Lok Sabha Question No. 601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Cheap Steel Imports
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM, K. MARAGATHAM, HARI MANJHI, CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.601 FOR ANSWER ON 06/02/2017

## CHEAP STEEL IMPORTS

601. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM: SHRI HARI MANJHI: PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA: SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN: DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has brought or proposes to bring more steel grades i.e. cold reduced low carbon sheets and strips, hard drawn wire and cold rolled strips under the quality control order, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has imposed 57 per cent anti-dumping duty on the steel imports to provide relief to the domestic steel industry, if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has imposed different amount of anti-dumping duty on the steel imports from the different countries including China and Thailand, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, country-wise; and

(d) the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  and  promote  the domestic steel industry?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

## (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

(a) Ministry of Steel has brought cold reduced low carbon sheets and strips and cold  rolled  strips  under  the  quality  control  order  vide  order  dated  18 th December 2015.

(b) The Government had notified anti-dumping duty vide Notification No. 61/2015Customs (ADD) on imports of Cold Rolled Stainless  Steel  Flat  products.  The  duty rates vary from 4.58% to 57.39% depending on the country and producer.

(c) There  are  different  rates  of  duty  applicable  to  different  countries.  The  duty rates vary from 4.58% applicable on exports from Thailand to 57.39% on any exports from China. The detailed duty structure is provided in Annexure-I.

- (d) In order to protect and promote the domestic  steel industry the Government has taken following measures:-
-  Increased the peak rate of basic customs duty on both flat and non-flat steel to 15% from 10%.
-  Increased the import duty on flat rolled steel @ 10% on long and semi finished products.
-  Levied  the  Anti-Dumping  Duty  on  imports  of  certain  variety  of  hot-rolled  flat products of stainless steel from China.
-  Levied  the  Anti-Dumping  Duty  for  five  years  on  imports  of  cold  rolled  Flat products of stainless steel.
-  Government  has  notified  Minimum  Import  Price  (MIP)  to  provide  a  level playing field to domestic producers against the injury caused as evident from the decline in margins of the producers.
-  Imposed the Safeguard Duty of 20% on hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy and other alloy steel, in coils.

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## Annexure-I

## Anti-Dumping Duty imposed on 11 th  December 2015

|   # |   Tariff heading | Description of goods                         | SpecificationCountries/                                        | Territories of origin                                     | Countries/ Territories of export   | Producer                                     | Exporter                                                 | %of landed value   |
|-----|------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|   1 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | People's Republic of China                                | Any                                | Any                                          | Any                                                      | 57.39%             |
|   2 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Any country other than the subject countries/ territories | People's Republic of China         | Any                                          | Any                                                      | 57.39%             |
|   3 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Korea RP                                                  | Korea RP                           | POSCO                                        | Hyundai Corporation and Daewoo International Corporation | 5.39%              |
|   4 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Korea RP                                                  | Korea RP                           | Any combination other than above combination | Any combination other than above combination             | 13.44%             |
|   5 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Korea RP                                                  | Any                                | Any                                          | Any                                                      | 13.44%             |
|   6 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Any country other than the subject countries/ territories | Korea RP                           | Any                                          | Any                                                      | 13.44%             |
|   7 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Chinese Taipei                                            | Any                                | Any                                          | Any                                                      | 15.93%             |
|   8 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Any country other than the subject countries/ territories | Chinese Taipei                     | Any                                          | Any                                                      | 15.93%             |
|   9 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | South Africa                                              | South Africa                       | Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd .               | Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd .                           | 12.34%             |

|   # |   Tariff heading | Description of goods                         | SpecificationCountries/                                        | Territories of origin                                     | Countries/ Territories of export   | Producer                                     | Producer                                     | Exporter                                     | %of landed value   |
|-----|------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|  10 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | South Africa                                              | South Africa                       | Any combination other than above combination | Any combination other than above combination | Any combination other than above combination | 36.91%             |
|  11 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | South Africa                                              | Any                                | Any                                          | Any                                          | Any                                          | 36.91%             |
|  12 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Any country other than subject countries/ territories     | South Africa                       | Any                                          | Any                                          | Any                                          | 36.91%             |
|  13 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Thailand                                                  | Thailand                           | POSCO Thainox                                | POSCO Thainox and Hyundai Corporation        | POSCO Thainox and Hyundai Corporation        | 4.58%              |
|  14 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Thailand                                                  | Thailand                           | Any combination other than above combination | Any combination other than above combination | Any combination other than above combination | 5.39%              |
|  15 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Thailand                                                  | Any                                | Any                                          | Any                                          | Any                                          | 5.39%              |
|  16 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Any country other than the subject countries/ territories | Thailand                           | Any                                          | Any                                          | Any                                          | 5.39%              |
|  17 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | USA                                                       | Any                                | Any                                          | Any                                          | Any                                          | 9.47%              |
|  18 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Any country other than the subject countries/ territories | USA                                | Any                                          | Any                                          | Any                                          | 9.47%              |
|  19 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | European Union                                            | European Union                     | Acerinox Europa SAU, Spain                   | Acerinox Europa SAU, Spain                   | Acerinox Europa SAU, Spain                   | 29.41%             |

|   # |   Tariff heading | Description of goods                         | SpecificationCountries/ Territories                            | of origin                                                 | Countries/ Territories of export   | Producer                                         | Exporter                                         | %of landed value   |
|-----|------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|  20 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | European Union                                            | European Union                     | Any combination other than the above combination | Any combination other than the above combination | 52.56%             |
|  21 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | European Union                                            | Any                                | Any                                              | Any                                              | 52.56%             |
|  22 |             7219 | Cold-rolled Flat products of stainless steel | All Grades, All Series except the exclusions as per Note below | Any country other than the subject countries/ territories | European Union                     | Any                                              | Any                                              | 52.56%             |

Source: Ministry of Commerce