Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
Notification No. 44/2019-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 11th November, 2019
G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, in the matter of import of ‘Jute Products’ namely, Jute Yarn/Twine
(multiple folded/cabled and single), Hessian fabric, and Jute sacking bags (hereinafter referred to
as the subject goods) falling under Tariff Headings 5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 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 Bangladesh and Nepal (hereinafter referred to as subject countries)
and imported into India, the designated authority, in its final findings published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I vide
notification No. 14/19/2015-DGAD, dated the 20th
October, 2016, had come to the conclusion that-
(i) there is dumping of subject goods from the subject countries;
(ii) imports from subject countries are undercutting and suppressing the prices of the domestic
industry;
(iii)performance of domestic industry has deteriorated in the terms of profitability return on
investments and cash flow;
(iv)injury to domestic industry has been caused by dumped imports,
and had recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods,
originating in, or exported from, the subject countries and imported into India, in order to remove
injury to the domestic industry;
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central
Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, vide notification of the
Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No. 01/2017-Customs
(ADD), dated the 5th January, 2017, published vide number G.S.R. 11(E), in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 5th January, 2017;
And whereas, M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. (Producer/Exporter) and M/s SMP International,
LLC,USA (Exporter/ Trader) had requested for review in terms of rule 22 of the Customs Tariff
(Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for
Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in respect of exports of the subject goods made by them,
and the designated authority, vide new shipper review notification No. 7/7/2018-DGAD, dated the
28th March, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated the 28th
March, 2018, had recommended provisional assessment of all exports of the subject goods made
by the above stated party till the completion of the review by it, which was notified vide enabling
Customs
notification No. 24/2018-Customs (ADD) dated the 7th May, 2018, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 428(E),
dated the 7th May, 2018;
And whereas, the designated authority, vide its final findings in notification No. 7/7/2018-DGAD,
dated the 19th September, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
dated the 19th September, 2019 has come to the conclusion that in the given circumstances and
facts of the case, the producer/exporter can only be considered for an Anti-Dumping measure as
recommended for the non-sampled category of exporters in the original investigation both for yarn
and sacking bag and accordingly recommended that S. Nos. 48 and 49 be added to the existing
duty table mentioned in
notification No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD) dated 5th January 2017:-
Sl No. |
Heading |
Description of goods * |
Specifications |
Country of Origin |
Country of Exports |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount |
Unit |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
48. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Sacking Bags |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. |
M/s SMP Internatio nal, LLC |
125.21 |
US$/M T |
49. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. |
M/s SMP Internatio nal, LLC |
97.19 |
US$/M T |
AAnd whereas, M/s Aziz Fibres Limited (Producer/Exporter), Bangladesh had also requested for
review in terms of rule 22 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of
Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in respect
of exports of the subject goods made by them, and the designated authority, vide new shipper
review notification No. 7/25/2018-DGAD dated 2nd July, 2018, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated the 2nd July, 2018, had recommended provisional assessment
of all exports of the subject goods made by the above stated parties till the completion of the review
by it, which was notified vide enabling Customs
notification No. 42/2018-Customs (ADD) dated
the 24th August, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i) vide number G.S.R. 811(E), dated the 24th August, 2018;
And whereas, the designated authority, vide its final findings in notification No. 7/25/2018-
DGAD, dated the 3rd October, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, dated the 3rd October, 2019 has concluded that given the facts and circumstances of the
case, the producer/exporter can only be considered for an Anti-Dumping measure as recommended
for the non-sampled category of exporters in the original investigation for yarn and accordingly
recommended that S. No. 50 be added to the existing duty table mentioned in
notification No.
01/2017-Customs (ADD) dated 5th January 2017:-
Slbr>No. |
Heading |
Description of goods * |
Specifications |
Country of Origin |
Country of Exports |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount |
Unit |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
50. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Aziz Fibres Limited |
M/s Aziz Fibres Limited |
97.19 |
US$/M T |
AnAnd whereas, M/s Natore Jute Mills (producer), Bangladesh and M/s PNP Jute trading
LLC (Exporter/Trader), USA had requested for review in terms of rule 22 of the Customs Tariff
(Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for
Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in respect of exports of the subject goods made by them,
and the designated authority, vide new shipper review notification No. 7/24/2018-DGAD dated
the 2nd July, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated the 2nd
July, 2018, had recommended provisional assessment of all exports of the subject goods made by
the above stated party till the completion of the review by it, which was notified vide enabling
Customs
notification No. 41/2018-Customs (ADD) dated the 24th August, 2018, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 811(E),
dated the 24th August, 2018;
And whereas, the designated authority, vide its final findings in notification No. 7/24/2018-DGAD,
dated the 3rd October, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
dated the 3rd October, 2019 has come to the conclusion that in the given circumstances and facts
of the case, the producer/exporter can only be considered for an Anti-Dumping measure as
recommended for the non-sampled category of exporters in the original investigation both for yarn
and sacking bag and accordingly recommended that S. Nos. 51 and 52 be added to the existing
duty table mentioned in
notification No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD) dated 5th January 2017:-
Slr>No. |
Heading |
Description of goods * |
Specifications |
Country of Origin |
Country of Exports |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty Amount |
Unit |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
51. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Sacking Bags |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Natore Jute Mills |
M/s PNP Jute trading LLC |
125.21 |
US$/M T |
52. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Natore Jute Mills |
M/s PNP Jute trading LLC |
97.19 |
US$/M T |
NowNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of
the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification,
Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of
Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in
the notification of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD),
dated the 5th of January, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 11(E), dated the 5th of January, 2017, in the Table, after serial
number 47 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be
inserted, namely:-
(1)d>
| (2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
“48. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Sacking Bags |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. |
M/s SMP Internation al, LLC |
|
US$/ MT |
49. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. |
M/s SMP Internation al, LLC |
|
US$/ MT |
50. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Aziz Fibres Limited |
M/s Aziz Fibres Limited |
|
US$/ MT |
51. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Sacking Bags |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Natore Jute Mills |
M/s PNP Jute trading LLC |
|
US$/ MT |
52. |
5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 |
Yarn |
In all forms and specifications |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
M/s Natore Jute Mills |
M/s PNP Jute trading LLC |
|
US$/ MT |
[F. No. 354/211/2016-TRU]
(Ruchi Bisht) Under Secretary to the
Government of India
NoteNote.- The principal
notification No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD), dated the 5th January, 2017 was
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number
G.S.R. 11(E), dated the 5th January, 2017 and was last amended by notification No. 30/2019-
Customs (ADD), dated the 1st August, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part
II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 550 (E), dated the 1st August, 2019.
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