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[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. 18/2016-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 17
th
May, 2016
G.S.R. (E). Whereas, in the matter of Seamless tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of
iron, alloy or non-alloy steel (other than cast iron and stainless steel), whether hot finished or
cold drawn or cold rolled of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14” OD
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’), falling under heading 7304 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 the People’s Republic of China (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 14/2/2015-DGAD, dated the 31
st
March, 2016, has come to the
provisional conclusion that -
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country below its
normal value, resulting in dumping;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the subject goods
from the subject country;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the
subject countries,
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-sections (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, specification of which is specified in
column (8), 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 (9), provided the landed value is less than
the value specified in column (9) , in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (11) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (10) of the said Table, namely :-
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Table
Sl.
No.
Hea
ding
Description
of goods
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Specific
ation **
Amount Unit Curre
ncy
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 7304
Seamless
tubes, pipes
and hollow
profiles of
iron, alloy or
non- alloy
steel (other
than cast iron
and stainless
steel),
whether hot
finished or
cold drawn
or cold rolled
of an
external
diameter not
exceeding
355.6 mm or
14’’ OD*
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Jiangsu
Chengde
Steel
Tube
Share
Co., Ltd.,
People’s
Republic
of China
Jiangsu
Chengde
Steel Tube
Share Co.,
Ltd.,
People’s
Republic
of China
A-1-1 1,194.60 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-2 1,075.28 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-3 1,383.44 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-4 1,178.73 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-5 961.33 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-6 1,193.77 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-7 1,462.00 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-8 1,610.67 MT
US
Dollar
2 -do- -do-
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Yangzhou
Chengde
Steel
Tube Co.,
Ltd.
Yangzhou
Chengde
Steel Tube
Co., Ltd.
A-1-1 1,194.60 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-2 1,075.28 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-3 1,383.44 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-4 1,178.73 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-5 961.33 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-6 1,193.77 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-7 1,462.00 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-8 1,610.67 MT
US
Dollar
3 -do- -do-
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Any other combination
other than
Sl. No. 1 and 2
A-1-1 1,194.60 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-2 1,075.28 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-3 1,383.44 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-4 1,178.73 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-5 961.33 MT
US
Dollar
3
A-1-6 1,193.77 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-7 1,462.00 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-8 1,610.67 MT
US
Dollar
4 -do- -do-
Any
country
other than
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Any Any
A-1-1 1,194.60 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-2 1,075.28 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-3 1,383.44 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-4 1,178.73 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-5 961.33 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-6 1,193.77 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-7 1,462.00 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-8 1,610.67 MT
US
Dollar
5 -do- -do-
People’s
Republic
of China
Any
country
other than
People’s
Republic
of China
Any Any
A-1-1 1,194.60 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-2 1,075.28 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-3 1,383.44 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-4 1,178.73 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-5 961.33 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-6 1,193.77 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-7 1,462.00 MT
US
Dollar
A-1-8 1,610.67 MT
US
Dollar
* The description of goods does not include the imports of the following:-
(i) Seamless Pipes and Tubes made of cast iron and stainless steel.
(ii) Seamless alloy-steel pipes, tubes and hollow profiles of specifications of ASTM
A213/ASME SA 213 and ASTM A335/ ASME SA 335 or equivalent
BIS/DIN/BS/EN or any other equivalent specifications.
(iii) Non - API and Premium Joints / Premium Connections / Premium Threaded
Tubes
& Pipes.
(iv) All 13 Chromium (13CR) Grade Tubes and Pipes.
(v) Drill Collars.
(vi) High pressure seamless steel pipe/tube used for manufacturing gas cylinders by
producers approved by the Chief Controller of Explosives, Petroleum and Explosives
Safety Organization, Government of India.
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**
Specific
ation
Description
A-1-1
Seamless Tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, Carbon/Non Alloy/
Alloy , hot finished or cold drawn or cold rolled of an external diameter not
exceeding 355.6 mm or 14" OD
A-1-2
Seamless Casing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, Carbon/Non Alloy/
Alloy , hot finished or cold drawn or cold rolled of an external diameter not
exceeding 355.6 mm or 14" OD
A-1-3
Seamless Mother Hollows, Coupling stock, blanks/ Pup Joints, Carbon/ Non
Alloy/ Alloy , hot finished or cold drawn or cold rolled of an external diameter not
exceeding 355.6 mm or 14" OD
A-1-4
Seamless Drill Pipes, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, Carbon/Non Alloy,
hot finished of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14" OD
A-1-5
Seamless Tubes, Pipes and hollow profiles including Line pipes of Carbon/Non
alloy steel, hot finished of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14"
OD
A-1-6
Seamless Tubes, Pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross section including Line
pipes of Carbon/Non alloy steel, cold drawn or cold rolled or cold reduced of an
external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14" OD
A-1-7
Seamless Tubes, Pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross section including Line
pipes and Bearing tubes of Alloy steel, hot finished, of an external diameter not
exceeding 355.6 mm or 14" OD
A-1-8
Seamless Tubes, Pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross section including Line
pipes and Bearing tubes of Alloy steel, cold drawn or cold rolled or cold reduced,
of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14" OD
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;
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(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. 354/47/2016-TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
