[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. 27/2014-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 13th June, 2014
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 21/29/2011-
DGAD dated 5th October, 2012, published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of
homopolymer of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension grade) (hereinafter referred to as subject
goods) falling under heading 3904 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 Taiwan,
the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea RP, Malaysia, Thailand and the United
States of America (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), imposed vide notification of the
Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 11/2008-Customs,
dated the 23rd January, 2008, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 52 (E), dated the 23rd January, 2008.
And whereas, the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the subject
goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries upto and inclusive of the 22nd
January, 2014 vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue), No. 52/2012-Customs (ADD), dated the 6th December, 2012, published
in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R 881
(E), dated the 6th December, 2012.
And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods,
originating in or exported from the subject countries, the designated authority in its final findings,
published vide notification No. 21/29/2011-DGAD, dated 4th April, 2014, in Part I, Section 1 of
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) the product under consideration continues to be imported at the dumped prices from
the subject countries except Korea RP;
(ii) the domestic industry continues to suffer material injury on account of dumped
imports;
(iii) the material injury to the domestic industry on account of dumping of subject goods is
likely to continue if the anti dumping duties from subject countries except Korea RP are
revoked,
and has recommended continued imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods,
originating in or exported from subject countries except Korea RP.
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 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 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, falling under the 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), 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
Sl.
No
Heading Description
Country of origin Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amount Unit Curr-
ency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Taiwan
Taiwan
CGPC
Polymer
Corporation
CGPC Polymer
Corporation
33.62 MT US
Dollar
2. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Taiwan Taiwan China
General
Plastics
Corporation
China General
Plastics
Corporation
33.62 MT US
Dollar
3. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Taiwan
European
Union
China
General
Plastics
Corporation
Tricon Overseas
Inc. and Tricon
Energy UK Ltd
33.62 MT US
Dollar
4. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Taiwan United
States of
America
China
General
Plastics
Corporation
Tricon Overseas
Inc.
33.62 MT US
Dollar
5. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Taiwan
European
Union
Formosa
Plastics
Corporation
Tricon Energy
UK Ltd
Nil MT US
Dollar
6. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
Taiwan Taiwan Formosa
Plastics
Formosa Plastics
Corporation
Nil MT US
Dollar
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Corporation
7. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Taiwan
Taiwan
Ocean
Plastics Co
Ltd.
Ocean Plastics Co
Ltd.
9.47 MT US
Dollar
8. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Taiwan Taiwan Any combination other than
above
61.25 MT US
Dollar
9. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Taiwan
Any country
except
Taiwan
Any Any 61.25 MT US
Dollar
10. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country
other than
subject countries
except Korea RP
Taiwan Any Any 61.25 MT US
Dollar
11. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Qingdao
Haijing
Chemical
(Group) Co.,
Ltd.
Qingdao Haijing
Chemical
(Group) Co., Ltd.
139.64 MT US
Dollar
12. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
European
Union
Qingdao
Haijing
Chemical
(Group) Co.,
Ltd.
Tricon Energy
UK Ltd
139.64 MT US
Dollar
13. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Yibin
Tianyuan
Group Co
Limited
Yibin Tianyuan
Group Co
Limited
139.52 MT US
Dollar
14. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Xinjiang
Shihezi
Zhongfa
Chemical Co
Ltd.
Xinjiang Tianye
Foreign Trade
Co.,Ltd
91.27 MT US
Dollar
15. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Tianjin LG
Dagu
Chemical
Co., Ltd.
Tianjin LG Dagu
Chemical Co.,
Ltd.
123.27 MT US
Dollar
16. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Tianjin Dagu
Chemical
Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Dagu
Chemical Co.,
Ltd.
123.27 MT US
Dollar
17. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
People’s
Republic of
People’s
Republic of
Shandong
Ocean
Shandong Ocean
Chemical Imp &
123.27 MT US
Dollar
monomer
(suspension
grade)
China China Chemical
Chlor –
Alkali Resin
Co.,Ltd
Exp Co., Ltd.
18. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Xinjiang
Zhongtai
Chemical
Co., Ltd
Xinjiang
Zhongtai
Chemical Co.,
Ltd
123.27 MT US
Dollar
19. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Tangshan
SanyouChlor-
Alkali Co.,
Ltd.
Tangshan
Sanyou
International
Industry Co.,
Ltd..
123.27 MT US
Dollar
20. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Chiping
Xinfa PVC
Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Grand
international
Trading
Company
Limited.
123.27 MT US
Dollar
21. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Any combination other than
above
147.96 MT US
Dollar
22. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
People’s
Republic of
China
Any country
other than
People’s
Republic of
China
Any Any 147.96 MT US
Dollar
23. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country
other than
subject countries
except Korea RP
People’s
Republic of
China
Any Any 147.96 MT US
Dollar
24. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
United States of
America
United States
of America
Formosa
Plastics
Corporation
Tricon Dry
Chemicals LLC
31.22 MT US
Dollar
25. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
United States of
America
United
States of
America
Westlake
Vinyl
Corporation
or Westlake
Vinyls
Company LP
Westlake Vinyls
Company LP
29.99 MT US
Dollar
26. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
United States of
America
United States
of America
Any combination other than
above
115.54 MT US
Dollar
27. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
United States of
America
Any country
other than
United States
of America
Any Any 115.54 MT US
Dollar
28. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country
other than
subject countries
except Korea RP
United States
of America
Any Any 115.54 MT US
Dollar
29. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Indonesia Indonesia Any Any 70.58 MT US
Dollar
30. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Indonesia Any country
other than
Indonesia
Any Any 70.58 MT US
Dollar
31. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country
other than
subject countries
except Korea RP
Indonesia Any Any 70.58 MT US
Dollar
32. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Thailand Thailand Any Any 48.21 MT US
Dollar
33. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Thailand Any country
other than
Thailand
Any Any 48.21 MT US
Dollar
34. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country
other than
subject countries
except Korea RP
Thailand Any Any 48.21 MT US
Dollar
35. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Malaysia Malaysia Any Any 42.92 MT US
Dollar
36. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Malaysia Any country
other than
Malaysia
Any Any 42.92 MT US
Dollar
37. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country
other than
subject countries
except Korea RP
Malaysia Any Any 42.92 MT US
Dollar
38. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Japan Japan Any Any 14.95 MT US
Dollar
39. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Japan Any country
other than
Japan
Any Any 14.95 MT US
Dollar
40. 3904 Homopolymer of
vinyl chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country
other than
subject countries
except Korea RP
Japan Any Any 14.95 MT US
Dollar
Note: The product under consideration is homopolymer of vinyl chloride monomer (suspension
grade) where various polymer chains are not linked to each other, which however, excludes the
specialty poly vinyl chloride suspension resins such as cross-linked poly vinyl chloride, chlorinated
poly vinyl chloride (CPVC), vinyl chloride – vinyl acetate copolymer (VC-VAc), poly vinyl chloride
paste resin and poly vinyl chloride blending resin.
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 Customs Act.
[F.No.354/70/2007-TRU (Pt.-I)]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
