[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. 48/2016 - Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 1
st
of September, 2016
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 15/10/2015-
DGAD, dated the 7
th
July, 2015, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1 dated the 8
th
July, 2015, had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of anti-
dumping duty on imports of “Glass Fibre and Articles thereof (hereinafter referred to as the
subject goods)”, falling under heading 7019 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act,
1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the Peoples' Republic of China (in short
'China PR'), (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification of the
Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 30/2011-
Customs, dated the 4
th
March, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-
section (i), vide number G.S.R. 188(E), dated the 4
th
March, 2011, and had requested for
extension of anti-dumping duty for an additional period of one year from the date of its
expiry, in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, pending the
completion of the review;
And, whereas the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty imposed
on the subject goods originating in, or exported from, the subject country vide notification
No. 33/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 13
th
July, 2015, published in the Gazette of India,
Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 554(E), dated the 13
th
July, 2015 up to
and inclusive of 13
th
July, 2016;
And whereas the designated authority vide notification No. 15/10/2015-DGAD, dated
the 6
th
July, 2016, published in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated
the 6
th
July, 2016 has concluded that –
a) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country below its
normal value;
b) the subject goods from the subject country continue to enter the Indian market at
dumped prices;
c) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;
d) there is likelihood of recurrence of injury in case of cessation of Anti-dumping duties;
and having regard to the lesser duty rule, has recommended continuation of ad-valorem anti-
dumping duty as a percentage of the CIF value of imports of the subject goods from the
subject country;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of
section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) 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 findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the goods
the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under heading
of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (2), the specification of which is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4),
originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), exported from
the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), produced by the producer
specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and exported by the exporter 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 in
column (9), of the said Table.
Table
S.
No.
Head
ing
Description
of goods
Specificat
ion
Country
of
Origin
Country
of
Export
Producer Exporter Percentage
of CIF
Value
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 7019 *Glass
Fibre as
described
below
Glass
Fibre as
described
below
China
PR
China
PR
Taishan
Fiberglass
Inc.
Taishan
Fiberglass
Inc.
33.11
2 7019 *Glass
Fibre as
described
below
Glass
Fibre as
described
below
China
PR
China
PR
Jushi
Group
Jiujiang
Co. Ltd.
Jushi
Group
Jiujiang
Co. Ltd
24.59
3 7019 *Glass
Fibre as
described
below
Glass
Fibre as
described
below
China
PR
China
PR
Jushi
Group Co.
Ltd.,
Tongxiang
Jushi
Group Co.
Ltd.,
Tongxiang
24.59
4
7019 *Glass
Fibre as
described
below
Glass
Fibre as
described
below
China
PR
China
PR
Chongqing
Polycomp
Internation
al
Corporatio
n (CPIC)
Chongqing
Polycomp
Internation
al
Corporatio
n (CPIC)
20.46
5 7019 *Glass
Fibre as
described
Glass
Fibre as
described
China
PR
China
PR
Any combination other
than mentioned in S. No.
1 to 4 above
47.15
below below
6 7019 *Glass
Fibre as
described
below
Glass
Fibre as
described
below
China
PR
Any
country
other
than
China
PR
Any Any 47.15
7 7019 *Glass
Fibre as
described
below
Glass
Fibre as
described
below
Any
country
other
than
China
PR
China
PR
Any Any 47.15
(*) glass fibre, including glass roving [assembled rovings (AR), direct rovings (DR)], glass
chopped strands (CS), glass chopped strands mats (CSM). Specifically excluded from
the scope of the product under consideration are glass wool, fibre glass wool, fibre
glass insulation in wool form, glass yarn, glass woven fabrics, glass fibre fabric, glass
woven rovings, chopped strands meant for thermoplastic applications, micro glass fibre
used in battery separator, surface mat/surface veil/tissue, wet chopped strands and
Cemfil (alkali resistant glass fibre for concrete reinforcement).
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period
of five years (unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from the date of publication of
this notification in the Gazette of India 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, 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. 354/95/2010-TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
