[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. 29 /2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 14
th
June, 2017
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of ‘Glazed/Unglazed Porcelain/Vitrified tiles in
polished or unpolished finish with less than 3% water absorption’) falling under heading
6907, 6908 or 6914 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975),
originating in or exported from the China PR, (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 No. 14/14/2014-DGAD
dated the 11th March, 2016, had come to the conclusion that –
(a) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country below
normal value;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered injury on account of import of the subject
goods from the subject country;
(c) the injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the
subject country.
and had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the goods, originating
in or exported from the subject country and imported into India, in order to remove injury to
the domestic industry;
And whereas on the basis of the aforesaid preliminary findings of the designated
authority, the Central Government had imposed provisional anti -dumping
duty, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue), No. 12/2016-Customs (ADD), dated the 29
th
March, 2016, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 359
(E), dated the 29
th
March, 2016;
And whereas the designated authority vide its final findings vide notification No.
14/14/2014-DGAD, dated 8th April, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part I, Section 1, dated the 8th April, 2017, in the matter of “Soluble Salt Double Charge,
GVT and PGVT, Porcelain/ Vitrified Tiles with less than 3% water absorption and All sizes”
(hereinafter referred to as the said goods) has come to the conclusion that -
(a) there has been significant increase in the volume of dumped imports from the subject
country in absolute terms throughout the injury period and in relation to production
and consumption in India;
(b) the said goods are entering the Indian market from the subject countries at dumped
prices;
(c) though the performance of the domestic industry, in terms of volume and price
parameters during the POI as a whole does not show any deterioration last two
quarters of the POI shows significant volume and price effects of dumped imports
from the subject country due to significant increase in imports and decline in prices;
(d) overall assessment of the trend in increasing imports and decline in prices coinciding
with imposition of trade remedy measures on export of tiles from China to those
countries, sluggish demand and overcapacity in China indicates that there is an
imminent threat of intensified dumping in India and consequent injury to the domestic
industry in the absence of a measure,
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the said goods,
originating in or exported from the 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-section (1) and (5)of section
9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 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, after considering the
aforesaid final findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes definitive anti-dumping
duty on the said goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below,
falling under Chapter heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (4), produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (6), when exported from the country as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (5), by the exporter as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), imported into
India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as indicated in the corresponding
entry 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
Descripti
on of
goods
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter
Duty
amount
Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
China PR China PR
M/s
Southern
Building
Materials
&
Sanitary
Co.
Ltd. of
Qingyuan
City, M/s
Jiangxi
Fuligao
Ceramics
Co.
Ltd. and
M/s New
Zhong
Yuan
Ceramics
Import &
Export Co.
Ltd. of
Guangdon
g
NIL
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
M/s
Guangdon
g
Luxury
Microcrys
tal Stone
Technolog
y
Co. Ltd.
2.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
China PR China PR
M/s
Guangdon
g
Haosen
Ceramics
Co.,Ltd.
M/s
Foshan
Haosen
Import and
Export
Co., Ltd,
M/s
Foshan
Kihut
Ceramic
Co., Ltd,
&
M/s
Kunlagy
Ltd, Hong
Kong
0.83
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
3.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
China PR China PR
M/s
Foshan
Lihua
Ceramics
Co.
Ltd.
M/s
Foshan
Henry
Trading
Co.
Lt
NIL
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
4.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
China PR China PR
M/s
Qingyuan
Qiangbiao
Ceramics
Co.,
Ltd. And
M/s
Foshan
Qiangbio
Ceramics
Co.
Ltd
M/s
Foshan
Hongliao
Trade co.
Ltd.,
China
PR; M/s
Sheenway
Corporatio
n
Ltd., Hong
Kong
0.28
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
5.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
China PR China PR
M/s
Foshan
Chanchen
g
Jinyi
M/s
Foshan
Worceter
Trade Co.
Ltd.
NIL
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
Ceramics
Co. Ltd.
And
M/s Xin
Xing
Xian
Zhisheng
Ceramics
Co.,
Ltd.
And
M/s
Sheenway
Corporatio
n
Ltd., Hong
Kong
6.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
China PR China PR
M/s
Guangdon
g
Gelaisi
Ceramics
Co.
Ltd, and
M/s
Foshan
Sanshui
Huiwanjia
Ceramics
Co.
Ltd
M/s
Foshan
Newpearl
Trade Co.
Ltd
NIL
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
7.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
China PR China PR
Non sampled
Producer/ Exporter as
per list given below**
0.79
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
8.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
China PR China PR
Any combination other
than mentioned in
S.No. 1 to 7 above
1.87
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
9.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
China PR
Any
country
other
than
Any Any 1.87
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
China PR
10.
6907,
6908,
6914
Soluble
Salt,
Double
Charge,
GVT and
PGVT
Porcelain
/Vitrified
Tiles
with less
than 3%
water
absorptio
n and All
sizes*
Any
country
other
than
China PR
China PR Any Any 1.87
Square
Meter
US
Dollar
*The product does not cover Micro-crystal tiles, Full Body tiles and thin panel tiles below 5mm
thickness.
**List of Non-sampled exporters from China PR.
Sl.No. Name of the Producer Name of the Exporter
1 2 3
1. Foshan Helai Building Materials Co.,
Ltd and Foshan City Gaoming district
hui Mei AO Building Material Co., Ltd.
Foshan Xinzhongwei Economic and Trade Co.,
Ltd, M/s Globlink Overseas (HK) Ltd.
2. Foshan City TaoQuiang Building
Material Co., Ltd.
Foshan Fortune Imp. And Exp. Trade Co., Ltd.
3. Monalisa Group Co., Ltd. Guangdong Monalisa Trading Co., Ltd.
4. Foshan Gold Full House Building
Material Co., Ltd.
Foshan Nanhai Rongjia IM & EX Co., Ltd, and
Foshan Clouds Import & Exports Co., Ltd.
5. Guangdong Yongsheng Ceramics Co.,
Ltd
Foshan Ishine Trading Co., Ltd.
6. Foshan Sunny Ceramic Co., Ltd. Foshan Gold Medal Import and Export Trading
Co., Ltd.
7. Enping City Huachang Ceramic Co.,
Ltd.
Enping City Huachang Ceramic Co., Ltd.
8. Foshan Oceanland Ceramics Co., Ltd Foshan Oceanland Ceramics Co., Ltd
9. Guangdong Overland Ceramics Co., Ltd Guangdong Overland Ceramics Co., Ltd
10. Guangdong Kito Ceramics Co., Ltd Guangdong Kito Ceramics Co., Ltd
11. Foshan Sincere Building Material Co.,
Ltd
Foshan Sincere Building Material Co., Ltd
12. Guangdong Guanxing Ceramics
Enterprise Co., Ltd
Guangdong Guanxing Ceramics Enterprise Co.,
Ltd
13. Qingyuan Quya Ceramics Co., Ltd Qingyuan Quya Ceramics Co., Ltd
14. Jingdezhen Kito Ceramic Co., Ltd Jingdezhen Kito Ceramic Co., Ltd
15. Foshan Louis Valentino Ceramic Co.,
Ltd
Foshan Louis Valentino Ceramic Co., Ltd
16. Guangdong Xinfengjing Ceramics Co.,
Ltd
Guangdong Xinfengjing Ceramics Co., Ltd
17. Guangdong Tianbi Ceramics Co., Ltd Guangdong Tianbi Ceramics Co., Ltd
18. Foshan HCC Building Material Co., Ltd Foshan HCC Building Material Co., Ltd
19. Zhanjiang Zhonghong Ceramics Co.,
Ltd
Foshan Beyond Import and Export Co., Ltd
20. Heyuan Romantic Ceramics Co., Ltd Foshan Beyond Import and Export Co., Ltd
21. Foshan Nanhai Yonghong Ceramic Co.,
Ltd
Foshan Jun Enterprise Co., Ltd
22. Foshan Dunhunang Building Material
Co., Ltd
Foshan Dunhunang Building Material Co., Ltd
23. Foshan Sanshui Hongyuan Ceramics
Enterprise Co., Ltd
Foshan Sanshui Hongyuan Ceramics Enterprise
Co., Ltd
24. Foshan Gani Ceramic Tiles Co. Ltd. Qingyuan Ceramic Tiles Co. Ltd.
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of
five years (unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from the date of imposition of the
provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 29
th
March,2016, imposed vide Notification
number 12/2016 dated the 29
th
March, 2016, and shall be paid in Indian currency:
Provided that the said anti-dumping duty shall not be levied for the period
commencing from the lapse of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 28
th
September,2016, up to the preceding day of the publication of this notification, in the Official
Gazette.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the
purposes 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 determination of the rate of exchange shall
be the date of presentation of the bill of entry under section 46 of the said Act.
[F. No. 354/24/2016 – TRU]
(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
