Notification No. 106/2006-Cus-Anti-dumping duty on import of Bias tyres from China (China PR) and Thailand.

Vide Notification No. 88/2007-Cus Dated 24/7/2007

Notification No. 106/2006-Cus Dated 9/10/2006

Anti-dumping duty on import of Bias tyres from China (China PR) and Thailand.-G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, in the matter of import of bias tyres (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling against tariff items 4011 20 90, 4012 90 49 and 4013 10 20 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, People’s Republic of China (China PR) and Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), the designated authority, in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/9/2005-DGAD dated the 31^st July, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 31^st July, 2006, read with the corrigendum No.14/9/2005-DGAD, dated the 19^th September, 2006, has come to the conclusion that -

a) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value;

b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

c) the injury has been caused by the dumped imports from subject countries,

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on all imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 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, on the basis of the aforesaid preliminary findings and the corrigendum of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling against tariff items of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), the specification of which is specified in column (4) of the said Table, originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producers as

specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at a rate which is equivalent to the difference between the reference price as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (11) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table and the landed value of said imported goods in like currency per like unit of measurement;

Duty Table

S. No	Tariff Item	Description of goods	Specification	Country of origin	Country of export	Producer	Exporter	Reference price	Unit of measurement	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
1	4013 10 20	Inner tubes of rubber for buses and lorries	Any	China PR	Any	Any	Any	6.98	Per piece	US$
2	4012 90 49	Tyre flaps of rubber for buses and lorries	Any	China PR	Any	Any	Any	3.50	Per piece	US$
3	4011 20 90	New/unused pneumatic non radial bias tyres of rubber, having nominal rim dia code above 16”	Any	China PR	Any	Any	Any	88.82	Per piece	US$
4	4013 10 20	Inner tubes of rubber for buses and lorries	Any	Any excluding Thailand	China PR	Any	Any	6.98	Per piece	US$
5	4012 90 49	Tyre flaps of rubber for buses and lorries	Any	Any excluding Thailand	China PR	Any	Any	3.50	Per piece	US$
6	4011 20 90	New/unused pneumatic non radial bias tyres of rubber, having nominal rim dia code above 16”	Any	Any excluding Thailand	China PR	Any	Any	88.82	Per piece	US$
7	4013 10 20	Inner tubes of rubber for buses and lorries	Any	Thailand	Any	Any	Any	8.50	Per piece	US$
8	4012 90 49	Tyre flaps of rubber for buses and lorries	Any	Thailand	Any	Any	Any	4.26	Per piece	US$
9	4011 20 90	New/unused pneumatic non radial bias tyres of rubber, having nominal rim dia code above 16”	Any	Thailand	Any	Any	Any	108.27	Per piece	US$
10	4013 10 20	Inner tubes of rubber for buses and lorries	Any	Any excluding China PR	Thailand	Any	Any	8.50	Per piece	US$
11	4012 90 49	Tyre flaps of rubber for buses and lorries	Any	Any excluding China PR	Thailand	Any	Any	4.26	Per piece	US$
12	40112090	New/unused pneumatic non radial bias tyres of rubber, having nominal rim dia code above 16”	Any	Any excluding China PR	Thailand	Any	Any	108.27	Per piece	US$

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be payable in Indian currency.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, -

(a) “landed value” means the assessable value as determined under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties levied under sections 3, 3A, 8B, 9 and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act;

(b) “rate of exchange” applicable for the purposes of calculation of 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 sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of 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 Customs Act.

(S. Bajaj)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

[F.No.354/107/2006-TRU]