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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-23032026-271174
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I-Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 88]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026/PHALGUNA 29, 1947
2080 GI/2026
(1)
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Directorate General of Trade Remedies)
INITIATION NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th March, 2026
Case No. AD (NSR)-03/2025
SETU ID: AD/NSR/17112025/01
(New Shipper Review)
Subject: - Initiation of New Shipper Review under Rule 22 of the Anti- Dumping Rules for
determination of individual dumping margin for M/s Anhui Krant Aluminum Products Co.,
Ltd (Producer and Exporter) in the case of Anti-dumping duty imposed on “Anodized
aluminium frames for solar panels/modules” originating in or exported from China PR.
F.No. 7/28/2025-DGTR.—Case No. AD (NSR)-03/2025: M/s. Anhui Krant Aluminum Products
Co., Ltd (Producer) (hereinafter referred to as “Anhui”), a producer of the subject goods from
China PR has filed an application in accordance with the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (hereinafter
referred to as the Act) as amended from time to time and Customs Tariff (Identification,
Assessment and Collection of Anti- Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of
Injury) Rules, 1995 as amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the AD Rules) before
the Designated Authority (hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”) requesting for determination
of their individual dumping margin in the matter of anti-dumping duties levied on imports of
"Anodized aluminium frames for solar panels/modules” originating in or exported from China PR.
The said duties were recommended by the Authority vide Final Findings Notification No.
6/07/2023-DGTR, dated 29th June 2024 and levied by the Central Government vide Customs
Notification No. 16/2024 - Customs (ADD) dated 27th September 2024 in the original Anti
Dumping investigation.
A. PRODUCER/EXPORTER INVOLVED
1. The present investigation relates to exports of Anodized aluminium frames for solar
panels/modules by M/s Anhui Krant Aluminum Products Co., Ltd (Producer and Exporter) in
terms of the application filed before the Authority in accordance with the Act and the AD
Rules.
B. INITIATION OF REVIEW IN RESPECT OF NEW PRODUCER AND EXPORTER
2. Rule 22 of Anti-Dumping Rules states as under:
“Rule 22. Margin of Dumping, for exporters not originally investigated (1)“If a product
is subject to anti-dumping duties, the designated authority shall carry out a periodical
review for the purpose of determining individual margins of dumping for any exporters or
producers in the exporting country in question who have not exported the product to India
during the period of investigation, provided that these exporters or producers show that
they are not related to any of the exporters or producers in the exporting country who are
subject to the antidumping duties on the product. "
(2) The Central Government shall not levy anti-dumping duties under subsection (1) of
section 9A of the Act on imports from such exporters or producers during the period of
review as referred to in sub-rule (1) of this rule:
Provided that the Central Government may resort to provisional assessment and may ask a
guarantee from the importer if the designated authority so recommends and if such a review
results in a determination of dumping in respect of such products or exporters, it may levy
duty in such cases retrospectively from the date of the initiation of the review."
3. These AD Rules thereby require the Authority to initiate review for the purpose of determining
individual margin of dumping for any exporter or producer in the exporting country in
question who has not exported the subject goods to India during the period of investigation of
the earlier investigations and that the petitioner/s is/are not related to any of the exporters and
producers in the exporting country who are subjected to the anti-dumping duty.
4. M/s. Anhui Krant Aluminum Products Co., Ltd (producer and exporter) has provided
necessary information as required under Rule 22 of AD Rules. In particular, they have stated
that there were no exports during the original period of investigation and that it is neither
related to any exporter or producer in the subject country who is subject to the existing anti-
dumping duty nor associated with any such entity in a manner that would affect the
determination of an individual dumping margin.
5. The Authority, having been prima facie satisfied that the conditions as prescribed under Rule
22 of AD Rules are met with, hereby decides to initiate a New Shipper Review investigation
for determination of their individual dumping margin in relation to the anti-dumping duties
levied on dumped imports of Anodized aluminium frames for solar panels/modules originating
in or exported from China PR in pursuance of the recommendations made by the Authority
vide Final Findings Notification No. 6/07/2023-DGTR, dated 29th June 2024 and levied by the
Central Government vide Customs Notification No. 16/2024-Custom (ADD) dated 27th
September 2024 in the original Anti Dumping case.
6. The Authority recommends provisional assessment on all exports of the subject goods made
by M/s Anhui Krant Aluminum Products Co., Ltd till this review is completed, in accordance
with Rule 22 of the AD Rules and having regard to Customs Notification No. 16/2024-Cus
(ADD) dated 27th September 2024.
C. PERIOD OF INVESTIGATION:
7. The period of investigation for the purpose of the present New Shipper Review is January
2025 to December 2025 (12 Months).
D. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION
8. All the interested parties are required to register themselves on SETU Portal
(https://setu.dgtr.gov.in). All communications and submissions from the interested parties shall
be uploaded on the SETU portal under their registered name and corresponding case ID
AD/NSR/17112025/01. It should be ensured that the narrative part of the submission is in
searchable PDF/MS-Word format and data files are in MS-Excel format.
9. The known producers/exporters in subject countries, the government of subject countries
through its Embassy in India, and the importers and users in India who are known to be
associated with the product under consideration are being informed separately to enable them
to file all the relevant information within the time limits mentioned in this initiation
notification. All such information must be filed in the form and manner as prescribed by this
initiation notification, the Rules, and the applicable trade notices issued by the Authority.
10. Any other interested party may also make a submission relevant to the present investigation in
the form and manner as prescribed by this initiation notification, the Rules, and the applicable
trade notices issued by the Authority within the time limits mentioned in this initiation
notification as mentioned in para (8) above.
11. Any party making any confidential submission before the Authority is required to make a non-
confidential version of the same available to the other interested parties.
12. The interested parties are further advised to keep a regular watch on the official website of the
Directorate General of Trade Remedies at www.dgtr.gov.in and SETU
portal(https://setu.dgtr.gov.in) for any updated information with respect to this investigation.
Interested parties are directed to regularly visit the website of DGTR
(https://www.dgtr.gov.in/) to stay apprised with the further developments in the subject
investigation and remain informed regarding notices that may be issued from time to time
regarding questionnaire formats, PCN methodology, PCN discussion/meeting schedule, notice
of oral hearing, corrigendum, amendment notifications, and other such information.
E. TIME LIMIT
13. Any information relating to the present investigation should be uploaded on the SETU portal
(https://setu.dgtr.gov.in) under their registered name and corresponding case ID
AD/NSR/17112025/01.
14. Both versions of each submission, the confidential version (CV) and the non-confidential
version (NCV) must be uploaded in the respective designated columns within 37 days from the
date on which the nonconfidential version of the application filed by M/s Anhui Krant
Aluminium Products Co. Ltd. (Producer and Exporter) would be circulated by the Authority or
transmitted to the appropriate diplomatic representative of the exporting country as per Rule
6(4) of the AD Rules, 1995. If no information is received within the stipulated time limit or the
information received is incomplete, the Authority may record its findings based on the facts
available on record and in accordance with the AD Rules, 1995.
15. All the interested parties are hereby advised to intimate their interest (including the nature of
interest) in the instant matter and file their questionnaire responses within the above time limit
as stipulated in this notification through SETU portal only.
F. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION ON CONFIDENTIAL BASIS
16. Where any party to the present investigation makes confidential submissions or provides
information on a confidential basis before the Authority, such party is required to
simultaneously submit a non-confidential version of such information in terms of Rule 7(2) of
the Rules and in accordance with the relevant trade notices issued by the Authority in this
regard. Failure to adhere to the above may lead to rejection of the response/submissions.
17. The parties making any submission (including Appendices/ Annexures attached thereto),
before the Authority including questionnaire responses, are required to file confidential and
non-confidential versions separately.
18. Such submissions must be clearly marked as ‘confidential' or ‘non-confidential' at the top of
each page. Any submission that has been made to the Authority without such markings shall
be treated as 'non-confidential' information by the Authority, and the Authority shall be at
liberty to allow other interested parties to inspect such submissions.
19. The confidential version shall contain all information which is, by nature, confidential, and/or
other information, which the supplier of such information claims as confidential. For the
information which is claimed to be confidential by nature, or the information on which
confidentiality is claimed because of other reasons, the supplier of the information is required
to provide a good cause statement along with the supplied information as to why such
information cannot be disclosed.
20. The non-confidential version of the information filed by the interested parties is required to be
a replica of the confidential version with the confidential information preferably indexed or
blanked out (where indexation is not possible) and such information must be appropriately and
adequately summarized depending upon the information on which confidentiality is claimed.
The non-confidential summary must be in sufficient detail to permit a reasonable
understanding of the substance of the information furnished on a confidential basis. However,
in exceptional circumstances, the party submitting the confidential information may indicate
that such information is not susceptible to summary, and a statement of reasons containing a
sufficient and adequate explanation as to why such summarization is not possible, must be
provided to the satisfaction of the Authority.
21. The interested parties can offer their comments on the issues of confidentiality within 7 days
from the date of circulation of the non-confidential version of the documents.
22. The Authority may accept or reject the request for confidentiality on examination of the nature
of the information submitted. If the Authority is satisfied that the request for confidentiality is
not warranted or if the supplier of the information is either unwilling to make the information
public or to authorize its disclosure in generalized or summary form, it may disregard such
information.
23. Any submission made without a meaningful non-confidential version thereof or a sufficient
and adequate cause statement in terms of Rule 7 of the Rules, and appropriate trade notices
issued by the Authority, on the confidentiality claim shall not be taken on record by the
Authority.
G. INSPECTION OF PUBLIC FILE
24. All non-confidential versions of submissions made by any interested party will be accessible to
other interested parties through their respective login on the SETU portal.
H. NON-COOPERATION
25. In case any interested party refuses access to and otherwise does not provide necessary
information within a reasonable period or within the time stipulated by the Authority in this
initiation notification, or significantly impedes the investigation, the Authority may declare
such interested party as non-cooperative and record its findings based on the facts available
and make such recommendations to the Central Government as it deems fit.
AMITABH KUMAR, Designated Authority
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Date: 2026.03.23 11:11:27+05'30'
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