Aluminium Foil - Anti-dumping duty on the import of ‘Aluminium Foil’ falling under chapter heading 7607, originating in, or exported from China PR, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia and imported into India.

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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART II, SECTION 3, SUB- SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 51/2021-Customs (ADD) New Delhi, the 16th September, 2021 G.S.R. ---(E).- Whereas in the matter of ‘Aluminium Foil’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under chapter heading 7607 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred t o as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from China PR, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia (herein after referred to as the subject countries), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification number 6/21/2020-DGTR, dated the 18th June, 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 18th June, 2021, has come to the conclusion that the- (i) subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below normal values; (ii) domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of imports of s ub ject g oo ds fro m s u b ject countries; (iii) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject countries, and has recommended imposition of an anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries 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 Collect io n o f Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Cen t ral Go v ern men t , after considering the aforesaid final findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject g oods, t h e description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under Chapter heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresp onding entry in column (2), originating in the countries 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 at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), of the said Table, namely:- TABLE Sr. No. Heading Description Country of origin Country of Export Producer Amount Unit Currency (1) 1. (2) 7607 (4) China PR (3) Aluminium Foil 80 micron and below* (5) Any country including China PR (6) Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd (7) 506.81 (8) (9) MT USD 2. -do- -do- China PR Any country including China PR Shanghai Sunho Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd 398.45 MT USD 3. -do- -do- China PR Any country including Jiangsu Dingsheng New Materials Joint- 523.67 MT USD Sr. No. Heading Description Country of origin Country of Export Producer Amount Unit Currency (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 4. -do- -do- China PR China PR Stock Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Five Any Star Aluminium country Co., Ltd including China PR 523.67 MT USD 5. -do- -do- China PR 6. -do- -do- China PR Any country including China PR Any country including China PR M/s Jiangsu Fengyuan Aluminium Mstar Technology Co., Ltd., M/s Kunshan Aluminium Co., Ltd. 510.24 577.59 MT USD MT USD 7. -do- -do- China PR Any country including China PR Any producer other than mentioned in serial no 1 to 6 976.99 MT USD 8. -do- -do- China PR Any Any country other than China PR, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand 976.99 MT USD 9. -do- -do- Thailand Any country including Thailand Thai Ding Li New Materials Co., Ltd. 100.07 MT USD 10. -do- -do- Thailand 11. -do- -do- Thailand 12. -do- -do- Thailand Any country including Thailand Any country including Thailand Any country including Thailand Dingheng New Materials Co., Ltd 100.07 MT USD M/s Loften (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 93.53 MT USD M/s Varopakorn Public Company Limited 178.47 MT USD Sr. No. Heading Description Country of origin Country of Export Producer Amount Unit Currency (1) 13. -do- (2) (3) -do- (4) Thailand (5) (6) Any country including Thailand Any producer other than mentioned in sl. No. 9, 10, 11, 12 (7) 339.93 (8) (9) MT USD 14. -do- -do- Thailand Any Any country other than China PR, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand 339.93 MT USD 15. -do- -do- Malaysia any country Any 850.45 MT USD 16. -do- -do- Malaysia Any Any country other than China PR, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand 850.45 MT USD 17. -do- -do- Indonesia any country Any 422.28 MT USD 18. -do- -do- Indonesia Any Any country other than China PR, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand 422.28 MT USD *Aluminium Foil whether or not printed or backed with paper, paper board, plastics or similar packing materials of a thickness of 80 micron and below (with permissible tolerances)” excluding the following: (i) Aluminium foil of thickness ranging from 5.5 micron to 80 micron originating in China. (ii) Alu Alu Laminate- Alu Alu Laminate of 40 - 50 mic in AA8079 & AA8021, is a multi-layered opaque laminate where Aluminium foil and is backed with plastic film on both side with adhesives; for use in packing capsules/tablets. (iii) Ultra Light Gauge Converted- Ultra Light Gauge Converted is an Aluminium foil having thickness of 5.5 6 mic to 7 mic which and is backed with kraft paper & scrim, or glass cloth, whether plain or printed for use in insulation, spices packing, thermal fluid lines covering and tea bags application. (iv) Aluminium Foil Composite- Aluminium foil laminated with or backed with Kraft paper an d g lass scrim or glass cloth with or without poly ethylene, whether printed or not printed. Aluminium foil laminated with or backed with Kraft paper however is within the scope of the product under consideratio n and proposed measures. (v) Aluminium foil for capacitors width below 500 mm- Aluminium foil for capacitors is an Aluminium foil of 5 micron gauge with width below 500 mm 99.35% purity, for use in electrical equipment such as radios, televisions, telephones, computers, microwave ovens, electrical welders, magnetos, electronic testing equipment, copy machines, air conditioners, automobiles, fluorescent lights, mercury vapour s t reet lamps, power transmission equipment, electric motors, control units, and similar articles. (vi) Etched or formed Aluminium Foils - Etched or formed Aluminium Foils is Aluminium Foil meant to be used in the manufacture of Electrolytic Capacitor. (vii) Aluminium composite panel- Aluminium composite panel is a non-aluminium core (often PE) bonded between two thin layers of aluminium, for use in facade cladding and signage. (viii) Clad with compatible non clad Aluminium Foil- Clad with compatible non clad Aluminium Foil is a corrosion-resistant Aluminium sheet formed from Aluminium surface layers metallurgically bonded to high-strength Aluminium alloy core material for use in engine cooling and air conditioner systems in automotive industry; such as radiator, condenser, evaporator, intercooler, oil cooler and heater. (ix) Aluminium Foil for beer bottle- Aluminium Foil of 10.5 micron with rough surface and perforat ed whether printed or not; to be used in beer bottle. (x) Aluminium- Manganese- Silicon based and/ or clad Aluminium- Manganese- Silicon based allo y s, whether clad or unclad- with post brazing yield strength greater than 35 MPA, falling under tariff h ead in g 7607 for use in heat exchangers including radiators, charge air coolers, condensers, oil coolers, heater cores, evaporators, heat ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and parts thereof. (xi) Aluminium Foil Adhesive Tapes - Adhesive tape is Aluminium foil (< 80 mic) single sid e o r b o t h sides coated with adhesive for use as tape. (xii) Color coated aluminium foil - aluminium foil with either PE(polyester) coating of PVDF(flourine Carbon), coating falling under CTH 7607. 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. Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purposes o f calculat io n o f such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification of the Govern ment o f In d ia, in t h e 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 determin ation 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-190354/169/2021-TO(TRU-I)-CBEC] (Rajeev Ranjan) Under Secretary to the Government of India

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