Corrigendum in Final Finding notification in the matter of Countervailing

Dated 9th August, 2017 | Copy of | Corrigendum |

Having regard to the Customs Tariff Act 1975 as amended in 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Countervailing duty and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Designated Authority issued a final finding vide Notification No.14/18/2015-DGAD dated 04th July, 2017 in the case of Countervailing Duty/Anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of certain Hot Rolled and Cold Rolled Stainless Steel Flat Products, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China.

2. In the Final Finding Notification No.14/18/2015-DGAD dated 04th July, 2017, there is a typographical error in specifying the width of the product, as evidenced by the notice of initiation, information on record and the investigation conducted, following correction are made in the final findings earliest notified. The scope of the PUC in as much as it mentions that the scope of PUC includes Hot Rolled Plates is having thickness 10.5mm, whereas the scope should be maximum thickness of Hot Rolled Plates is 105mm instead of 10.5mm.

3. This error appears in paragraph 7, 8, 9, 554, 555, 557 & 564 and point (ii) of Note below duty table. The said paragraphs of the notification read as follows:

“12. The product under consideration in the present investigation is "Flat rolled products of stainless steel, whether hot rolled or cold rolled of all grades/series; whether or not in plates, sheets, or in coil form or in any shape, of any width, of thickness 1.2mm to 10.5mm in case of hot rolled coils; 3mm to 10.5mm in case of hot rolled plates & sheets; and up to 6.75 mm in case of cold rolled flat products. Product scope specifically excludes razor blade grade steel”.

4. The above is substituted for the following:

"Flat rolled products of stainless steel, whether hot rolled or cold rolled of all grades/series; whether or not in plates, sheets, or in coil form or in any shape, of any width, of thickness 1.2mm to 10.5mm in case of hot rolled coils; 3mm to 105 mm in case of hot rolled plates & sheets; and up to 6.75 mm in case of cold rolled flat products. Product scope specifically excludes razor blade grade steel”.

5. In note of para 569 (ii) (a) and (ii) (ii) ‘ADD’ to be suffixed after custom in custom notifications.

(i) 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 ASTM 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 10.5mm in Plates and Sheets; of all widths up to 1650 mm (width tolerance of +20mm for mill edge and + 5mm for trim edge). Custom Notification No. 28/2015-Customs dated 05.06.2015 to be read as Custom Notification No. 28/2015- Customs (ADD) dated 05.06.2015.

(ii) Product supplied under Indian Patent No. 223848 in respect of goods comprising Low Nickel containing Chromium-Nickel Manganese-Copper Austenitic Stainless steel and representing Grades YU 1 and YU 4, produced and supplied by M/s Yieh United Steel Corp (Yusco) of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Custom Notification No.16/2015-Customs dated 11.12.2015 to be read as Custom Notification No. 61/2015-Customs (ADD) dated 11.12.2015.

6. The custom notification 16/2015-Customs in Note point (ii) (ii) of para 569 is to be read as 61/2015- Customs (ADD) dated 11.12.2015.

Sd/-
(Inder Jit Singh)
Additional Secretary & Designated Authority

File.No.14/18/2015-DGAD
Issued by:
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
(Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties)
New Delhi