[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. 18/2013-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, dated the 8
th
August, 2013
G.S.R. 538 (E). - Whereas, in the matter of resin or other organic substances bonded wood or ligneous fibre boards of
thickness below 6mm, except insulation boards, laminated fibre boards and boards which are not bonded either by resin or
other organic substances (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), classified within Chapter 44 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, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the
Designated Authority vide its preliminary findings No. 14/29/2010-DGAD, dated the 23
rd
July, 2012, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 23
rd
July, 2012, had come to the conclusion that -
(a) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below their normal value, thus resulting in dumping
of the subject goods;
(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury in respect of subject goods;
(c) the material injury to the domestic industry has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from subject
countries;
and had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported
from, the subject countries;
And whereas on the basis of the aforesaid preliminary findings of the Designated Authority, the Central Government had
imposed provisional anti-dumping duty, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue), No. 43/2012-Customs(ADD), dated the 21
st
September, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(i), vide number G.S.R. 710(E), dated the 21
st
September, 2012;
And whereas the Designated Authority vide its final findings No. 14/29/2010-DGAD, dated 10
th
May, 2013, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 10
th
May, 2013 has come to the conclusion that -
(i) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject countries below the associated normal
values, thus resulting in dumping of the subject goods from the subject countries;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury in respect of the subject goods; and
(iii) the material injury to the domestic industry has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the
subject countries.
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on all imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported
from the subject countries;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act,1975, 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, on the basis of 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 the heading of the First Schedule to the said 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), and
exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and produced by the producers as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (6), and 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 difference between the amount as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8) and the landed value, in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10)
and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table:-
Table
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
S l
.
No.
Heading
/ Sub-
heading
Description
of
goo d s
C ountry
of
Or i g in
C ountry
of
Export
P r o d u c e rE xp o rt e r
Am
ount
U n it
C
urrency
14411*
Resin or other organic substances
bonded wood or ligneous fibre
boards of thickness more than
2mm and below 6mm, except
insulation boards, laminated fibre
boards, Moulded Door Skins, and
boards which are not bonded
either by resin or other organic
substances.
China PRChina PR Any Any 407.14
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
2do do
Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
China PR Any Any 407.14
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
3do do China PR
Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Any Any 407.14
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
4do do IndonesiaIndonesia
Pt Sumatera
Prima
Fibreboard
Pt Sumatera
Prima
Fibreboard
338.86
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
5do do IndonesiaIndonesia
Any other than
combination at
Sr. No. 4
351.34
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
6do do
Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Indonesia Any Any 351.96
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
7do do Indonesia
Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Any Any 351.96
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
8do do MalaysiaMalaysia
M/s Segamat
Panel Boards
Sdn.Bhd.
M/s Segamat
Panel Boards
Sdn.Bhd.
318.99
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
9do do MalaysiaMalaysia
M/s Evergreen
Fibreboard
Berhad(EFB)/
M/s Evergreen
Fibreboard(JB)
Sdn.
Berhad(EJB)
M/s Evergreen
Fibreboard
Berhad(EFB)/
M/s Evergreen
Fibreboard(JB)
Sdn.
Berhad(EJB)
321.56
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
10do do MalaysiaMalaysia
Any other than
combination at
Sr. Nos. 8 & 9
341.91
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
11do do
Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Malaysia Any Any 341.91
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
do
12do do Malaysia
Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Any Any 341.91
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
13do do Sri LankaSri Lanka
M/s Merbok
MDF
Lanka(Private)
Limited
M/s Merbok
MDF
Lanka(Private)
Limited
315.00
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
14do do Sri LankaSri Lanka
Any other than
combination at
Sr. No.13
329.40
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
15do do Sri Lanka
Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Any Any 329.40
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
16do do
Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Sri Lanka Any Any 329.40
Cubic
Meter
(M3)
US $
Note: 1 . For the purpose 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 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.
Note: 2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of 18 months (unless revoked,
amended or superseded earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in
Indian currency.
[F.No.354/140/2012 -TRU]
(Raj Kumar Digvijay)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
