India imposed final AD determination on imported aluminium and zinc coated flat products

India has announced its final anti-dumping determination on imports of aluminium and zinc coated flat products from Vietnam, Korea and China, according to Shanghai Metals Market report.  

The Commerce Department of India has assigned a final dumping rate of $128.93 per tonne to Chinese exporters. It has determined a dumping rate of $56.48 per tonne for Zhejiang Huada New Material.

The duty for mills in South Korea is $13.07-84.47 per tonne. For mills in Vietnam, the tax rate ranged from $23.63-173.1 per tonne.

In April 2019, India had initiated an investigation into the alleged dumping of aluminium and zinc coated flat products originating in or exported from China, Vietnam and Korea

 “The Authority hereby initiates an investigation into the alleged dumping, and consequent injury to the domestic industry…, to determine the existence, degree and effect of alleged dumping and to recommend the amount of antidumping duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the ‘injury’ to the domestic industry,” India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) earlier said.

In July, India had issued a notice of the preliminary finding with duty from US$ 28.67 per tonne to US$ 199.53 per tonne.

According to an SMM, PUC falls under tariff items 72106100, 72125090, 72259900 and 72269990 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The PUC is also being imported under other Customs Tariff Items 72101290, 72103090, 72104900, 72106900, 72107000, 72109090, 72121090, 72122090, 72123090, 72124000, 72169910, 72255010, 72259100, 72259200, 72269930 etc.