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Ref : EIC 693/1

2 April 2024

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 258/2024

India : Imposition of the Anti-Dumping Duty on Imports of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Originating in or Exported from the Mainland of China and Hong Kong

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 86/2024 of 19 January 2024, the Ministry of Finance of India (hereafter referred to as the Indian Authority) published on 14 March 2024 a Notification announcing the imposition of the anti-dumping duty against imports of printed circuit boards originating in or exported from the Mainland of China and Hong Kong. The Notification can be retrieved from the following website -

https://taxinformation.cbic.gov.in/view-pdf/1010036/ENG/Notifications

DETAILS

2.The Indian Authority imposed the anti-dumping duty against imports of printed circuit boards originating in or exported from the Mainland of China and Hong Kong with details below -

(a) Description of Goods : Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
(b) Sub Heading of Tariff Item : India's Customs Classification No. 8534 0000

(The following PCBs are excluded: -
  1. PCBs with more than six layers;
  2. PCBs for use in mobile phone applications;
  3. Populated PCBs of all sizes;
  4. PCBs with embedded copper coin;
  5. Inlay PCB;
  6. Plated Over Filled Via PCB or Via-in-Pad PCB;
  7. High Density Interconnect PCB;
  8. Rigid-flex PCBs; and
  9. Packaging substrates or integrated circuit packaging)
(c) Rate of Definitive Anti-Dumping Duty on Imports - :  
(i) originating in Hong Kong and exported from any place (including Mainland of China and Hong Kong)
   Duty as 30% of CIF value
(ii) originating in any place (including Mainland of China^ and Hong Kong) and exported from Mainland or Hong Kong
   Duty as 30% of CIF value
(iii) originating in Mainland of China by specified producers^ and exported from any place (including Mainland of China and Hong Kong)
   Duty as from nil to 75.72% of CIF value
(d) Effective Date : A period of 5 years starting from 14 March 2024

^ For imports originated by any producer specified by the Indian Authority in the Notification, please refer to the respective rate of definitive anti-dumping duty on the list. The Indian Customs should verify the name of the producer at the time of clearance of subject goods.

ENQUIRIES

3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact ZHENG Jingmin, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province at +86-20-3881 9797 for any enquiries. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the province.

4.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact us at 2398 5594.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Santa HUI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.