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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF
INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification
No. 17/2018-Customs (ADD)

New Delhi, the 27th March, 2018

G.S.R. (E).- Whereas in the matter of ‘Veneered Engineered Wooden Flooring’
(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff items 4409 10 10
or 4409 29 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter
referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), from China PR, Malaysia, Indonesia and the European
Union (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and imported into India, the designated
authority in its final findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
vide notification number 14/34/2016-DGAD, dated the 13
th
February, 2018, has come to the
conclusion that–
(a) the product under consideration has been exported to India from subject countries below
their normal values;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury; and
(c) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from subject
countries, except the imports from UAB Boen, EU and Tarkett Polska Sp. Zoo, Poland
(producer)/ Tarkett, Hongkong (exporter);

And whereas, the designated authority has recommended imposition of definitive anti-
dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in or exported from the 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 definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, the
description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff item of the
First Schedule to the 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), exported
from the country 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 the rate equal

to the amount as specified 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
Tariff
item
Description of
goods
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amount Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring

European
Union

European
Union
UAB
BOEN
UAB
BOEN
Nil Sqm US$
2.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring

European
Union
Hong
Kong
Tarkett
Polska
Sp. Zoo
Tarkett
Hong Kong
Nil Sqm US$
3.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring

European
Union
European
Union
Any Any 6.91 Sqm US$
4.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring
European
Union
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
Antidumping
Duty
Any Any 6.91 Sqm US$
5.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
Antidumping
Duty
European
Union
Any Any 6.91 Sqm US$
6.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring
Indonesia Indonesia Any Any 1.21 Sqm US$
7.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring
Indonesia
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
Antidumping
Any Any 1.21 Sqm US$

.Duty
8.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
Antidumping
Duty
Indonesia Any Any 1.21 Sqm US$
9.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring
China PR China PR Any Any 0.56 Sqm US$
10.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
Antidumping
Duty
China PR Any Any 0.56 Sqm US$
11.
4409 10 10
or
4409 29 90
Veneered
Engineered
Wooden
Flooring
China PR
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
Antidumping
Duty
Any Any 0.56 Sqm 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 publication of this
notification in the Official Gazette and 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, 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.

[F.No.354/61/2018-TRU]

(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India