Lok Sabha Question No. 4378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-12
Subject: Anti-Dumping Duty on Steel
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4378

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY THE 12 TH   AUGUST, 2016 SHRAVANA 21, 1938 (SAKA)

## ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON STEEL

## 4378. DR. A SAMPATH:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has imposed anti-dumping duty upto 57 per cent on the imports of stainless steel to provide relief  to  domestic  steel industry and if  so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there is a provision for imposing the duty for five years, if so, the reasons therefor and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the Government has decided to impose different duties on steel to be imported from various countries under the same provision; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a):      The  Government has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of various products of stainless steel vide :
- (i) Notification  No.  104/2011-Customs(ADD)  dated  25.11.2011  imposing definitive  anti-dumping  duty  on  Hot  Rolled  Flat  Products  of  Stainless Steel  of  ASTM  Grade  304  originating  in  or  exported  from  European Union, Korea RP, South Africa, Taiwan and USA;
- (ii) Notification No. 46/2012-Customs(ADD) dated 04.10.2012 imposing definitive  anti-dumping duty on Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel (400 series) having width below 600 mm originating in or exported from European Union, Korea RP and USA;
- (iii) Notification  No.  28/2015-Customs  (ADD)  dated  05.06.2015  imposing definitive  anti-dumping  duty  on  Hot  Rolled  Flat  Products  of  Stainless Steel of ASTM Grade 304 with all its variants originating in or exported from China, Korea RP and Malaysia;
- (iv) Notification No. 61/2016-Customs(ADD) dated 11.12.2015 imposing definitive  anti-dumping duty on Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel  originating  in  or  exported  from  China,  Korea,  European  Union, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and USA.
- (b): As per Rule 23(1B) of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, any definitive anti-dumping duty levied under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 shall be effective for a period not exceeding five years from the

date of its imposition, unless the designated authority comes to a conclusion, on  a  review  initiated  before  that  period,  that  the  expiry  of  the  said  antidumping duty is likely to continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to the domestic industry. (c) and (d): Investigations relating to anti-dumping duty are conducted by the Designated Authority, Directorate  General  of  Anti-dumping  and  Allied  Duties (DGAD) which inter alia determines in respect of specific country or countries whether there is a definite dumping margin and recommends the rates of antidumping duty to be imposed. The findings of the DGAD are examined and if the same are accepted then the anti-dumping duty rates recommended by him are imposed.

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