OREANDA-NEWS. December 01, 2015. Indigenous steel manufacturers and their associations have requested the Government to notify several steel products, having direct bearing on human health and / or critical to safety and security of construction, housing and infrastructure, under the Mandatory Quality Certification Mark Scheme of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to prohibit import of sub – standard steel products. Import of steel during the last three years and the current year is tabulated as below.

Quantity in Ton / Value in Million USD

COUNTRY

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16 (Apr. to Sept.)

qty

val

qty

val

qty

val

qty

val

CHINA P RP

1770193

1495.33

1120649

976.29

3756649

2713.35

1842450

1116.16

KOREA RP

1858259

1744.12

1539746

1414.33

2240827

1818.87

1684414

1002.66

Others

14819136

10376.08

8920721

6719.23

10653873

7809.81

6332018

3787.27

Grand total

18447588

13615.53

11581116

9109.85

16651349

12342.03

9858881

5906.09

The Government does not maintain import data based on the quality of Steel. The Government reviews the data on import of steel including import of seconds and defective quality steel from time to time and takes necessary measures to make quality steel available to the consumers. The Government has already issued two Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Orders in March, 2012 thereby notifying 16 steel products under the Mandatory Quality Certification Mark Scheme of Bureau of Indian Standards. Notifications of steel products under this scheme to protect interests of the domestic steel producers & consumers are taken as per need.

Further, the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance vide its Notification No.28/2015 -Customs (ADD) dated 05.06.2015 has imposed anti – dumping duty on import of Hot Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of 304 Grade from China, Korea RP and Malaysia.

This information was given by the Minister of State(Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.