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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 4/2018-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 21nd February, 2018
G.S.R. (E). Whereas, in the matter of “Ceramic Tableware and Kitchenware,
excluding knives and toilet items” (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject
goods’), falling under headings 6911, 6912 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 the China PR (hereinafter referred to as
the subject country), and imported into India, the designated authority in its
preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, vide notification No. 14/05/2016-DGAD, dated 4th May 2017, had
recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of
subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries;
And, whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated
authority, the Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on
the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry
of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 27/2017-Customs (ADD), dated 12th June,
2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 576 (E), dated the 12th June, 2017;
And, whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide
notification No. 14/05/2016- DGAD dated 8th December, 2017, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 8 th December,
2017, has come to the conclusion that
i. The product under consideration has been exported to
India from the subject country at dumped country.
ii. The Domestic Industry has suffered material injury.
iii. The material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject
goods subject country.
And has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of
the subject goods, originating in, or exported from subject countries and
imported into India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and
(5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act 1975, 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, 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, falling under heading of
the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (5), 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), imported into India, an antidumping
duty at the rate equal to the amount as indicated in the corresponding entry in
column (9), and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (10) of the said Table, namely:-
TABLE
| Sl. No |
Heading |
Description of Goods* |
Specification |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount (in USD) |
UO M |
| (1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
| 1. |
6911 and 6912 |
Ceramic Tablewares and Kitchenwares |
Any |
China PR |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
1.04 |
KG |
| 2. |
6911 and 6912 |
Ceramic Tablewares and Kitchenwares |
Any |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
Any |
1.04 |
KG |
| 3. |
6911 and 6912 |
Ceramic Tablewares and Kitchenwares |
Any |
Any |
China PR |
Any |
Any |
1.04 |
KG |
*Description of the Product under consideration is “Ceramic table wares and
kitchen wares, excluding knives and 3 toilet items”. Bone china, stoneware and
porcelain-ware all constitute ceramic products.
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective
for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from
the aforesaid date of imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is,
the 12 th June, 2017 and shall be payable in Indian currency:
Provided that the said anti-dumping, duty shall not be levied for the period
commencing from the date of the lapse of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that
is, the 11th December, 2017 up to the preceding day of the publication of this
notification in the Official Gazette.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification rate of exchange
applicable for the purpose of calculation of such 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 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, 1962.
[F. No. 354/91/2017-TRU]
(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to
the Government of India
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