MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

(Department of Commerce)

INITIATION NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 20th February, 2001

Subject: Initiation of anti-dumping investigations concerning import of Hemmine originating in or exported from Saudi

Arabia and Russia.

No. 12/1/2000-DGAD.—M/s. Simalin Chemical Industries Ltd., Baroda and M/s. Rockford Petrochemical Industries

Ltd,, Indore have filed a petition before the Designated Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority) in accordance

with the Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act, 1995 and Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-

Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 alleging dumping of Hexamine originating

in or exported from Saudi Arabia andRussia and have requested for initiation of anti-dumping investigations and levy of

anti-dumping duties.

Product Involved: The product under investigation in the present case is Hexamine

originating in or exported from Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Hexamine is classified under Customs sub-heading no. 2921.2901 of the Customs Tariff Act,

1975, The classification is however indicative only and in no way binding on the scope of the

present investigations.

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2. Domestic Industry Standing: There are four producers of Hexamine in India including the

petitioners.

The petitioners accounts for 6O^9S of the total domestic production and therefore satisfies the

standing to file the present petition.

3, ComntrWies) Involved: The countries involved in the present investigations are Saudi Arabia

and Russia.

if. Like Goods: The petitioner has claimed that goods produced by it are like articles to the

goods originating in or exported from Saudi Arabia and Russia. Goods produced by the

petitioner are being treated as Like Articles to the goods imported from the subject countries

within the meaning of the Rules.

5. Dumping and Dumping Margin:

Normal Value: The petitioners have claimed normal value in Saudi Arabia and Russia on the

basis of constructed cost of production of Hexamine.

Export price:

The petitioners have claimed export price based on the data published by

DGCIS and secondary sources. Comparing the normal value and export price the dumping

margins are significantly higher than the de-minimis limit.

There is sufficient evidence that the normal values of the product under consideration in Saudi

Arabia and Russia are significantly higher than the prices at which it has been exported to India,

indicating, prima facie, that the subject goods are being dumped by the exporters from Saudi

Arabia and Russia.

6. Injury and Causal Link: The various economic indicators relating to domestic industry

such as production, sales, profit/loss etc. collectively and cumulatively, indicates that the

domestic industry has suffered injury. There is sufficient prima facie evidence that the imports

of the product under consideration have caused material injury to the domestic industry.

7. Initiation of Anti-Dumping Investigation: In view of the foregoing paragraph, the

Designated Authority initiates anti-dumping investigations to determine the existence, degree

and effect of alleged dumping of the subject goods originating in or exportec from the subject

countries.

8. Period of Investigation: The period of investigation for the purpose of the present

investigations is 1^st April, 1999 to 3(T September 2000 (18 months).

9. Submission of Information: The exporters in the subject countries and he importers in

India known to be concerned are being addressed separately to submit relevait information in

the form and manner prescribed and to make their views known to the Designated Authority,

Ministry of Commerce, Directorate General of Anti- Dumping, Udyog Bhavan, New-Delhi -

110011. Any other interested party may also make its submissions relevant to the investigation

in the prescribed form and manner within the time limit set out below.

10. Time Limit: Any information relating to the present investigations should be sent in writing

so as to reach the Authority at the address mentioned above not later than forty days from the

date of publication of this notification. The known exporters and importers, who are being

addressed separately, are, however, required to submit the information within forty days from

the date of letter addressed to them separately. It may kindly be noted that no requests

whatsoever shall be entertained for extension of the above-stated time limit for submission of

the required information.

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Anti-dumping investigations being a time bound exercise, the Designated Authority may

record its findings on the basis of facts available on record in accordance with the Rules supra,

if no response is received within the time stipulated or the information is incomplete in any

respect.

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Inspection of fubjfc File: In terms of Rule 6(7), any interested party may inspect the

public file containing non-confidential version of the evidence submitted by other interested

parties.

13. In case where an interested party refuses access to, or otherwise does not provide necessary

information within a reasonable period, or significantly impedes the investigation, the Authority

may record its findings on the basis of the facts available to it and make such recommendations

to the Central Government as deemed fit.

L. V. SAPTHARISHI, Designated Authority

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