Notification No. 21/2016-Customs (ADD) Date 31/05/2016

Seeks to impose anti-dumping duty on 'Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)' of all types [tariff item 2903 12 00], originating in or exported from People's Republic of China or Russia, for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier), from the date of imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty i.e. from the 08th of December, 2015.
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of “Methylene Chloride” also known as “Dichloromethane” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2903 12 00 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 People's Republic of China and Russia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), 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. 14/33/2014-DGAD, dated the 30th October, 2015, had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries and imported into India;

And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid preliminary findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed the provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 58/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 8th December, 2015, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R 943(E), dated the 8th December, 2015;

And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 vide notification No.14/33/2014-DGAD, dated the 30th March, 2016, has come to the conclusion that-

(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below normal values;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from the subject countries;

(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject countries.

and has recommended imposition of the definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries, 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, 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, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from the countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producers specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), exported by the exporters specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an antidumping duty at the rate equal to the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-

Table

Sl.No.	Tariff Item	Description of goods	Country of origin	Country of export	Producer	Exporter	Amount	Unit	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
1.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Peoples Republic of China	Peoples Republic of China	Shandong Dongyue Fluo Silicon Materials Co., Ltd.	Shandong Dongyue Fluo Silicon Materials Co., Ltd.	143.71	MT	US Dollar
2.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Peoples Republic of China	Peoples Republic of China	Zhejiang Quhua FlourChemistry Co. Ltd	Zhejiang Quhua FlourChemistry Co. Ltd/Farmasino Holding (HK) Limited, Hong Kong/Polychem Corporation, Taiwan/Mercy Group Co., Ltd., Hong Kong	166.83	MT	US Dollar
3.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Peoples Republic of China	Peoples Republic of China	Shandong Liaocheng Luxi Sixth Chemical Fertilizer Co. Ltd.	Shandong Liaocheng Luxi Sixth Chemical Fertilizer Co. Ltd.	122.14	MT	US Dollar
4.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Peoples Republic of China	Peoples Republic of China	Shandong Liaocheng Luxi Sixth Chemical Fertilizer Co. Ltd.	Lu Xi Chemical (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd., Hong Kong	122.14	MT	US Dollar
5.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Peoples Republic of China	Peoples Republic of China	Shandong Liaocheng Luxi Sixth Chemical Fertilizer Co. Ltd.	Lu Xi Chemical (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd., Hong Kong and Tricon Energy Ltd., USA/Vinmar International Ltd, USA/Cosmoss VU Ltd, Hong Kong	122.14	MT	US Dollar
6.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Peoples Republic of China	Peoples Republic of China	Ningbo Juhua Chemical & Science Co. Ltd.	Ningbo Juhua Chemical & Science Co. Ltd. / HK Montage International Holding Ltd, Hong Kong/Farmasino Holding (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong/ Tricon Dry Chemicals LLC, USA	162.16	MT	US Dollar
7.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Peoples Republic of China	Peoples Republic of China	Any combination other than the combinations specified above		279.78	MT	US Dollar
8.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Peoples Republic of China	Any	Any	Any	279.78	MT	US Dollar
9.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Any country other than subject countries	Peoples Republic of China	Any	Any	279.78	MT	US Dollar
10.	2903 12	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Russia	Russia	Any	Any	219.00	MT	US Dollar
11.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Russia	Any	Any	Any	219.00	MT	US Dollar
12.	2903 12 00	Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)	Any country other than subject countries	Russia	Any	Any	219.00	MT	US Dollar

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from the date of imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 8th December, 2015, and shall be payable in Indian currency.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for 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 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.354/273/2015-TRU]

(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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