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Date: 27-Sep-2023 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

Termination of NSR investigation of Copper Tubes and Pipes from Vietnam

Issued by Ministry of Commerce and Industry · DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF TRADE REMEDIES

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Executive Summary & Key Takeaways

What it means

  • The gazette notification announces the termination of the New Shipper Review (NSR) investigation concerning countervailing/anti-subsidy duty rates for M/s LS Metal Vina LLC, a producer from Vietnam, regarding anti-subsidy duties on imports of Copper Tubes & Pipes originating in or exported from Vietnam.
  • The investigation was initiated to determine individual countervailing/anti-subsidy duty rates for LS Metal Vina LLC.

Key Changes

  • The New Shipper Review investigation, initiated on September 30, 2022, vide notification no. 07/16/2022-DGTR, has been terminated.
  • The termination follows the withdrawal of the application by LS Metal Vina LLC on September 22, 2023.
  • LS Metal Vina LLC withdrew its application citing the absence of provisions for a new shipper review under the Indian Countervailing Duty framework.
  • The Designated Authority considered the investigation infructuous after the withdrawal of the application and decided not to proceed further.

Impact Analysis

Impact on LS Metal Vina LLC

  • LS Metal Vina LLC is free to file a new application if the Indian CVD framework is amended to include a NSR provision.

Impact on Domestic Industry

  • The domestic industry may need to re-evaluate its position and potentially address the import of Copper Tubes & Pipes from LS Metal Vina LLC through other means, if deemed necessary.

Impact on Importers

  • The general anti-subsidy duties applicable to Copper Tubes & Pipes originating in or exported from Vietnam will continue to apply.

Suggested Action Items

  • Domestic industry should assess the impact of the termination and consider alternative strategies to address subsidized imports, if required.

Key Entities Referenced

LS Metal Vina LLC: A producer from Vietnam that applied for a New Shipper Review regarding countervailing/anti-subsidy duties on Copper Tubes & Pipes. Designated Authority: The authority responsible for conducting the New Shipper Review investigation (Directorate General of Trade Remedies). WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM): The international agreement governing subsidies and countervailing measures. Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995: The rules governing the identification, assessment, and collection of countervailing duties in India. Customs Tariff Act, 1975: The act governing customs tariffs in India. Notification no. 07/16/2022-DGTR dated 30th September 2022: The notification that initiated the New Shipper Review investigation which has now been terminated.
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F. No. 07/16/2022-DGTR.—A. Introduction 1. LS Metal Vina LLC, Vietnam (herein after referred as the “applicant”) has filed an application in accordance with Article 19.3 of WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (hereinafter also referred to as "ASCM"), the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 as amended from time to time (hereinafter also referred to as the 'Rules') and the Custom Tariff Act, 1975 as amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as[भाग I—खण् ड 1] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 the 'Act') before the Designated Authority (hereinafter also referred to as the "Authority") requesting for determination of their individual countervailing/ anti-subsidy duty rates in the matter of anti-subsidy duties levied on subsidized imports of Copper Pipes and Tubes, originating in or exported from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. 2. The Designated Authority, on the basis of prima facie evidence submitted by the applicant, issued a public notice vide notification no. 07/16/2022-DGTR dated 30th September 2022, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, initiating the subject investigation. B. Withdrawal of the application by Domestic Industry 3. The applicant vide email dated 22.09.2023, has withdrawn their application stating that there is a lacuna under the Indian Countervailing Duty framework in the sense that there are no provisions for a new shipper review, due to which it would not be possible to proceed further in the subject investigation. 4. The applicant has requested the Authority to terminate the present investigation with liberty to the applicant to file new application after the amendment to include a NSR provision in the Indian CVD framework. C. Examination by the Designated Authority 5. In view of the request made by the applicant withdrawing its application, the Designated Authority considers that the investigation has become infructuous after the withdrawal of the application. 6. Since the applicant has withdrawn the application, it is considered appropriate not to proceed further with the conduct of the investigation. Accordingly, in terms of Rule 14 (a) of the Rules the Authority, hereby terminates the New Shipper Review investigation for determination of individual countervailing/anti-subsidy duty rate for M/s LS Metal Vina LLC (Producer from Vietnam) in the case of anti-subsidy duties imposed on import of Copper Tubes & Pipes” originating in or exported from Vietnam initiated vide notification no. 07/16/2022- DGTR dated 30.09.2022. ANANT SWARUP, Designated Authority Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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