[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. 34/2016-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 14
th
July, 2016
G.S.R. (E).- Whereas in the matter of ‘Plain Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) having
thickness of 6mm and above’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff
items 4411 13 00 or 44 11 14 00 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
Indonesia and Vietnam (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 14/23/2014-DGAD dated the 5
th
May, 2016, has come to
the conclusion that–
(153.a) the subject goods have been exported to India from subject countries below its
normal value, thus resulting in dumping of the product;
(153.b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the subject
goods;
(153.c) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods
originating in or exported from the subject countries;
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 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), 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
S.
No.
Tariff
item
Description of
Goods
Countries
of Origin
Countries
of Export
ProducerExporter
(s)
Duty
Amou
nt
Unit of
measu
remen
t
Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1.4411
13 00
or
4411
14 00
Plain Medium
Density Fibre
Board (MDF)
having thickness
of 6MM and
above, excluding
laminated boards
Vietnam Any M/s Kim
Tin MDF
Joint
Stock
Company
M/s Kim
Tin MDF
Joint
Stock
Company
NilCubic
meter
United
States
Dollar
2.4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain Medium
Density Fibre
Board (MDF)
having thickness
of 6MM and
above, excluding
laminated boards
Vietnam Any M/s Kim
Tin MDF
Joint
Stock
Company
M/s Kim
Tin
Trading
Co. Ltd.
NilCubic
meter
United
States
Dollar
3.4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain Medium
Density Fibre
Board (MDF)
having thickness
of 6MM and
above, excluding
laminated boards
Vietnam Any M/s VRG
Donghwa
MDF Joint
Stock
Company,
Vietnam
M/s VRG
Donghwa
MDF Joint
Stock
Company,
Vietnam
15.95Cubic
meter
United
States
Dollar
4.4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain Medium
Density Fibre
Board (MDF)
having thickness
of 6MM and
above, excluding
laminated boards
Vietnam Any MDF
VRG
Quang Tri
Wood
Joint
Stock
Company
MDF
VRG
Quang Tri
Wood
Joint
Stock
Company
14.84Cubic
meter
United
States
Dollar
5. 4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain
Medium
Density
Fibre
Board
(MDF)
having
thickness
of 6MM
and
above,
excluding
laminated
boards
Vietnam Any Any other
than
above
63.99 Cubic
meter
United States Dollar
6.4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain Medium
Density Fibre
Board (MDF)
having thickness
of 6MM and
above, excluding
laminated boards
Any, other
than the
countries
attracting
antidumpi
ng duties
Vietnam Any Any 63.99Cubic
meter
United
States
Dollar
7.4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain Medium
Density Fibre
Board (MDF)
having thickness
of 6MM and
above, excluding
laminated boards
IndonesiaAny M/s PT
Sumatera
Prima
Fiberboar
d,
Indonesia
M/s PT
Sumatera
Prima
Fiberboar
d,
Indonesia
42.38Cubic
meter
United
States
Dollar
8.4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain Medium
Density Fibre
Board (MDF)
having thickness
of 6MM and
above, excluding
laminated boards
IndonesiaAny PT Hijau
Lestari
Raya
Fibreboar
d
PT Hijau
Lestari
Raya
Fibreboar
d
14.71Cubic
meter
United
States
Dollar
9. 4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain
Medium
Density
Fibre
Board
(MDF)
having
thickness
of 6MM
and
above,
excluding
laminated
boards
IndonesiaAny Any other
than
above
64.35 Cubic
meter
United States Dollar
10.4411 13
00 or
4411 14
00
Plain Medium
Density Fibre
Board (MDF)
having thickness
of 6MM and
above, excluding
laminated boards
Any, other
than the
countries
attracting
antidumpi
ng duties
IndonesiaAny Any 64.35Cubic
meter
United
States
Dollar
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 Act.
[F.No.354/80/2016-TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
