Government imposes Anti-Dumping duty on imports of various items including on imports of Plain Medium Density Fibre Board of thickness 6 mm and above, Front Axle Beam and Steering Knuckles meant for heavy and medium commercial vehicles, Hexamine and all Fully Drawn or Fully Oriented Yarn/Spin Drawn Yarn/Flat Yarn of Polyester (non-textured and non-POY).

Pursuant to the recommendations of the Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied Duties, the Government has imposed anti-dumping duty on following goods, effective from today i.e. 21st of October, 2015:

1) Definitive anti-dumping duty has been levied on imports of “Plain Medium Density Fibre Board of thickness 6 mm and above”, falling under heading 4411 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the Peoples’ Republic of China, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka for a period of five years. [Notification No. 48/2015-Customs (ADD), dated 21.10.2015 refers].

2) Definitive anti-dumping duty has been levied on imports of “Front Axle Beam and Steering Knuckles meant for heavy and medium commercial vehicles”, falling under tariff items 7326 19 10, 7326 19 90, 7326 90 99, 8708 50 00 & 8708 99 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the Peoples’ Republic of China” for a period of five years. [Notification No. 49/2015-Customs (ADD), dated 21.10.2015 refers].

3) Definitive anti-dumping duty has been levied on imports of “Hexamine”, falling under tariff item 2921 29 10 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the Peoples’ Republic of China and UAE for a period of five years. [Notification No. 50/2015-Customs (ADD), dated 21.10.2015 refers].

4) Definitive anti-dumping duty has been levied on imports of “All Fully Drawn or Fully Oriented Yarn/Spin Drawn Yarn/Flat Yarn of Polyester (non-textured and non-POY)”, falling under heading 5402 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the Peoples’ Republic of China and Thailand for a period of five years. [Notification No. 51/2015-Customs (ADD), dated 21.10.2015 refers].