India makes final ruling on anti-dumping review of Chinese viscose staple fiber

On July 8, 2016, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India issued an announcement stating that it would conduct an anti-dumping sunset review of viscose staple fiber (excluding bamboo fiber) originating in or imported from China and Indonesia. The final ruling is that if the anti-dumping measures are cancelled, the dumping of the products involved and the damage to the Indian industry will continue or reoccur. Therefore, it is recommended to continue to impose anti-dumping duties on the products involved (see the table below for details). The customs code of the products involved is 550410.

On March 17, 2009, at the request of The Association of Man Made Fiber industry of India (AMFII), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India imposed restrictions on viscose shorts originating in or imported from China and Indonesia. Fibers (except bamboo fiber) are subject to anti-dumping investigation. On August 5, 2009, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry made a preliminary anti-dumping ruling on viscose staple fibers originating in or imported from China and Indonesia.0.5pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; background-color: white”>0.18 China China Sr.No.5Excluding companies listed 0.194 China Except China
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On March 17, 2009, at the request of The Association of Man Made Fiber industry of India (AMFII), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India imposed restrictions on viscose shorts originating in or imported from China and Indonesia. Fibers (except bamboo fiber) are subject to anti-dumping investigation. On August 5, 2009, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India made a preliminary anti-dumping ruling on viscose staple fibers originating in or imported from China and Indonesia, ruling that a provisional anti-dumping duty of US$0.199-0.760/kg should be imposed on the Chinese companies involved in the case, and that Indonesian companies involved in the case should be subject to a provisional anti-dumping duty of US$0.199-0.760/kg. Enterprises impose temporary anti-dumping duties of US$0.127-0.760/kg. On May 17, 2010, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry made a final anti-dumping ruling on viscose staple fibers (except bamboo fiber) originating in or imported from China and Indonesia, ruling that an anti-dumping charge of US$0.194-0.512/kg should be imposed on the Chinese companies involved. Anti-dumping duties of US$0.103-0.512/kg will be levied on the Indonesian companies involved. On July 22, 2015, at the request of the Association of Man-Made Fiber Industries of India (AMFII), the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry initiated an anti-dumping sunset review investigation into viscose staple fibers (except bamboo fiber) originating in and imported from China and Indonesia. India makes final anti-dumping sunset review ruling on Chinese viscose staple fiber

Chinese companies involved in the case levied temporary anti-dumping duties of US$0.199-0.760/kg, and Indonesian companies involved in the case levied temporary anti-dumping duties of US$0.127-0.760/kg. On May 17, 2010, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry made a final anti-dumping ruling on viscose staple fibers (except bamboo fiber) originating in or imported from China and Indonesia, ruling that an anti-dumping charge of US$0.194-0.512/kg should be imposed on the Chinese companies involved. Anti-dumping duties of US$0.103-0.512/kg will be levied on the Indonesian companies involved. On July 22, 2015, at the request of the Association of Man-Made Fiber Industries of India (AMFII), the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry initiated an anti-dumping sunset review investigation into viscose staple fibers (except bamboo fiber) originating in and imported from China and Indonesia. India makes final anti-dumping sunset review ruling on Chinese viscose staple fiber