Anti-dumping Duty on Nylon Filament Yarn from China, Taiwan and Others to Continue for Another Five Years

[Ref: Customs Notification No. 03 (ADD) dated 13th January, 2012]

Whereas, the designated authority vide notification No. 15/14/2010-DGAD, dated the 27^th August,2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 dated the 27^th August,2010, had initiated review in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff Act) and in pursuance of rule 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of Nylon Filament Yarn, falling under Chapter 54 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, People’s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Thailand and Korea RP imposed vide  notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),No. 85/2006-Customs, dated the 29^th August, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.512(E), dated the 29^th August,2005, and had recommended continuation of the anti-dumping duty vide notification No. 15/14/2010-DGAD, dated the 19^th November,2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 dated the 19^th November,2011.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, 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, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes anti- dumping duty on the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, specification of which is specified in column (4) of the Table below, falling under chapter of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (3),originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated 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
S. No	Chapter	Description of goods	Specification	Country of origin	Country of export	Producer	Exporter	Amount	Unit of Measurement	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	775	8	9	(10)	(11)
1	54	Nylon Filament yarn	Synthetic filament yarn of nylon or other polyamides, excluding all high tenacity yarn of nylon and fishnet yarn of nylon	China PR	China PR	Any	Any	1.27	Kg	US dollar
2	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	China PR	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	1.27	Kg	US dollar
3	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Any Country Other than subject countries	China PR	Any	Any	1.27	Kg	US dollar
4	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Korea RP	Korea RP	Any	Any	1.14	Kg	US dollar
5	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Any country other than subject countries	Korea	Any	Any	1.14	Kg	US dollar
6	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Korea RP	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	1.14	Kg	US dollar
7	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	M/s Suntex Fiber Co Ltd.	M/s Suntex Fiber Co Ltd.	0.31	Kg	US dollar
8	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Any other combination of producer and exporter at 7 above		0.54	Kg	US dollar
9	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Any country other than subject countries	Chinese	Any	Any	0.54	Kg	US dollar
10	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Chinese Taipei	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	0.54	Kg	US dollar
11	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Malaysia	Malaysia	M/s Recron (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd	M/s Recron (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd	0.20	Kg	US dollar
12	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Malaysia	Malaysia	Any other combination of producer and exporter at 11 above		0.79	kg	US dollar
13	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Malaysia	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	0.79	Kg	US dollar
14	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Any country other than subject countries	Malaysia	Any	Any	0.79	Kg	US dollar
15	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Thailand	Thailand	Thai Taffeta Co. Ltd	Thai Taffeta Co. Ltd	1.06	Kg	US dollar
16	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Thailand	Thailand	Any other combination of producer and exporter at 15 above		1.51	Kg	US dollar
17	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Any country other than subject countries	Thailand	Any	Any	1.51	Kg	US dollar
18	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Thailand	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	1.51	Kg	US dollar
19	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Indonesia	Indonesia	M/s Indachi prima	M/s Indachi prima	0.91	Kg	US dollar
20	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Indonesia	Indonesia	M/s PT Susilia Indah Synthetic Fiber Industries	M/s PT Susilia Indah Synthetic Fiber Industries	0.46	Kg	US dollar
21	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Indonesia	Indonesia	Any other combination of producer and exporter at 19 and 20 above		1.11	Kg	US dollar
22	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Any country other than subject countries	Indonesia	Any	Any	1.11	Kg	US dollar
23	54	Nylon Filament yarn	-Do-	Indonesia	Any country other than subject countries	Any	Any	1.11	Kg	US dollar

Provided that no anti dumping duty shall be payable on imports of:

A.

i. Nylon flame retardant yarn,

ii. Nylon air texturised yarn,

iii. Nylon 66 and Nylon 11 yarn,

iv. 170/24 and Nylon 280/14 denier yarn used for hook and loop tape fasteners,

v. U.V treated yarn,

if their landed price is above US$ 4.24, and

B. Nylon monofilament yarn, if their landed price is above US$ 5.17.

Provided further that the tolerance limit in case of above specified denierage would be as per applicable customs and excise notification.

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be levied 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 payable in Indian currency.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, -

(i) "landed value" means the assessable value as determined under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties levied under sections 3, 3A, 8B, 9 and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act; and

(ii) “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 under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of 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.354/19/2006 –TRU]