CBIC imposes Additional Custom Duty on Soft Ferrite Core imported from China [Read Notification]

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has imposed additional custom duty on Soft Ferrite Core imported from China. CBIC notiified this via issuing a Notification.

The Notification Read as Follows:

Whereas in the matter of ‘Soft Ferrite Cores’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject good) falling under tariff item 8505 11 10 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 No. 6/22/2023 DGTR, dated the 23rd December, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 23rd December, 2024, has inter-alia come to the conclusion that—

(i) the subject good has been exported to India from the subject country at dumped prices;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject import from subject country;

(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject good 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 good, 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 at the rate as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) of the said Table, namely:-

*The product under consideration in the present investigation is limited to Manganese-Zinc-based Soft Ferrite Cores of the following geometries and lengths:

a) EE/E/EF of length 10 mm to 128 mm

b) PQ/EQ of length 20 mm to 71 mm

c) ET of length 24 mm to 35 mm

d) Toroid (with and without coating) of length 03 mm to 202 mm

e) UU/UI of length 10 mm to 141 mm

f) I Bars of length 20 mm to 245 mm

g) ER of length 11 mm to 67 mm

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,

(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 assessable value as determined under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).

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