Stainless Steel Flats under Anti dumping, All Majors Covered

Ntfn 38 Whereas, in the matter of import of Cold Rolled Flat Products of
22.04.2009 Stainless Steel (hereinafter referred as the subject goods),
falling under heading 7219 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, China PR, Japan, Korea, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Thailand and USA (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) , the designated authority, in its preliminary findings vide notification number. 14/6/2008-DGAD dated the 27th March, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 27th March, 2009, had come to the conclusion that–

i. the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value;

ii. the domestic industry had suffered material injury;

iii. the injury had been caused by the dumped imports from subject countries; and

had recommended imposition of provisional 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 (2) of section 9A of the said 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, on the basis of the aforesaid preliminary findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the 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), the specification of which is specified in column (8) of the said table, originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), when exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty which shall be equal to the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column(9), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (11) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table.  

Table

SNo	Sub-Heading	Description of Goods	Country of Origin	Country of Export	Producer	Exporter	Specifi-cation in series	Amount	Unit	Currency
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	7219	Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel*	Spain	Spain	Acerinox S.A.	Acerinox S.A.	300	550.23	MT	US $
							400	12.74	MT	US $
2	7219	-do-	Spain	Malaysia	Acerinox S.A.	Acerinox Malaysia Sdn Bhd	300	550.23	MT	US $
							400	12.74	MT	US $
3.	7219	-do-	Belgium	Belgium	Arcelor Mittal	Arcelor Mittal	300	1042.70	MT	US $
4.	7219	-do-	France	France	Arcelor Mittal	Arcelor Mittal	300	1042.70	MT	US $
							400	775	MT	US $
5.	7219	-do-	Any Country in European Union	Any	Any	Any	200	1144.95	MT	US $
					Any other than at S. No 1 to 4 above.	Any other than at S. No 1 to 4 above.	300	1553.17	MT	US $
					Any other than at S. No 1 to 4 above.	Any other than at S. No 1 to 4 above.	400	534.79	MT	US $
6	7219	-do-	Any	Any Country in European Union	Any	Any	200	1144.95	MT	US $
					Any other than at S. No 1, 3 and 4 above.	Any other than at S. No 1, 3 and 4 above.	300	1553.17	MT	US $
					Any other than at S. No 1, 3 and 4 above.	Any other than at S. No 1, 3 and 4 above.	400	534.79	MT	US $
7	7219	-do-	South Africa	South Africa	Columbus Stainless (Pty)Ltd	Columbus Stainless (Pty)Ltd	300	710.27	MT	US $
							400	585.44	MT	US $
8.	7219	-do-	South Africa	Malaysia	Columbus Stainless (Pty)Ltd	Acerinox Malaysia Sdn Bhd	300	710.27	MT	US $
							400	585.44	MT	US $
9.	7219	-do-	South Africa	Any	Any	Any	200	1144.95	MT	US $
					Any other than at s. no 6 and 7 above.	Any other than at s no. 6 and 7 above.	300	1368.25	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no 6 and 7 above.	Any other than at s. no 6 and 7 above.	400	1207.61	MT	US $
10.	7219	-do-	Any	South Africa	Any	Any	200	1144.95	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no. 7 above.	Any other than at s. no. 7 above.	300	1368.25	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no 7 above.	Any other than at s no 7 above.	400	1207.61	MT	US $
11.	7219	-do-	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	POSTEEL	400	102.41	MT	US $
12.	7219	-do-	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	Samsung C&T Corporation	400	96.70	MT	US $
13.	7219	-do-	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	Hyundai Corp	400	171.37	MT	US $
14.	7219	-do-	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	SK Networks Ltd. (SK)	400	235.02	MT	US $
15.	7219	-do-	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	LG Intl.	400	74.87	MT	US $
16.	7219	-do-	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	Daewoo Intl. Corporation.	400	163.00	MT	US $
17.	7219	-do-	Korea RP	Any	Any	Any	200	1031.36	MT	US $
					Any	Any	300	1455.63	MT	US $
					Any except at s no 11 to 16 above.	Any except at s no 11 to 16 above.	400	874.69	MT	US $
18	7219	-do-	Any	Korea RP	Any	Any	200	1031.36	MT	US $
					Any	Any	300	1455.63	MT	US $
					Any except at s no 11 to 16 above.	Any except at s no 11 to 16 above.	400	874.69	MT	US $
19	7219	-do-	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Yieh United Steel Corp	Yieh United Steel Corp	300	573.12	MT	US $
20	7219	-do-	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Yieh Mau Corp	Yieh Mau Corp	300	363.90	MT	US $
							400	285.73	MT	US $
21	7219	-do-	Chinese Taipei	Any	Any	Any	200	1402.64	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no. 19 and 20 above.	Any other than at s no. 19 and 20 above.	300	2011.00	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no. 20 above.	Any other than at s no. 20 above.	400	1591.00	MT	US $
22	7219	-do-	Any	Chinese Taipei	Any	Any	200	1402.64	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no. 19 and 20 above.	Any other than at s no. 19 and 20 above.	300	2011.00	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no. 20 above.	Any other than at s no. 20 above.	400	1591.00	MT	US $
23	7219	-do-	China PR	China PR	Lianzhong Stainless Steel Corp	Lianzhong Stainless Steel Corp	300	860.00	MT	US $
							400	90.00	MT	US $
24	7219	-do-	China PR	China PR	Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co Ltd(STSS)	Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co Ltd(STSS)	300	505.17	MT	US $
							400	154.80	MT	US $
25	7219	-do-	China PR	Any	Any	Any	200	998.55	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no.23 and 24 above.	Any other than at s no.23 and 24 above.	300	1823.43	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no.23 and 24 above.	Any other than at s no.23 and 24 above.	400	1590.00	MT	US $
26	7219	-do-	Any	China PR	Any	Any	200	998.55	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no.23 and 24 above.	Any other than at s no.23 and 24 above.	300	1823.43	MT	US $
					Any other than at s no.23 and 24 above.	Any other than at s no.23 and 24 above.	400	1590.00	MT	US $
27	7219	-do-	Thailand	Thailand	Thainox Stainless Public Co Ltd	Thainox Stainless Public Co Ltd	300	241.25	MT	US $
							400	377.71	MT	US $
28	7219	-do-	Thailand	Any	Any	Any	200	1067.65	MT	US $
					Any other than at s. no 27 above.	Any other than at s. no 27 above.	300	1373.00	MT	US $
					Any other than at s. no 27 above.	Any other than at s. no 27 above.	400	768.10	MT	US $
29	7219	-do-	Any	Thailand	Any	Any	200	1067.65	MT	US $
					Any other than at s. no 27 above.	Any other than at s. no 27 above.	300	1373.00	MT	US $
					Any other than at s. no 27 above.	Any other than at s. no 27 above.	400	768.10	MT	US $
30	7219	-do-	USA	USA	Any	Any	200	1325.65	MT	US $
							300	1467.65	MT	US $
							400	1584.00	MT	US $
31	7219	-do-	USA	Any	Any	Any	200	1325.65	MT	US $
							300	1467.65	MT	US $
							400	1584.00	MT	US $
32	7219	-do-	Any	USA	Any	Any	200	1325.65	MT	US $
							300	1467.65	MT	US $
							400	1584.00	MT	US $
33	7219	-do-	Japan	Japan	Any	Any	200	780.00	MT	US $
							300	1388.15	MT	US $
							400	368.10	MT	US $
34	7219	-do-	Any	Japan	Any	Any	200	780.00	MT	US $
							300	1388.15	MT	US $
							400	368.10	MT	US $
35	7219	-do-	Japan	Any	Any	Any	200	780.00	MT	US $
							300	1388.15	MT	US $
							400	368.10	MT	US $
Table substituted by 56/30.05.2009

*of the width of 600 mm or more of all series with a thickness of up to 4 mm.

This however excludes cold rolled stainless steel in coil of

(i) a combination of thickness above 2 mm and width above 1500 mm for use in fabrication;

(ii) AISI 420 High Carbon (0.82%-0.40%) grade; and

(iii) Grade 430 BA Silver Ice exported by M/s Thyssenkrupp Stainless International, Germany.

2. The anti- dumping imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 21^st day of October, 2009, and shall be payable in Indian Currency.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, ‘rate of exchange’ applicable for the purposes of calculation of 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 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. 354/87/2009-TRU]