[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)

NOTIFICATION No. 40/2019-CUSTOMS (ADD)

New Delhi, the 15th October, 2019

G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of import of ‘Flat rolled product of steel, plated or coated
with alloy of Aluminium and Zinc’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under
headings 7210, 7212, 7225 and 7226 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, Vietnam and Korea RP (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into
India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings No. 6/4/2019-DGTR, dated the 15th
July, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 15th July,
2019, has come to the conclusion that-

(i) there is significant increase in imports of subject goods from subject counties in absolute
terms as well as in relation to production and consumption in India;
(ii) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below their normal
values.;
(iii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;
(iv) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from subject
countries,

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on 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
said 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 headings of the First Schedule to the said Customs
Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in 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

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 the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8), and as per unit of measurement as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (9), of the said Table:-
Table
Unit of
Country
Sl. Description of Country of Duty measur
Heading of Export Producer Currency
No. Goods Origin Amount ement

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

1 7210, Flat rolled product Korea RP Korea RP Dongkuk Steel 28.67 United Metric
7212, of steel, plated or Mill Co., Ltd. States Tonne
7225 and coated with alloy of Dollar
7226 Aluminium and
Zinc (this alloy may
contain one or more
additional elements
which in individual
or in combination
shall not exceed 3%
by weight)
2 do do Korea RP Korea RP POSCO 113.49 United Metric
States Tonne
Dollar
3 do do Korea RP Korea RP POSCO Coated & 113.49 United Metric
Color Steel Co., States Tonne
Ltd. Dollar
4 do do Korea RP Any Any other 122.66 United Metric
producer other States Tonne
than serial number Dollar
1, 2 and 3
5 do do Any country Korea RP Any 122.66 United Metric
other than States Tonne
subject Dollar
countries
6 do do Vietnam Vietnam Ton Dong A 45.35 United Metric
Corporation States Tonne
Dollar
7 do do Vietnam Vietnam Hoa Sen Group 54.07 United Metric
States Tonne
Dollar
8 do do Vietnam Vietnam Tay Nam Steel 49.05 United Metric
Manufacturing States Tonne
and Trading Co. Dollar
Ltd,
9 do do Vietnam Vietnam Nam Kim Steel 86.06 United Metric
Joint Stock States Tonne
Company Dollar
10 do do Vietnam Any Any other 199.53 United Metric
producer other States Tonne
than serial number Dollar
6, 7, 8 and 9

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11 do do Any country Vietnam Any 199.53 United Metric
other than States Tonne
subject Dollar
countries
12 do do China PR China PR Zhejiang Huada 68.08 United Metric
New Materials States Tonne
Co., Ltd. Dollar
13 do do China PR Any Any producer 129.59 United Metric
other than States Tonne
Zhejiang Huada Dollar
New Materials
Co., Ltd.
14 do do Any country China PR Any 129.59 United Metric
other than States Tonne
subject Dollar
countries

The subject goods mentioned in column (3) in the above Table does not include the following
products: -
(a) Flat rolled steel products coated with Zinc without addition of Aluminium;
(b) Flat rolled steel products coated with Aluminium without addition of Zinc; and
(c) Pre-painted or colour coated Aluminium Zinc alloy coated steel sheets (Pre-coated SGL
sheets).

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.354/109/2019 –TRU]

(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.