250 mm (plus tolerances);
(ii) Grades AISI 420 high carbon, 443, 441, EN 1.4835, 1.4547, 1.4539, 1.4438, 1.4318, 1.4833 and EN 1.4509;
(iii) product supplied under Indian Patent No. 223848 in respect of goods comprising Low Nickel containing Chromium-Nickel
Manganese-Copper Austenitic Stainless steel and representing Grades YU 1 and YU 4, produced and supplied by M/s Yieh
United Steel Corp (Yusco) of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan).
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of five 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, "Landed Value" shall be the assessable value as determined under the
Customs Act 1962 (52 of 1962) and all duties of customs except duties levied under sections 3, 3A, 8B, 9 and 9A of the
Customs Tariff Act.
[F. No. 354/87/2009-TRU(Pt.-III)]
(K.KALIMUTHU)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
