Lok Sabha Question No. 4259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Anti-dumping Duty on Chinese Goods
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4259 TO BE ANSWERED ON  07 th  JANUARY, 2019

## ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON CHINESE GOODS

4259.   SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा ͨणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंğी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping Allied Duties (DGAD) has found any non-WTO compliant subsidies on Chinese goods and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it has recommended applying anti-dumping duty on the same goods and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  imposed  anti-dumping  duty  on  a  Chinese  chemical used in making detergents to protect domestic players from cheap imports and if so, the details thereof along with the period of time this anti-dumping duty would be in force;
- (d) whether the Government is aware of the findings of a Committee report stating that imports of Chinese steel have increased by 8 per cent;
- (e) if so, whether the Government has implemented strict measures as recommended by the said Committee; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  impact  on  jobs  of  cheap  steel  imported from the China and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a):  Directorate  General  of  Trade  Remedies  (DGTR),  erstwhile  DGAD,  had  conducted investigations on subsidies on Chinese goods and imposed countervailing/anti-subsidy duty on the following products imported from China as per the provisions under Customs Tariff Act 1975 and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment, and Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995:

|   S.No. | Product(s)                                                       | Date of imposition of countervailing duty   | Quantum of duty                 | Date of expiry of duty   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Castings for wind operated electricity generators                | 19.01.2016                                  | 8.78% to 13.44% of landed value | 18.01.2021               |
|       2 | Certain hot rolled and cold rolled stainless steel flat products | 07.09.2017                                  | 18.95% of landed value          | 06.09.2022               |

- (b): Yes. Anti-dumping duty is also in force on 'Castings of wind operated electricity generators' and on certain grades of 'Certain hot rolled and cold rolled stainless steel flat products'. The details are as given below:
- (c): Anti-dumping  duty  is  in  force  on  following  major  chemicals  imported  from  China  and  used  in detergents:
- (d): Yes, the Government is aware of the findings of the 145 th parliamentary committee report from Rajya Sabha which came out on 25 th July  2018 wherein it was identified that the imports of the Chinese steel have increased by 8 per cent.
- (e) & (f): DGTR has imposed anti-dumping duty in the range of US$ 44.89 to US$ 185.51 per MT on straight length bars and rods of alloy steel imported from China vide Notification No. 54/2018 - Cus. (ADD) dated 18.10.2018. The anti-dumping duty is valid till 17.10.2023. Ministry of Steel has also issued the Quality Control Orders for 53 products to prevent sub standard steel imports from China and other nations and is closely monitoring the impact of cheap steel imported from China on the domestic industry.
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|   S.No. | Product(s)                                                   | Date of imposition of anti-dumping duty   | Quantum of duty                 | Date of expiry of duty   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Castings for wind operated electricity generators            | 30.08.2017                                | 6.27% to 35.92 %of landed value | 29.08.2022               |
|       2 | Cold rolled flat products of stainless steel                 | 11.12.2015                                | 5.39% to 57.39% of landed value | 10.12.2020               |
|       3 | Hot Rolled flat product of Stainless Steel of ASTM grade 304 | 05.06.2015                                | US$ 180 to US$ 316 per MT       | 04.06.2020               |
|       4 | Hot rolled flat products of alloy and non-alloy steel        | 08.08.2016                                | US$ 478 to US$ 561 per MT       | 07.08.2021               |
|       5 | Cold rolled flat products of alloy or non alloy steel        | 17.08.2016                                | Nil to US$ 594 per MT           | 16.08.2021               |

|   S.No. | Product(s)                   | Date of imposition of duty   | Quantum of duty                 | Expiry date of duty   |
|---------|------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | Caustic Soda                 | 18.08.2015                   | US$ Nil to 48.39 Per DryMT      | 17.08.2020            |
|       2 | Linear Alkyl Benzene         | 11.04.2017                   | US$ 23.78 to 300.22 per MT      | 10.04.2022            |
|       3 | Zeolite-4A (detergent grade) | 13.12.2018                   | US$ 163.90 to US$ 207.72 per MT | 12.12.2023            |