Whereas in the matter of imports of Hot Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of ASTM Grade 304 with all its variants,(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), classified under Chapter 72 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, European Union, Korea RP, South Africa, Taiwan and USA (hereinafter referred as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 14/12/2010-DGAD, dated the 11th October, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, the dated 11th October , 2011, had come to the conclusion that -

(a) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury;

(c) the material injury had been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from subject countries;

(d) the injury has been caused cumulatively by the imports from subject countries;

and had recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and sub section (5) of section 9A of the said 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, 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 sub-heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty rate equal to the amount specified in the currency per unit of measurement specified in corresponding entry in column (8), of the said Table.

Duty Table

Explanation: In the table, the expression "Hot rolled flat products of stainless steel" shall mean such products of ASTM Grade 304 with all its variants including products of equivalent specifications in other standards, of width up to 1250 mm (width tolerance of+20 mm for Mill Edge and +5mm for Trimmed Edge)

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in Indian currency.

Explanation. - For the purpose 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.

(Raj Kumar Digvijay)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.