[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. 43/2018-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 6
th
September, 2018
G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of
Glass Fibre and articles thereof, falling under the heading 7019 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 People’s Republic of China (in short ‘China PR’), the
designated authority, vide its final findings in notification No. 15/04/2015 -DGAD, dated
the 6
th
July 2016, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated
the 6
th
July 2016, had recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on Glass Fibre
and articles thereof, originating in or exported from China PR.
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty on Glass Fibre and articles
thereof, originating in or exported from China PR, vide, notification of the Government of
India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.48/2016-Customs (ADD),
dated the 1
st
September, 2016, published vide G.S.R. 846(E) in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the 1
st
September, 2016;
And whereas, the designated authority, published vide notification No.7/25/2017-
DGAD, dated the 12
th
February, 2018, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section
1, in the matter of circumvention of the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of Glass
Fibre and articles thereof, had initiated an investigation to determine the need for
extending anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of Glass Fibre and articles thereof,
originating in or exported from China PR, vide, notification of the Government of India in
the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No.48/2016-Customs (ADD), dated the
1st September, 2016, published vide G.S.R. 846 (E) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the 1
st
September, 2016, to the imports of Chopped
Strand Mats or CSM (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’) falling under the
heading 7019 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported
from, Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the subject country) into India.
And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification
No.7/25/2017- DGAD, dated the 30
th
July, 2018, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part
I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that-
(a) the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of Glass Fibre, originating and exported
from China PR vide Customs Notification No. 48/2016-Customs (ADD) dated 1st
September, 2016 was circumvented through exports of CSM from M/s Asia
Composite Materials (Thailand) Co., Ltd, Thailand pursuant to Rule 25 (3) of the
Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment And Collection Of Antidumping Duty On
Dumped Articles and for Determination Of Injury) Rules, 1995 Rules;
(b) CSM has been exported at dumped prices during the period of investigation;
(c) CSM exports from Thailand has undermined the existing anti-dumping measure on
Glass Fibre, originating and exported from China PR vide Customs Notification No.
48/2016-Customs (ADD) dated 1st September, 2016;
and has recommended imposition of existing anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports
of Glass Fibre and articles thereof originating in or exported from China PR, vide,
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No.48/2016-Customs (ADD), dated the 1
st
September, 2016, published vide G.S.R. 846 (E) in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the 1st
September, 2016, on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1), (1A) and (5)
of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rule 27 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 heading 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 (5), exported from the countries 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 equal to the amount arrived
at by applying the percentage indicated in the corresponding entry (9) of the said Table,
namely:-
Table
Sl.
No
Heading
Description
of goods
Specification
Country
of Origin
Country
of
Exports
Producer Exporter
% of
CIF
Value
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 7019
Glass
Chopped
Strands
Mats
(CSM)
Glass
Chopped
Strands Mats
(CSM)
Thailand Thailand
Asia
Composite
Materials
(Thailand)
Co., Ltd
Asia
Composite
Materials
(Thailand)
Co., Ltd
47.15
2 7019
Glass
Chopped
Strands
Mats
(CSM)
Glass
Chopped
Strands Mats
(CSM)
Thailand Thailand
Asia
Composite
Materials
(Thailand)
Co., Ltd
Any 47.15
2. This notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 31
st
August, 2021,
unless revoked earlier, from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette
and the anti-dumping duty shall be paid in Indian currency.
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, under 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 Customs Act.
[F. No. 354/314/2018-TRU]
(Gunjan Kumar Verma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
