Notification No. 31/2015-Customs (ADD) DT. 09/07/2015

Seeks to levy definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of steel and fibre glass measuring tapes and their parts and components, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China for a period of five years

G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 15/9/2014-DGAD, dated 9 ^{t h} M a y 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of steel and fibre glass measuring tapes and their parts and components (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of

China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 49/2009-Customs, 15^th May, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 336(E), dated the 15^th May, 2009;

And whereas, the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country upto and inclusive of the 14th May, 2015, vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 29/2014-Customs (ADD), dated the 4th July, 2014, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R 432(E), dated the 4th July, 2014;

And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 15/9/2014-DGAD, dated the 5^th May, 2015, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 6^th May, 2015 has come to the conclusion that-

1. there is continued dumping of the subject goods from the subject country;

2. dumped imports of subject goods are causing injury to the domestic industry;

3. the dumping of subject goods and injury to the domestic industry is likely to continue if the anti-dumping duty is revoked;

4. continuation of definitive anti-dumping duty on all imports of the subject goods from the subject country is necessary in order to remove likely injury to the domestic industry;

and has recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) 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, specification of which is specified in column (4), falling under Tariff item 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 (5), exported from the countries 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), imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry 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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