[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. 52/2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 24
th
October, 2017
G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import
of Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel, falling under the heading 7219 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, Korea, European
Union, South Africa, Taiwan (Chines Taipei), Thailand and United Sates of America (USA)
(hereinafter referred to as the subject countries / territories), the designated authority, vide its
final findings in notification No. 15/04/2014 -DGAD, dated the 12
th
October, 2015, published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 12
th
October, 2015, had
recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless
Steel, originating in or exported from the subject countries / territories.
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty on Cold Rolled Flat Products of
Stainless Steel, originating in or exported from the subject countries / territories, vide,
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No.61/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 11
th
December, 2015, published vide G.S.R. 955(E) in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the 11
th
December,
2015;
And whereas, the designated authority, published vide notification No.14/1/2014-
DGAD, dated the 19
th
February, 2016, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
in the matter of circumvention of the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of Cold Rolled
Flat Products of Stainless Steel, had initiated an investigation to determine the need for
extending anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless
Steel, originating in or exported from the subject countries / territories, vide, notification of the
Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.61/2015-
Customs (ADD), dated the 11
th
December, 2015, published vide G.S.R. 955(E) in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the 11
th
December, 2015, to
the imports of “Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel of width greater than 1250 mm of
all series not further worked than Cold rolled (cold reduced) with a thickness of up to 4mm
(width tolerance of +30 mm for Mill Edged and +4mm for Trimmed Edged); excluding:
(a) Grades AISI 420 high carbon, 443, 441, EN 1.4835, 1.4547, 1.4539, 1.4438, 1.4318,
1.4833 and EN 1.4509; and
(b) Product supplied under Indian Patent No. 223848 in respect of goods comprising Low
Nickel containing Chromium-Nickel Manganese-Copper Austenitic Stainless steel and
representing Grades YU 1 and YU 4, produced and supplied by M/s Yieh United Steel Corp
(Yusco) of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)”,
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’) falling under the heading 7219 of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in or exported from the subject countries/
territories;
And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification
No.14/1/2014-DGAD, dated the 18
th
August, 2017, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part
I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) imports of circumventing product (subject goods) have increased significantly post
levy of anti-dumping duty;
(ii) the value addition in converting subject goods to cold rolled flat products of stainless
steel of widths covered vide notification No. 61/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 11
th
December, 2015 is less than the prescribed threshold.
(iii) subject goods have been exported at dumped prices during the Period of Investigation.
and has recommended imposition of existing anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports
of Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel originating in or exported from the subject
countries / territories, vide, notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue), No.61/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 11
th
December, 2015,
published vide G.S.R. 955(E) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-
Section (i), dated the 11
th
December, 2015, on the subject goods, originating in or exported
from the subject countries / territories;
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 tariff heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries/territories as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (5), exported from the countries/territories 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 at the rate to be worked out
as percentage of the landed value of imports of the subject goods as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-
Table
Sl.
No
.
Tariff
headi
ng
Description
of goods
Specification Countries/Territo
ries of Origin
Countries
/Territori
es of
Export
Producer Exporter Duty
Amount
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 7219
Cold-rolled
Flat
products of
All Grades,
All Series
except the
exclusions as
People’s Republic
of China
Any Any Any 57.39%
stainless
steel
per footnote
below*
2 -Do- -Do- -Do- Any country other
than the subject
countries/territories
People’s
Republic
of China
Any Any 57.39%
3 -Do- -Do- -Do- Korea RP Korea RP POSCO 1. Hyundai
Corporation
2. Daewoo
Internationa
l
Corporation
5.39%
4 -Do- -Do- -Do- Korea RP Korea RP Any combination other
than above combination
13.44%
5 -Do- -Do- -Do- Korea RP Any Any Any 13.44%
6 -Do- -Do- -Do- Any country other
than the subject
countries/territories
Korea RP Any Any 13.44%
7 -Do- -Do- -Do- Chinese Taipei Any Any Any 15.93%
8 -Do- -Do- -Do- Any country other
than the subject
countries/territories
Chinese
Taipei
Any Any 15.93%
9 -Do- -Do- -Do- South Africa South
Africa
Columbus
Stainless
(Pty) Ltd
Columbus
Stainless
(Pty) Ltd
12.34%
10 -Do- -Do- -Do- South Africa South
Africa
Any combination other
than above combination
36.91%
11 -Do- -Do- -Do- South Africa Any Any Any 36.91%
12 -Do- -Do- -Do- Any country other
than the subject
countries/territories
South
Africa
Any Any 36.91%
13 -Do- -Do- -Do- Thailand Thailand POSCO
Thainox
1. POSCO
Thainox
2. Hyund
ai
Corpor
ation
4.58%
*Note: The subject goods include cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel of width greater
than 1250 mm of all series not further worked than Cold rolled (cold reduced) with a thickness
of up to 4mm (width tolerance of +30 mm for Mill Edged and +4mm for Trimmed Edged),
excluding the following:
(a) Grades AISI 420 high carbon, 443, 441, EN 1.4835, 1.4547, 1.4539, 1.4438, 1.4318,
1.4833 and EN 1.4509;
(b) Product supplied under Indian Patent No. 223848 in respect of goods comprising Low
Nickel containing Chromium-Nickel Manganese-Copper Austenitic Stainless steel and
representing Grades YU 1 and YU 4, produced and supplied by M/s Yieh United Steel
Corp (Yusco) of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan).
2. Further, no anti-dumping duty shall be payable on imports of the subject goods if:
(i) an importer who imports the subject goods for end use in the same form without
slitting; or
(ii) slitted it into 2 or more subject goods i.e. sizes above 1250 mm (for example a
2600 mm piece slitted into two 1300 mm size pieces),
14 -Do- -Do- -Do- Thailand Thailand Any combination other
than above combination
5.39%
15 -Do- -Do- -Do- Thailand Any Any Any 5.39%
16 -Do- -Do- -Do- Any country other
than the subject
countries/territories
Thailand Any Any 5.39%
17 -Do- -Do- -Do- United States of
America
Any Any Any 9.47%
18 -Do- -Do- -Do- Any country other
than the subject
countries/territories
USA Any Any 9.47%
19 -Do- -Do- -Do- European Union European
Union
Acerinox
Europa
SAU,
Spain
Acerinox
Europa
SAU,
Spain
29.41%
20 -Do- -Do- -Do- European Union European
Union
Any combination other
than the above
combination
52.56%
21 -Do- -Do- -Do- European Union Any Any Any 52.56%
22 -Do- -Do- Any country other
than the subject
countries/territories
European
Union
Any Any 52.56%
Provided that the importer follows the procedure set out in the Customs (Import
of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, 2017.
Explanation: Anti-dumping duty shall be payable on the imports of the subject goods if it is
slitted for a combination of subject goods and below subject goods size or below subject goods
sizes, (For example, an 1800 mm piece being slit into a 1400 mm and a 400-mm piece or a
2200 mm piece is slit into 1400 mm and 800 mm or a 1400 mm piece being slit into 600, 500
& 300 mm sizes);
3. This notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 10
th
December, 2020,
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, “Landed Value” shall be the assessable
value as determined under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and all duties of customs except
duties levied under sections 3, 3A, 8B, 9 and 9A of the Customs Tariff Act.
[F.No. 354/87/2009-TRU (Pt-III)]
(Gunjan Kumar Verma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
