Anti-dumping Duty of
$1.85 per kg Imposed on Mulberry Raw Silk of 3A Grade and below from China
· Notification Now Covers 3A Grade
and below Replaces Notification 05/06.01.2009 on 2A Grade and below which
Lapses in January 2014
[Customs Notification No. 01(ADD) dated 28th January
2016]
Seeks to levy definitive anti-dumping duty on Mulberry Raw Silk (not
thrown) of grade 3A and below, originating in, or exported from the People’s
Republic of China, for a period of five years.
Whereas, in the matter of Mulberry Raw Silk (not thrown) of grade
3A and below (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under
tariff item 5002 00 10 of Chapter 50 of the First Schedule to the Customs
Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff
Act), originating in, or exported from, the People’s Republic of China
(hereinafter referred to as the subject country), and imported into India, the
designated authority in its final findings published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,videnotification number
14/17/2014-DGAD, dated the 4th December, 2015, has come to the conclusion that
(i) the subject goods
have been exported to India from the subject country below its normal value;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of
the subject goods from subject country,
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on
imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from subject country
and imported into India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by
sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, read with
rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and
Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of
Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, after considering the aforesaid
final findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject
goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below,
specification of which is specified in column (4), falling under tariff item of
the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (2), originating in the countries as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (5), exported from the countries as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (6), produced by the producers as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (7), exported by the exporters as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), imported into India, an
anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (9), in the currency as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (11) and as per unit of measurement as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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SNo. |
Tariff Item |
Description of goods |
Specification |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
|
1. |
5002 00 10 |
Mulberry Raw Silk (not thrown) of 3A grade and below |
Any specification |
Peoples Republic of China |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
1.85 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
2. |
5002 00 10 |
Mulberry Raw Silk (not thrown) of 3A grade and below |
Any specification |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
Any |
1.85 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
3. |
5002 00 10 |
Mulberry Raw Silk (not thrown) of 3A grade and below |
Any specification |
Any |
Peoples Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
1.85 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
2. The
anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a
period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the
date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be
paid in Indian currency.
Explanation.- For the purposes of
this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purpose of calculation
of such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the
notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department
of Revenue), issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and the relevant date
for the determination of the rate of exchange shall be the date of presentation
of the bill of entry under section 46 of the said Customs Act.
[F.No. 354/304/2015-TRU]