Safeguard Duty of 35% Imposed on Electrical
Insulators from China
[Customs Notification No. 5
(SG) dated 20th December 2012]
Whereas, in the matter of
import of electrical insulators,
falling under tariff heading 8546 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff
Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Director
General (Safeguard), in its final findings published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification
number G.S.R. 729 (E), dated the 27th September, 2012, had come to
the conclusion that:
(a) increased imports of
electrical insulators from the People’s Republic of China have caused and
threatened to cause market disruption to the domestic industry and producers of
electrical insulators;
(b) a causal link exists
between the increased imports and market disruption and threat of market
disruption; and
(c) it will be in the
public interest to impose Safeguard duty on import of electrical insulators
from People’s Republic of China;
AND WHEREAS, the Director
General (Safeguard) in its final findings has recommended that the safeguard
duty be imposed on imports of electrical
insulators imported from the People’s Republic of China for a period of
two years;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise
of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8C of the Customs Tariff
Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) read with the rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff
(Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central
Government, after considering the aforesaid findings of the Director General
(Safeguard), hereby imposes on the goods of description specified in column (3)
of the Table below, falling under sub-heading of the First Schedule to the said
Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), when
imported into India from the People’s Republic of China, a safeguard duty at
the rate indicated in the corresponding entry in column (4) ad valorem.
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Table |
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SNo. |
Sub-heading |
Description |
Rate of Safeguard Duty |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
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1st year |
2nd year |
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1. |
8546 10 |
Electrical insulators of Glass |
35% |
25% |
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2. |
8546 20 |
Electrical insulators of Ceramics or Porcelain excluding telephone or telegraph
insulators, other electrical or electronic appliances/ device insulators,
electrical insulators of voltage rating up to 1 kV and composite insulators |
35% |
25% |
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3. |
- |
Items at S. No. 1 or 2, if cleared under any
other Customs Tariff Heading including Project Imports. |
35% |
25% |
Explanation.- In the Table, 1st
year means the time period with effect from the date of issue of this
notification till the completion of one year and 2nd year means time
period after the completion of the said one year, till 31st day of
December, 2013.
[F.No.354/198/2012 –TRU]