[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. 51/2016-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 2
nd
November, 2016
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 and 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 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
number 14/17/2016-DGAD, dated the 27
th
September, 2016, has come to the provisional
conclusion that –
(a) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country
below the normal value;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from
the subject country;
(c) the injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the
subject country,
and has recommended imposition of provisional 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-section (2) of section 9A
of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 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 preliminary
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 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
Description of
goods
Country
of
origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amou
nt
Unit Curren
cy
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1. 7213
and
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
7213 10 90
(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 7227 10 00.
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Minmetals
Yingkou
Medium
Plate Co.,
Ltd.
Minmetals
Yingkou
Medium
Plate Co.,
Ltd.
499
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
2. -do- -do- People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Any combination other
than at S. No.1
538
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
3. -do- -do- People’s
Republic
of China
Any
country
other
than
China
PR
Any
Any 538 Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
4. - do -
- do -
Any
country
other
than
China
PR
People’s
Republic
of China
Any
Any 538 Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a
period not exceeding six months (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,-
(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]
(Mohit Tewari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India