Notification no 24/2019 Customs (Anti-Dumping Duty) date on 18th June, 2019

 

 

Seeks to levy anti dumping duty on jute sacking cloth under tariff heading 5310 originating in or exported from Bangladesh to prevent the circumvention of levy of anti dumping duty levied on jute sacking bags vide notification No. 1/2017-Customs(ADD) dated 5th January, 2017 

 The extract of CUSTOMS (ADD) Notification No. 24/2019- CUSTOMS is given below: 

   Notification No. 24/2019-CUSTOMS (anti-dumping duty)

 

 [TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

MINISTRY OF FINANCE 

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 

 

No.Notification. 24/2019-Customs (ADD) 

New Delhi, the 18th June, 2019

 

G.S.R.                 (E).- Whereas, in the matter of levy of anti-dumping duty on import of Jute Products namely, Jute Yarn/Twine (multiple folded/cabled and single), Hessian fabric, and Jute sacking bags, 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 or Nepal and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No.14/9/2015-DGAD, dated 20th October, 2016, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 20th October, 2016, had recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on Jute Products namely, Jute Yarn/Twine (multiple folded/cabled and single), Hessian fabric, and jute sacking bags originating in or exported from Bangladesh or Nepal. 

 

And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid final findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty on Jute Products namely, Jute Yarn/Twine (multiple folded/cabled and single), Hessian fabric, and Jute sacking bags originating in or exported from Bangladesh or Nepal, vide, notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 1/2017-Customs(ADD), dated the 5^th 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 5^th January 2017;

 

And whereas, the designated authority vide notification No.7/3/2018-DGAD, dated the 20^th March 2018., in the matter of circumvention of the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of jute sacking bags, had initiated an investigation to determine the need for extending anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of jute sacking bags originating in or exported from Bangladesh, vide, notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 1/2017-Customs(ADD), dated the 5^th January.2017, published vide number G.S.R. 11(E), dated the 5^th January 2017, to the imports of “Jute sacking cloth” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff heading 5310 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in or exported from Bangladesh;

 

And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification No. 7/3/2018-DGAD dated the 19^th March 2019, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that-

 

(i)             imports of sacking cloth have increased post levy of anti-dumping duty;

 

(ii)             the value addition in converting sacking cloth to sacking bag is much less than the prescribed threshold in the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 Rules.

 

(iii)             the import of sacking cloth has undermined the remedial effect of existing anti-dumping measure of on sacking bags imposed vide notification No. 01/2017-

 

Customs (ADD) dated 5the January, 2017, published vide number G.S.R. 11(E), dated the 5^th January 2017.

 

and has recommended extension of the existing anti-dumping duty on sacking bags imposed vide aforesaid notification No. 01/2017 – Customs (ADD), dated the 5^th January, 2017 on jute sacking cloth.

 

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1), (1A) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rule 27 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 Rules, 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 the tariff heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column

 

(2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table, namely:-

 

Table

 

Sl.	Heading	Description	Specifications	Country of	Country of	Producer	Exporter	Duty	Unit
No.		of goods		Origin	Exports			Amount
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
			In all forms			Hasan	Hasan		US$
1.	5310	Sacking cloth	and	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Jute Mills	Jute Mills	Nil
									/MT
			specification			Ltd	Ltd
2.	5310	Sacking cloth	-do-	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Janata Jute	Janata Jute	125.21	US$
						Mills Ltd	Mills Ltd.		/MT
3.	5310	Sacking cloth	-do-	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Producers	whose	Nil	US$
						dumping  margin  is  de-			/MT

minimis/

negative as per

list below*

5310

Sacking cloth

Non Sampled

US$

4.

-do-

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Producers/ exporters

125.21

/MT

as per list below**

5310

Sacking cloth

Any combination

US$

5.

-do-

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

other than mentioned

138.97

/MT

in Sl. Nos. 1 to 4 above

5310

Sacking cloth

Any

country

other

than

6.

-do-

Bangladesh

those

Any

Any

138.97

US$

subject

to

/MT

anti-

dumping

duty

5310

Sacking cloth

Any country

other than

7.

-do-

those subject

Bangladesh

Any

Any

138.97

US$

to

anti-

/MT

dumping

duty

 

*  List of producers whose dumping margin is de-minimis/ negative:

 

(1) M/s Mouna Jute Mills Ltd.

 

(2) M/s Arnu Jute Mills Ltd.

 

(3) M/s Rahman Jute Mills (Pvt.) Ltd.

 

(4) M/s Jamuna Jute Mills Industries Ltd.

 

(5) M/s Sagar Jute Spinning Mills Ltd.

 

(6) M/s Sidlaw Textiles (Bangladesh) Ltd.

 

(7) M/s Partex Jute Mills Ltd. Bangladesh

 

(8) M/s Asha Jute Industries Ltd.

 

(9) M/s Nawhata Jute Mills Ltd.

 

(10) M/s Mymensingh Jute Mills Ltd

 

**   List of non-sampled producers/exporters:

 

(1) Rahman Jute Mills (Pvt.) Ltd.

 

(2) Shamsher Jute Mills Ltd.

 

(3) Golden Jute Industries Ltd.

 

(4) Purabi Trading

 

(5) Sonali Aansh Trading (Pvt.) Ltd.

 

(6) Rajbari Jute Mills Ltd.

 

(7) Nowapara Packaging Industries Ltd.

 

(8) Nowapara Jute Mills Ltd.

 

(9) Usha jute Spinners Ltd.