Provisional Anti-dumping Duty Imposed on Injection Presses from China

Ntfn 47 Whereas, in the matter of import of all kinds of plastic processing or injection moulding machines, also known
12.05.2009 as injection presses, having clamping force not less than 40 tonnes (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under tariff item 8477 10 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in or exported from, People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), the designated authority, in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/12/2008-DGAD, dated the  10^th February, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 10^th February, 2009, had come to the conclusion that–

(a) the subject goods had entered the Indian market from the subject country at prices less than their normal values in the domestic market of the exporting country;

(b) the dumping margins of the subject goods imported from the subject country were substantial and above de minimis;

(c) the domestic industry had suffered material injury and the injury had been caused to the domestic industry, both by volume and price effect of dumped imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from, the subject country,

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

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 tariff item 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 (4), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporter as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate to be worked out as percentage of the CIF value of imports of the subject goods as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.

Table

SNo	Tariff Item	Description of Goods	Specification	Country of Origin	Country of Export	Producer	Exporter	% of CIF Value
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
1	8477 10 00	Plastic Processing or Injection Moulding Machines	Clamping force equal to or more than 40 Tons and equal to or less than 1000 tons.	China PR	China PR	M/s Guanzhou Borch Machinery Co. Ltd	M/s Guanzhou Borch Machinery Co. Ltd	76%
2	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	M/s Zhejiang Sound Machinery Manufacture Co. Ltd.	M/s Zhejiang Sound Machinery Manufacture Co. Ltd.	163%
3	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	M/s Zhejiang Golden Eagle Plastics Machinery Co. Ltd.	M/s Zhejiang Golden Eagle Co. Ltd.	147%
4	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	M/s Ningbo Liguang Machinery Co. Ltd.	M/s Ningbo Liguang Machinery Co. Ltd.	95%
5	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	M/s Ningbo Haixing Plastics Machinery Mfg. Co. Ltd.	M/s Ningbo Haixing Plastics Machinery Mfg. Co. Ltd.	123%
6	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	M/s Hangzhou Tederic Machinery Co. Ltd.	M/s Hangzhou Tederic Machinery Co. Ltd.	126%
7	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	Ningbo Haitian Plastic Machinery Group	Ningbo Haitian Plastic Machinery Group	100%
8	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	Haitian Heavywork Machinery Co. Ltd.	Haitian Heavywork Machinery Co. Ltd.	128%
9	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	Ningbo Haitian Huayuan Machinery Co. Ltd.	Ningbo Haitian Huayuan Machinery Co. Ltd.	100%
10	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	M/s Smargon Plastic Machinery Co. Ltd.	M/s Wenzhou Smargon Import & Export Co. Ltd.	223%
11	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	China PR	Any combination of producer and exporter other than at Sr. No. 1 to 10 above.		223%
12	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	China PR	Any country other than China PR	Any	Any	223%
13	-Do-	-Do-	-Do-	Any country other than China PR	China PR	Any	Any	223%

Notes.- For the purposes of this notification, “CIF value” means assessable value as determined under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).

[F. No. 354/53/2009- TRU]