Anti-Dumping Duty of 22.54% to 147.20% Imposed on Industrial Laser
Machines from China for Five Years on
Complaint of Sahajanand Laser Technology Plus Three
·
Industrial Laser Machines, in fully assembled, SKD or CKD form, used for
cutting, marking, or welding operations* [* the scope of
the product includes Laser Cutting Machines, Laser Marking Machines, and Laser
Welding machines]
[Notification No. 15/2023-Customs
(ADD) dated 22 December, 2023]
Seeks to impose anti-dumping
duty on imports of Industrial Laser Machinery originating in or exported from
China PR.
G.S.R.---(E).- Whereas in the matter of
‘Industrial Laser Machines, used for cutting, marking, or welding’ (hereinafter
referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff items 84561100,
84569090, 84798199, 85152190, 85158090 and 90132000 of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to
as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from China PR
(hereinafter referred to as the subject country), and imported into India, the
designated authority in its final findings, issued vide notification
06/07/2022-DGTR, dated the 27th September, 2023 published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 27th September, 2023, read
with corrigendum issued vide notification 06/07/2022-DGTR dated 6th December,
2023 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated
the 7th December, 2023, has inter alia come to the conclusion that—
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India
from the subject country at dumped prices;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of
subject imports from subject country;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject
goods from the subject country,
and has recommended imposition of an
anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported
from the subject country and imported into India, in order to remove injury to
the domestic industry.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the
powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs
Tariff Act read with rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification,
Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for
Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, after considering
the aforesaid final findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the
subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table
below, falling under tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff
Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the
country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from
the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced
by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), and
imported into India, an anti-dumping duty calculated at the rate as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (7) of the said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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S.No |
Tariff Item |
Description of Goods |
Country of origin |
Country of Export |
Producer |
Duty as % of CIF |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
|
1 |
84561100, 84569090, |
Industrial Laser Machines, in fully assembled, SKD
or CKD form, used for cutting, marking, or welding operations* |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
GD Han’s Yueming Laser
Group Co., Ltd. |
24.66% |
|
Han’s Laser Smart Equipment Group Co., Ltd. |
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|
Han’s Laser Technology Industry Group Co., Ltd. |
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|
Han’s MP Laser Technology Co., Ltd. |
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|
Suzhou Songu Intelligent
Equipment Co., Ltd. |
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|
2 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Jiangsu Yawei Machine-
Tool Co., Ltd. |
43.35% |
|
Jiangsu Yawei Chuangkeyuan Laser Equipment Co., Ltd. |
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|
3 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
TRUMPF (China) Co., Ltd. |
Nil |
|
Jiangsu Jinfangyuan CNC Machine
Co., Ltd. |
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|
4 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
HSG Laser Co., Ltd |
22.54% |
|
Jinan Hongshi Laser
Technology Co., Ltd |
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|
5 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Bystronic (Tianjin) Laser Ltd |
30.16% |
|
Bystronic Laser AG |
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|
Bystronic (Shenzhen) Laser Technology Co., Ltd |
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|
6 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Jinan Bodor CNC Machine
Co., Ltd |
84.22% |
|
7 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Jinan Oree Laser Equipment
|
87.30% |
|
Shandong Oree Laser
Technology Co. Ltd |
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|
8 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Gweike
Tech Co., Ltd |
90.49% |
|
9 |
-do- |
-do- |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Any, other than SN 1 to 8 |
147.20% |
|
10 |
-do- |
-do- |
Any other than China PR |
China PR |
Any |
147.20% |
*the scope of the product includes Laser Cutting Machines,
Laser Marking Machines, and Laser Welding machines.
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under
this notification shall be effective for a period of five years (unless
revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this
notification in the Official Gazette, and shall be payable in Indian currency.
For the purposes of this notification-
(a) rate of exchange
applicable for the purposes of calculation of such anti-dumping duty shall be
the rate which is specified in the
notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department
of Revenue), issued from time to
time, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act,
1962 (52 of 1962), and the relevant date
for the determination of the rate of exchange shall be the date of presentation
of the bill of entry under section 46
of the said Act;
(b) “CIF value” means the
assessable value as determined under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of
1962).”
Explanation. –For the purposes of this
notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purposes of calculation of
such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification
of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of
the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and the relevant date for the determination
of the rate of exchange shall be the date of presentation of the bill of entry
under section 46 of the said Act;
[F.No.
CBIC-190354/240/2023-TO(TRU-I)-CBEC]