Oct 10, 2019
India Opens Review of Anti Dumping Duty on HR Stainless Steel Imports from China, Malaysia and Korea
2020-04-13
India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies has started a probe to see whether the expiry of existing anti dumping duty on certain hot rolled stainless steel SS 304 products from China, Malaysia and South Korea would lead to continuation of dumping of the product, following complaints by Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Ltd and Jindal Stainless Ltd. DGTR in a notification dated 3rd October said “Based on the facts and data, the Authority is of the opinion that there is a need to review for continued imposition of the duties in force in respect of the subject goods, originating in or exported from China PR, Malaysia and Korea RP.”
India had imposed the duty in June 2015 for five years.
The product under consideration in the petition is the same as the original investigations, which was defined as follows in the final findings “Hot Rolled austenitic stainless steel flat products; whether or not plates, sheets or coils (hot rolled Annealed and pickled or Black) of rectangular shape; of grade either 304 or 304H or 304L or 304N or 304LN or EN 1.4311, EN 1.4301, EN1.4307 or X5CRNI1810 or X04Cr19Ni9, or equivalents thereof in any other standards such as UNS, DIN, JIS, BIS, EN, etc.; whether or not with number one or Black finish; whether or not of quality prime or non-prime; whether or not of edge condition with mill edge or trim edge; of thickness in the range of 1.2mm to 10.5mm in Coils and 3mm to 105mm in Plates & Sheets; of all widths up to 1650mm(width tolerance of + 20mm for mill edge and +5mm for trim edge)”
The product under consideration is classified under chapter sub-heading 7219 and 7220 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975.
The period of investigation (POI) for the present investigation is April 2018-March 2019 (12 months) and the injury investigation period is from 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017-2018 and the POI.
India had imposed the duty in June 2015 for five years.
The product under consideration in the petition is the same as the original investigations, which was defined as follows in the final findings “Hot Rolled austenitic stainless steel flat products; whether or not plates, sheets or coils (hot rolled Annealed and pickled or Black) of rectangular shape; of grade either 304 or 304H or 304L or 304N or 304LN or EN 1.4311, EN 1.4301, EN1.4307 or X5CRNI1810 or X04Cr19Ni9, or equivalents thereof in any other standards such as UNS, DIN, JIS, BIS, EN, etc.; whether or not with number one or Black finish; whether or not of quality prime or non-prime; whether or not of edge condition with mill edge or trim edge; of thickness in the range of 1.2mm to 10.5mm in Coils and 3mm to 105mm in Plates & Sheets; of all widths up to 1650mm(width tolerance of + 20mm for mill edge and +5mm for trim edge)”
The product under consideration is classified under chapter sub-heading 7219 and 7220 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975.
The period of investigation (POI) for the present investigation is April 2018-March 2019 (12 months) and the injury investigation period is from 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017-2018 and the POI.
Source: Steel Guru
