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The eBearing News
June 30, 2003
India Hits Imported Ball Bearings
With High Dumping Duties
copyright © 2003 eBearing Inc.
The Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, has issued a preliminary
determination that ball
bearings from four countries are being sold into India at unfairly low prices. In response, it
has slapped those imports -- from China, Russia, Poland and Romania -- with extremely high
anti-dumping duties under the Customs Tariff Act.
In September 2002, eBearing reported that the Directorate General of Antidumping and Allied Duties
(DGAD) had launched a formal investigation into dumping of ball bearings from the Peoples Republic
of China, Poland, Russia, and Romania.
• article: India investigates ball bearing dumping allegations
The investigation was in response to a complaint filed by the 12-member Ball and Roller
Bearing Manufacturers Association of India.
The DGAD performed an initial investigation and found in favor of the complaint, that there was
sufficient evidence dumping was taking place, warranting a full investigation by the Commerce Ministry.
The matter was then referred to the Commerce Ministry for a full investigation and determination, if necessary,
of the proper anti-dumping duties or penalties.
Now the report has been received and India has responded by imposing extremely high provisional dumping duties
on those particular ball bearings, as per the table below.
The provisional duties are in place through December 3, 2003; if the final assessed rates are higher,
importers will have to pay the difference retroactively to June 4, 2003.
Commodity high-volume ball bearings which normally sell for pennies have been hit with rates which
essentially price them out of the market. For example, a 6201 from China now carries anti-dumping
duty of USD $0.442, while other Chinese ball bearings can carry an "all other" rate as high as
$0.477. Affected ball bearings originating in or shipped from Russia carry a universal $0.522, Poland
$0.461, and Romania, $0.432.
Significantly, the anti-dumping duties also apply to bearings which are shipped from those particular
countries, regardless of the bearings' country of origin. This attempt to deal with so-called
"pass-through" shipments answers a secondary problem often created by the imposition of duties -- for
example, U.S. producers long complained that exporters circumvented U.S. duties on bearings from certain
countries, simply by bringing them into the U.S. via Canada or Mexico. In India, imports account for just
over 29% of the Rs 2,300 crore bearing market.
In the application of these duties, China has obviously been singled out as the prominent trouble spot.
Indian bearing companies have complained for years that China is the source for virtually all of the
low-quality and counterfeit bearings that have been coming into their country illegally.
Further straining trade tensions, India has so far initiated more than 50 anti-dumping investigations
into all types of goods from China.
eBearing interviewed one importer in India who strongly approves of the anti-dumping duties, but
adds this caution: "Without proper and increased customs vigilance, these duties will cause
smuggling and grey market sales to explode." In fact, India today reported the average selling price of
ball bearings in the country recently fell by more than 1% -- despite
efforts by the domestic manufacturers to raise or stabilize prices.
The official findings are:
- ball bearings have been exported to India from the Peoples Republic of China, Poland, Russia
and Romania below the normal value, resulting in dumping;
- the domestic industry has suffered material injury;
- the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports from the Peoples Republic of China,
Poland, Russia, and Romania.
The notification further states, "...the designated authority has considered it necessary to impose anti-dumping
duty, provisionally, pending final determination, on all imports of the subject goods originating in or
exported from People Republic of China, Poland, Russia and Romania:"
Details of the preliminary duty schedule, in U.S. Dollars, effective through
December 3, 2003:
| Goods |
Specification |
Country of Origin |
Country of Export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Rate |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
6201 |
P.R. China |
Any country other than Russia, Poland and Romania |
M/s Ningbo Teke Bearing Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
M/s Huanchi Bearing Group Ltd., P.R. China and M/s Ningbo Huanchi Import and Export Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
$ 0.442 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
6202 |
P.R. China |
Any country other than Russia, Poland and Romania |
M/s Ningbo Teke Bearing Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
M/s Huanchi Bearing Group Ltd., P.R. China and M/s Ningbo Huanchi Import and Export Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
$ 0.391 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
6203 |
P.R. China |
Any country other than Russia, Poland and Romania |
M/s Ningbo Teke Bearing Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
M/s Huanchi Bearing Group Ltd., P.R. China and M/s Ningbo Huanchi Import and Export Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
$ 0.354 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
6204 |
P.R. China |
Any country other than Russia, Poland and Romania |
M/s Ningbo Teke Bearing Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
M/s Huanchi Bearing Group Ltd., P.R. China and M/s Ningbo Huanchi Import and Export Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
$ 0.381 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types other than 6201, 6202, 6203 and 6204 |
P.R. China |
Any country other than Russia, Poland and Romania |
M/s Ningbo Teke Bearing Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
M/s Huanchi Bearing Group Ltd., P.R. China and M/s Ningbo Huanchi Import and Export Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
$ 0.414 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types |
P.R. China |
Any country other than Russia, Poland and Romania |
Any producer other than M/s Ningbo Teke Bearing Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
Any exporter other than M/s Huanchi Bearing Group Ltd., P.R. China and M/s Ningbo Huanchi Import and Export Co. Ltd., P.R. China |
$ 0.477 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types |
Any country other than Russia, Poland and Romania |
P.R. China |
Any producer |
Any exporter |
$ 0.477 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types |
Any country |
Russia |
Any producer |
Any exporter |
$ 0.522 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types |
Russia |
Any country other than P.R. China, Poland and Romania |
Any producer |
Any exporter |
$ 0.522 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types |
Any country other than P.R. China, Russia and Romania |
Poland |
Any producer |
Any exporter |
$ 0.461 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types |
Poland |
Any country other than P.R. China, Russia and Romania |
Any producer |
Any exporter |
$ 0.461 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types |
Any country other than P.R. China, Russia and Poland |
Romania |
Any producer |
Any exporter |
$ 0.432 each |
| Ball bearings; bore size over 8mm up to 50mm |
All types |
Romania |
Any country other than P.R. China, Russia and Romania |
Any producer |
Any exporter |
$ 0.432 each |
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