Definitive Anti Dumping Duty Imposed on DVDs
The Provisional Anti Dumping Duty imposed on imported DVDs originating in, or exported from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei, is now confirmed. The anti dumping duty varies from 65.63 to 68.111 Dollars per 1000 pieces. The Provisional anti dumping duty was around Rs. 3 per piece. The new rates are slightly higher, maybe due to exchange fluctuations.
While reporting the Provisional Anti Dumping Duty in TIOL-DDT 916 25.07.2008 , it was mentioned,
Today you can get a good 4.7 GB DVD for as less as Rs. 15/- and this can perhaps carry a whole library. Instead of wasting paper and depleting our forests, a lot of data can be comfortably transferred in a DVD, but the Government is prepared to waste paper rather than allow inexpensive DVDs. They are told that DVDs are dumped into the country and have imposed an anti dumping duty of around Rs. 3/- on each DVD imported and this would certainly ensure that DVDs become more expensive.
If somebody wants to dump DVDs in India at prices lower than their value, why can't we take advantage of the situation and enjoy it? Instead of supplying tons of paper to Government offices, it will be far cheaper to supply DVDs. In Central Excise, every Superintendent, Assistant Commissioner and Commissioner can carry his entire office in one DVD. Perhaps such dumping should be encouraged, even if the domestic industry suffers. Actually the Domestic Industry can also buy these dumped DVDs and sell them in India.
Anyway Government has decided to impose anti dumping duty on digital versatile discs-recordable generally known as DVD-R and DVD- RW originating in, or exported from China PR, Hong Kong, and Chinese Taipei at rates ranging from Rs. 2.96 to Rs. 3.06 per piece. The Government has clarified that the product under consideration is digital versatile disc recordable of all kinds. Such product includes DVD -R, DVD +R, DVD- RW and DVD+ RW.
Notification NO. Dated: 22nd January, 2009