Indian stainless steel AD saga - Detailed notification

Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009

Indian government’s finance ministry’s revenue department, vide notification N0 38/2009-Customs, has notified the details of AD on stainless steel last week end on April 22nd 2009.

It said that “Whereas, in the matter of import of Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel falling under heading 7219 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 originating in or exported from, China PR, Japan, Korea, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and USA the designated authority, in its preliminary findings vide notification number. 14/6/2008-DGAD dated the March 27th 2009 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 dated the 27th March, 2009, had come to the conclusion that

1. The subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value

2. The domestic industry had suffered material injury

3. The injury had been caused by the dumped imports from subject countries and had recommended imposition of provisional anti dumping duty on all imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject countries;

Heading: 7219
Description of goods: Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel
(Of the width of 600 mm or more of all series with a thickness of up to 4 mm but does not include cold rolled stainless steel in coil having a combination of thickness above 2 mm and width above 1500 mm for use in fabrication and AISI 420 High Carbon (0.82%-0.40%) grade.)

Series 200

SI.No	Origin	Exporter	Producer	Exporter	Amount
5	Spain , Belgium or France	Any Country in EU other than Spain , Belgium or France	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	1144.95
6	Any Country in EU other than Spain , Belgium or France	Spain , Belgium or France	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	1144.95
7	Any Country in EU	Any Country in EU	Any except those above at Sl. No. 1 to 4 and ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any except those above at Sl. No. 1 to 4 and ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	1144.95
19	Korea RP	Any	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	1031.36
20	Any	Korea RP	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	1031.36
23	Chinese Taipei	Any	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	1402.64
24	Any	Chinese Taipei	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	1402.64
27	China PR	Any	Any except at S.no. 25 and 26	Any except at S.no. 25 and 26	998.55
28	Any	China PR	Any except at S.no 25 and 26	Any except at S.no 25 and 26	998.55
30	Thailand	Any	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	1067.65
31	Any	Thailand	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	1067.65
32	USA	USA	Any	Any	1325.65
33	USA	Any	Any	Any	1325.65
34	Any	USA	Any	Any	1325.65
35	Japan	Japan	Any	Any	780.00
36	Any	Japan	Any	Any	780.00
37	Japan	Any	Any	Any	780.00

In USD per tonne

Series 300

SI.No	Origin	Exporter	Producer	Exporter	Amount
1	Spain	Spain	Acrinox	Acrinox	550.23
2	Spain	Malaysia	Acrinox	Acrinox	550.23
3	Belgium	Belgium	ArcelorMittal	ArcelorMittal	1042.70
4	France	France	ArcelorMittal	ArcelorMittal	1042.70
5	Spain , Belgium or France	Any Country in EU other than Spain , Belgium or France	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	1553.17
6	Any Country in EU other than Spain , Belgium or France	Spain , Belgium or France	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	1553.17
7	Any Country in EU	Any Country in EU	Any except those above at Sl. No. 1 to 4 and ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any except those above at Sl. No. 1 to 4 and ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	1553.17
8	South Africa	South Africa	Columbus	Columbus	710.27
9	Spain	South Africa	Acrinox	Columbus	710.27
10	South Africa	South Africa	Any other than 8 above	Any other than 8 above	1368.25
11	South Africa	Any	Any	Any	1368.25
12	Any	South Africa	Any	Any	1368.25
19	Korea RP	Any	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	1455.63
20	Any	Korea RP	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	1455.63
21	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Yieh United	Yieh United	573.12
22	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Yieh Mau Corp	Yieh Mau Corp	363.90
23	Chinese Taipei	Any	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	2011.00
24	Any	Chinese Taipei	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	2011.00
25	China PR	China PR	Lianzhong Stainless Steel	Lianzhong Stainless Steel	860.00
26	China PR	China PR	Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel	Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel	505.17
27	China PR	Any	Any except at S.no. 25 and 26	Any except at S.no. 25 and 26	1823.43
28	Any	China PR	Any except at S.no 25 and 26	Any except at S.no 25 and 26	1823.43
29	Thailand	Thailand	Thainox Stainless	Thainox Stainless	241.25
30	Thailand	Any	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	1373.00
31	Any	Thailand	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	1373.00
32	USA	USA	Any	Any	1467.65
33	USA	Any	Any	Any	1467.65
34	Any	USA	Any	Any	1467.65
35	Japan	Japan	Any	Any	1388.15
36	Any	Japan	Any	Any	1388.15
37	Japan	Any	Any	Any	1388.15

In USD per tonne

Series 400

SI.No	Origin	Exporter	Producer	Exporter	Amount
1	Spain	Spain	Acrinox	Acrinox	12.74
2	Spain	Malaysia	Acerinox	Acerinox	12.74
4	France	France	ArcelorMittal	ArcelorMittal	775.00
5	Spain , Belgium or France	Any Country in EU other than Spain , Belgium or France	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	534.79
6	Any Country in EU other than Spain , Belgium or France	Spain , Belgium or France	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any excluding ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	534.79
7	Any Country in EU	Any Country in EU	Any except those above at Sl. No. 1 to 4 and ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	Any except those above at Sl. No. 1 to 4 and ThyssenKrupp Stainless International, Germany	534.79
8	South Africa	South Africa	Columbus	Columbus	585.44
9	Spain	South Africa	Acrinox	Columbus	585.44
11	South Africa	Any	Any	Any	1207.61
12	Any	South Africa	Any	Any	1207.61
13	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	POSTEEL	102.41
14	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	Samsung C&T	102.41
15	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	Hyundai Corp	171.37
16	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	SK Networks	171.37
17	Korea RP	Korea RP	POSCO	LG Intl & Daewoo Intl	74.87
19	Korea RP	Any	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	874.69
20	Any	Korea RP	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	Any except at Sl. No. 13 to 18 above	874.69
22	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Yieh Mau Corp	Yieh Mau Corp	285.73
23	Chinese Taipei	Any	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	1591.00
24	Any	Chinese Taipei	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	Any except at s.no 21 and 22	1591.00
25	China PR	China PR	Lianzhong Stainless Steel	Lianzhong Stainless Steel	90.00
26	China PR	China PR	Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel	Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel	154.80
27	China PR	Any	Any except at S.no. 25 and 26	Any except at S.no. 25 and 26	1590.00
28	Any	China PR	Any except at S.no 25 and 26	Any except at S.no 25 and 26	1590.00
29	Thailand	Thailand	Thainox Stainless	Thainox Stainless	377.71
30	Thailand	Any	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	768.10
31	Any	Thailand	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	Any other than at S.No. 29 above	768.10
32	USA	USA	Any	Any	1584.00
33	USA	Any	Any	Any	1584.00
34	Any	USA	Any	Any	1584.00
35	Japan	Japan	Any	Any	368.10
36	Any	Japan	Any	Any	368.10
37	Japan	Any	Any	Any	368.10

In USD per tonne

The anti- dumping imposed under this notification shall be effective up to and inclusive of the 21st day of October, 2009, and shall be payable in Indian Currency.

The notification added that “For the purposes of this notification, ‘rate of exchange’ applicable for the purposes of calculation of 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 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.”