[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. 26/2014-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 13th June, 2014
G.S.R. (E). –Whereas in the matter of ‘homopolymer of vinyl chloride monomer
(suspension grade)’ (hereinafter referred to as the 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 the European Union and Mexico (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
14/1012/2012-DGAD, dated the 4th April, 2014, had come to the conclusion that –
(a) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below its
associated normal values;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of imports of subject
goods from subject countries;
(c) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the
subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the 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 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
of goods
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)
European Union European
Union
M/s INEOS
Vinyls
Desutschland
GmbH,
Germany
M/s INEOS
Vinyls Sales
GmbH,
Germany
39.65 MT US
Dollar
2. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
European Union European
Union
M/s INEOS
Sverige AB,
Sweden
M/s INEOS
Sverige AB,
Sweden
39.65 MT US
Dollar
3. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
European Union European
Union
M/s INEOS
ChlorVinyls
Belgium NV
M/s INEOS
ChlorVinyls
Belgium NV
39.65 MT US
Dollar
4. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
European Union European
Union
M/s INEOS
ChlorVinyls
Ltd, UK
M/s INEOS
ChlorVinyls
Ltd, UK
39.65 MT US
Dollar
5. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
European Union European
Union
Any other combination except
Sl. No. 1 to 4
189.99 MT US
Dollar
6. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
European Union Any country
other than
European
Union
Any Any 189.99 MT US
Dollar
7. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country other
than Mexico and
European Union
European
Union
Any Any 189.99 MT US
Dollar
8. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
Mexico Mexico Mexichem
Resinas
Vinílicas, S.A.
de C.V.
Mexichem
Resinas
Vinílicas, S.A.
de C.V.
88.10 MT US
Dollar
(suspension
grade)
9. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Mexico Mexico Any other combination except
Sl. No. 8
163.05 MT US
Dollar
10. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Mexico Any country
other than
Mexico
Any Any 163.05 MT US
Dollar
11. 3904 Homopolymer
of vinyl
chloride
monomer
(suspension
grade)
Any country other
than Mexico and
European Union
Mexico Any Any 163.05 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.354/201/2013-TRU]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
