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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 234] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025/ BHADRA 5, 1947
CG-DL-E-01092025-265844
Case No. AD (OI):12/2024
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)
(Directorate General of Trade Remedies)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi the 27th August, 2025
FINAL FINDINGS
Case No. AD (OI):12/2024
Subject: Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of "T-Shaped Elevator/Lift Guide Rails and Counterweight Guide Rails" originating in or exported from China PR.
A. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE
F. No. 6/14/2024-DGTR. ––Having regard to the Customs Tariff Act 1975 as amended from time to time (hereinafter referred as “the Act”) and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Antidumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 thereof, as amended from time to time (hereinafter referred as the “Anti Dumping Rules” or “the Rules”);
1. Whereas Savera India Riding Systems Company Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “applicant” or “domestic industry” or “petitioner” or “Savera India”) filed an application, before the Designated Authority (hereinafter also referred to as the “Authority”) in accordance with the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the Anti-Dumping Rules for initiation of an antidumping investigation on imports of T-Shaped Elevator/Lift Guide Rails and Counterweight Guide Rails (hereinafter also referred to as the “product under consideration” or the “subject goods” or “PUC”) originating in or exported from China PR (hereinafter also referred to as the “subject country”).
2. And whereas, in view of the duly substantiated application filed by the applicant, the Authority issued a public notice vide Notification F. No. 6/14/2024-DGTR, dated 29th June, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, initiating anti-dumping investigation into imports of the product under consideration from subject country in accordance with Rule 5 of the Anti-Dumping Rules to determine the existence, degree and effect of any alleged dumping of the subject goods and to recommend the amount of anti-dumping duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the alleged injury to the domestic industry.
B. PROCEDURE
3. The procedure described below has been followed with regard to the present investigation:
i. The Authority notified the Embassy of the subject country in India about the receipt of the present anti-dumping application before proceeding to initiate the investigation in accordance with Rule 5(5) of the Anti-Dumping Rules.
ii. The Authority issued a public notice dated 29th June 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, initiating anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of subject goods from the subject country.
iii. The Authority sent a copy of the initiation notification dated 29th June 2024, to the Governments of the subject country, through their Embassy in India, known producers and exporters from the subject country, known importers / users as well as other interested parties, as per the addresses made available by the applicant and requested them to make their views known in writing within the prescribed time limit.
iv. The Authority also provided a copy of the non-confidential version of the application to the known producers/exporters and to the Government of the subject country, through their Embassy in India, in accordance with Rule 6(3) of the Anti-Dumping Rules. A copy of the non-confidential version of the application was made available to other interested parties, wherever requested.
v. The embassy of the subject country in India was also requested to advise the exporters/producers to submit their responses to the questionnaire within the prescribed time limit. A copy of the letter and questionnaire sent to the known producers/exporters was also sent to them along with the names and addresses of the known producers/exporters from the subject country.
vi. The Authority sent exporter’s questionnaire to the known producers/ exporters in subject countries in accordance with Rule 6(4) of the Rules.
vii. In response to the initiation notification, the following producers/exporters from the subject country registered themselves as interested parties in the investigation:
| S.No. | Producer/Exporter |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1. | Wuxi KOENIG Elevator Accessories Co., Ltd. |
| 2. | Tianjin Savera Elevator Riding Systems Co., Ltd. |
| 3. | Suzhou Savera Shangwu Elevator Riding System Co., Ltd.|
| 4. | Marazzi (Jiangsu) Elevator Guide Rail Co., Ltd. |
| 5. | Zhangjiagang Oscar & Jason Elevator Parts Co., Ltd.|
| 6. | Zhejiang BONLY Elevator Guide Rail Mfgr. Co., Ltd |
| 7. | Zhangjiagang Xinlin Machinery Co., Ltd. |
viii. The Authority sent Importer’s / User’s Questionnaire to the known importers of the subject goods in India calling for necessary information in accordance with Rule 6(4) of the Rules.
ix. In response to the initiation of notification, the following importers/users registered themselves as interested parties:
| S.No. | Importers/Users |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1. | Bhumi Associates |
| 2. | Kone Elevator India Private Limited |
| 3. | Otis Elevator Company (India) Limited |
| 4. | Johnson Lifts Private Limited |
| 5. | Techno Industries Pvt. Ltd. |
| 6. | Omega Elevators |
| 7. | Hybon Elevators |
| 8. | SSJ Enterprises |
| 9. | Index System India Pvt. Ltd. |
| 10. | Asian Elevators |
| 11. | KSD Equipments Pvt. Ltd. |
| 12. | TK Elevator India Private Limited |
| 13. | Harshal Control System Pvt Ltd & Echar Elevator Fixtures|
| 14. | Monteferro India Guiderails and Elevator parts private Limited|
| 15. | Karma Enterprises |
| 16. | Bhagyanagar Steel Industries |
| 17. | SAMAX Engineering |
| 18. | Sanjay Enterprise |
| 19. | Schindler India Pvt. Ltd. |
x. A copy of the initiation notification and a non-confidential version of the application was sent to the known associations.
xi. In response to the initiation of notification, the following associations have registered themselves as interested parties:
| S.No. | Associations |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1. | China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME)|
| 2. | Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA) |
| 3. | Elevator & Escalator Component Manufacturers' Association of India (EECMAI)|
xii. Further, of these, CCCME and EECMAI made their respective submissions. The Authority has carefully considered and taken note of all these submissions.
xiii. Exporters, foreign producers and other interested parties who have not responded to or not supplied relevant information to this investigation, have been treated as non-cooperating interested parties.
xiv. The Authority issued an Economic Interest Questionnaire to all the known producers and exporters, importers, and the applicant. The economic interest questionnaire was also shared with the administrative line ministry.
xv. The period of investigation (“period of investigation” or “POI”) for the purpose of the present investigation is 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023 (12 months). The injury period will cover the period of investigation and the three preceding financial years 2020-21, 2021- 22, 2022-23.
xvi. The Directorate General of Systems (DG Systems) was requested to provide transaction-wise details of the imports of the subject goods for the past injury investigation period and the period of investigation. The same was received by the Authority and considered for the subject investigation. For the purpose of the present final findings, the Authority has relied upon the DG System import data.
xvii. The Authority held a meeting with all the interested parties to discuss the product under consideration and the PCN methodology on 04th September 2024. After receiving input from all the interested parties, the Authority vide notification dated 19th November 2024 clarified the scope of the PUC and also notified PCN.
xviii. A list of all the interested parties was uploaded on the DGTR website along with the request to all of the interested parties to email the non-confidential version of their submissions to all the other interested parties.
xix. The submissions made by the interested parties during the course of this investigation, to the extent supported with evidence and considered relevant to the present investigation, have been appropriately considered by the Authority, in this Final Findings.
xx. The Authority sought further information to the extent deemed necessary. The on-site verification of the data provided by the domestic industry was conducted to the extent considered necessary for the purpose of the present investigation. The Authority has considered the verified data of the domestic industry in its analysis in the present case.
xxi. The Authority sought further information from the other interested parties to the extent deemed necessary. The verification of the data provided by the other interested parties was conducted to the extent considered necessary for the purpose of the present investigation.
xxii. The non-injurious price (NIP) has been determined based on the actual data/information furnished by the domestic industry. Optimization is done on the basis of the maximum capacity utilization projected to be achieved by the domestic industry. NIP based on the optimum cost of production and cost to make & sell the subject goods in India based on the information furnished by the domestic industry and in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Annexure III to the Rules has been worked out so as to ascertain whether anti dumping duty lower than the dumping margin would be sufficient to remove injury to the domestic industry.
xxiii. In accordance with Rule 6(6) of the Rules, the Authority provided an opportunity to the interested parties to present their views orally in a public hearing held on 8th April, 2025. Further, a second oral hearing was held on 26th May 2025 due to change in the Designated Authority. The parties, which presented their views in both the oral hearing, were requested to file written submissions of the views expressed orally, followed by rejoinder submissions, if any. The interested parties were further directed to share the non-confidential version of the written submissions submitted by them with the other interested parties.
xxiv. The Authority circulated the disclosure statement containing all essential facts under consideration for making the final recommendations to the Central Government to all interested parties on 04th August 2025. The parties were requested to file the comments on disclosure statement if any by 10th August 2025 and further extended timeline for filing the comments by 11th August 2025, vide email dated 08th August 2025.
xxv. The Authority has examined all the post-disclosure comments made by the interested parties in these final findings to the extent deemed relevant. Any submission which was merely a reproduction of the previous submission, and