Feb 27, 2020
India’s DGTR Recommends Anti Dumping Duty on Coated Steel Imports from China, Vietnam and Korea
2020-03-06
India’s Director General Trade Remedies vide notice dated February 21st announced its recommendations of imposition of anti dumping duty on imports of flat rolled steel products coated with Zinc without addition of Aluminum, coated with Aluminum without addition of Zinc and pre-painted or color coated Aluminum Zinc alloy coated steel sheets, equal to the lesser of margin of dumping and the margin of injury ranging USD 13-129 per tonne, so as to remove the injury to the domestic industry. Accordingly, anti-dumping duty equal to the amount mentioned in Col 7 of the table below is recommended to be imposed from the date of imposition of provisional duties, on all imports of subject goods originating in or exported from subject countries.
Flat rolled product of steel, plated or coated with alloy of Aluminium and Zinc. This alloy of Aluminium and Zinc may contain one or more additional elements which in individual or in combination shall not exceed 3% by weight. The product under consideration may be in coil form or not in coil form whether or not plain, corrugated or in profiled form. PUC may be skin-passed / processed on temper-mill or non-skin-passed whether or not surface treated with or without additional non-metallic coating. PUC may be supplied in various trade names including but not limited to Alu-Zinc, Al-Zn, Zinc Aluminum, Aluminum Zinc, Zincalume, Galvalume etc. PUC offers resistance to corrosionand is used in many applications and sectors including but not limited to infrastructure projects, solar power projects, roofing, walling decking, cladding and framing, white goods and appliances, furniture and substrate for colour coated steel.
PUC does not include the following products: -
i. Flat rolled steel products coated with Zinc without addition of Aluminium;
ii. Flat rolled color coated steel products
PUC falls under tariff items 72106100, 72125090, 72259900 and 72269990 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The PUC is also being imported under other Customs Tariff Items 72101290, 72103090, 72104900, 72106900, 72107000, 72109090, 72121090, 72122090, 72123090, 72124000, 72169910, 72255010, 72259100, 72259200, 72269930 etc. The customs classification is indicative only and is in no way binding on the scope of the present investigation.”
PUC does not include the following products: -
i. Flat rolled steel products coated with Zinc without addition of Aluminium;
ii. Flat rolled color coated steel products
PUC falls under tariff items 72106100, 72125090, 72259900 and 72269990 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The PUC is also being imported under other Customs Tariff Items 72101290, 72103090, 72104900, 72106900, 72107000, 72109090, 72121090, 72122090, 72123090, 72124000, 72169910, 72255010, 72259100, 72259200, 72269930 etc. The customs classification is indicative only and is in no way binding on the scope of the present investigation.”
Source: Steel Guru
