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The Central Government imposes a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin from China, Korea RP, Malaysia, Norway, Taiwan and Thailand.

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Acting on the preliminary findings of the designated authority (No. 6/17/2023-DGTR dated 26th April 2024, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I Section 1 dated 26th April 2024) that Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin (Emulsion PVC Resin), classifiable under tariff items 3904 10 10, 3904 10 20, 3904 10 90, 3904 21 00, 3904 22 00, 3904 30 10, 3904 30 90, 3904 40 00 and 3904 90 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in or exported from China PR, Korea RP, Malaysia, Norway, Taiwan and Thailand, was being dumped into India causing material injury to the domestic industry, the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty under Notification No. 09/2024-Customs (ADD), G.S.R. 323(E), dated 13th June 2024, in exercise of powers under sub-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with Rules 13 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995. Producer-specific duty rates in US dollars per metric tonne include: US$546 for Formosa Industries (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. (China), US$115 for Shenyang Chemical Co., Ltd. (China), US$600 for other Chinese producers and for goods routed through any country from China; Nil for Hanwha Solutions Corporation (Korea RP), US$41 for other Korean producers and goods routed through Korea; and US$317 for Kaneka Paste Polymers Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia), with US$375 for other Malaysian producers and goods routed through Malaysia. The source text is truncated mid-table, so the full producer/country list beyond these entries is not available.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-13062024-254693 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 300] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2024/JYAISHTHA 23, 1946 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th June, 2024 No. 09/2024-CUSTOMS (ADD) G.S.R. 323(E).—Whereas, in the matter of 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin' (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff items 3904 10 10, 3904 10 20, 3904 10 90, 3904 21 00, 3904 22 00, 3904 30 10, 3904 30 90, 3904 90 00, 3904 40 00 and 3904 90 90 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 China PR, Korea RP, Malaysia, Norway, Taiwan and Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings No. 6/17/2023-DGTR, dated the 26th April, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 26th April, 2024, has provisionally concluded that- (i) the product under consideration that has been exported to India from the subject countries are at dumped prices; (ii) there is substantial increase in imports of subject goods from the subject countries in both absolute terms and in relation to production and consumption; (iii) the material injury suffered by the domestic industry has been caused by the dumped imports from the subject countries, and has 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, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 13 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, on the basis of the aforesaid 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 item 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 (4), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), and imported into India, a provisional anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the said Table, namely:- TABLE +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | SI. | Tariff item| Description of | Country of | Country of | Producer | Duty | Unit | Currency | | No. | | goods | origin | exports | | amount | | | +=====+============+===================================+====================+====================+===================================+============+========+==========+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | 39041010 | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | People's | Any | Formosa | | | | | | 39041020 | Resin', also | Republic of | country | Industries | 546 | Metric | US$ | | | 39041090 | known as | China | including | (Ningbo) Co., | | Tonne | | | | 39042100 | Emulsion PVC | | People's | Ltd. | | | | | | 39042200 | Resin # | | Republic of | | | | | | 1. | 39043010 | | | China | | | | | | | 39043090 | | | | | | | | | | 39049000 | | | | | | | | | | 39044000 | | | | | | | | | | 39049090 ##| | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | People's | Any | Shenyang | | | | | | | Resin', also | Republic of | country | Chemical Co., | 115 | Metric | US$ | | 2. | | known as | China | including | Ltd. | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | | People's | | | | | | | | Resin # | | Republic of | | | | | | | | | | China | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | People's | Any | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | Republic of | country | other than SN | 600 | Metric | US$ | | | | known as | China | including | 1 and 2 | | Tonne | | | 3. | | Emulsion PVC | | People's | mentioned | | | | | | | Resin # | | Republic of | above | | | | | | | | | China | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Any | People's | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | country | Republic of | | 600 | Metric | US$ | | 4. | | known as | other than | China | | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | subject | | | | | | | | | Resin # | countries | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Korea RP | Any | Hanwha | | | | | | | Resin', also | | country | Solutions | Nil | Metric | US$ | | 5. | | known as | | including | Corporation | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | | Korea RP | | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Korea RP | Any | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | | country | other than SN | 41 | Metric | US$ | | | | known as | | including | 5 mentioned | | Tonne | | | 6. | | Emulsion PVC | | Korea RP | above | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Any | Korea RP | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | country | | | 41 | Metric | US$ | | 7. | | known as | other than | | | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | subject | | | | | | | | | Resin # | countries | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Malaysia | Any | Kaneka Paste | | | | | | | Resin', also | | country | Polymers Sdn. | 317 | Metric | US$ | | 8. | | | | including | Bhd. | | Tonne | | | | | known as | Malaysia | | | | | | | | | Emulsion PVC | | | | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Malaysia | Any | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | | country | other than SN | 375 | Metric | US$ | | 9. | | known as | | including | 8 mentioned | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | | Malaysia | above | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Any | Malaysia | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | country | | | 375 | Metric | US$ | | 10. | | known as | other than | | | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | subject | | | | | | | | | Resin # | countries | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Taiwan | Any | Formosa | | | | | | | Resin', also | | country | Plastics | 118 | Metric | US$ | | 11. | | known as | | including | Corporation | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | | Taiwan | | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Taiwan | Any | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | | country | other than SN | 168 | Metric | US$ | | 12. | | known as | | including | 11 mentioned | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | | Taiwan | above | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Any | Taiwan | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | country | | | 168 | Metric | US$ | | 13. | | known as | other than | | | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | subject | | | | | | | | | Resin # | countries | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Thailand | Any | TPC Paste | | | | | | | Resin', also | | country | Resin Co., Ltd. | 195 | Metric | US$ | | 14. | | known as | | including | | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | | Thailand | | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Thailand | Any | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | | country | other than SN | 252 | Metric | US$ | | 15. | | known as | | including | 14 mentioned | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | | Thailand | above | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Any | Thailand | Any producer | | | | | | | Resin', also | country | | | 252 | Metric | US$ | | 16. | | known as | other than | | | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | subject | | | | | | | | | Resin # | countries | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Norway | Any | Any producer | | | | | 17. | | Resin', also | | country | | 328 | Metric | US$ | | | | known as | including | | | | Tonne | | | | | Emulsion PVC | Norway | | | | | | | | | Resin # | | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ | | do | 'Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste | Any | Norway | Any producer | 328 | Metric | US$ | | 18. | | Resin', also | country | | | | Tonne | | | | | known as | other than | | | | | | | | | Emulsion PVC | subject | | | | | | | | | Resin # | countries | | | | | | +-----+------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+--------+----------+ #The following products are excluded from the scope of the product under consideration (PUC): (a) PUC with a K value below 60K (b) PVC Blending Resin (c) Co-polymers of PVC Paste Resin (d) Battery separator resins (e) The brand name “Biovyn” produced by Innovyn Europe Ltd. ## The customs classification is indicative only and not binding on the scope of the product under consideration.” 2. The provisional anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of six months (unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in Indian currency. Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purposes 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. [F. No. CBIC-190354/63/2024-TRU Section-CBEC] NITISH KARNATAK, Under Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. AMIT KUMAR JAISWAL Digitally signed by AMIT KUMAR JAISWAL Date: 2024.06.13 22:10:30 +05'30'

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