Anti-dumping - Seamless tubes or seamless pipes, originating in, or exported from Austria, CzechRepublic, Russia, Romania and Ukraine - 137/99 - Customs -Tariff

Anti-dumping - Seamless tubes or seamless pipes, originating in, or exported from Austria , Czech Republic , Russia , Romania and Ukraine Notification No. 137/99-Cus. Dated 29-12-1999 WHEREAS in the matter of import of seamless tubes or seamless pipes falling under heading or sub-heading Nos. 73.04, 7304.10, 7304.29 and 7304.39 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from Austria, Czech Republic, Russia, Romania and Ukraine, the Designated Authority vide its preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 10th November, 1999 had come to the conclusion that, - (a) seamless tubes or seamless pipes originating in, or exported from Austria, Czech Republic, Russia, Romania and Ukraine have been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping; (b) the domestic industry has suffered injury; (c) injury has been caused by imports 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 rule 13 and rule 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 findings of the Designated Authority hereby imposes on seamless tubes and seamless pipes of the following description, namely :- (a) seamless tubes, of iron or steel, not cold rolled, hot finished, of an external diameter not exceeding 273 mm or 10 inches NB also known as boiler pipes or line pipes used in hydrocarbon industry, processing and general engineering industry; (b) casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling of oil or gas of an external diameter not exceeding 244.5 mm or 9.5/8 inches; falling under heading or sub-heading Nos. 73.04, 7304.10, 7304.29 and 7304.39 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, Austria, Czech Republic, Russia, Romania and Ukraine, when exported by the exporters mentioned in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate which is equivalent to the amount per metric tonne mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table. TABLE Country Name of Producer/Exporter Amount of duty (Rupees per MT) (1) (2) (3) Austria Voest Alpine Stanirohr Kindberg GES M.B.M., Alpine Strasse -17, A 8652, Kingberg and all other producers/exporters 6,876 Czech Republic Nova Hut Ostrava, 70702, Ostrava, Kuncice and all other producers/exporters 8,375 Russia Volzsky Pipe Plant, 404119, Volski Town, Volgograd and all other producers/exporters 13,698 Romania (a) Silcotub S.A., 4700 Zalau, (b) Petrotub S.A., 5550 Roman, and all other producers/exporters 4,385 1,136 Ukraine (a) Metal Zavod Imeni Karl, Leibenecht (b) Yuzhnotrubny Zavod, Nokopol, and all other producers/exporters. 12,453 2. This notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 28th day of June, 2000.