Anti-dumping Duty of $367.59/MT Imposed on Sodium Citrate from China
for Five Years
[Customs
Notification No. 19 (ADD) dated 20th May 2015]
Whereas,
in the matter of “Sodium Citrate” (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under tariff item 2918 15 20 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 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 vide notification number
14/23/2013-DGAD, dated the 26th February, 2015, had come to the conclusion that
–
(i)
the subject goods have been exported to India from the
subject country below its associated normal value, thus, resulting in dumping
of the subject goods;
(ii)
the domestic industry has suffered material injury on
account of imports from subject countries;
(iii)
the material injury has been caused by the dumped
imports of subject goods from the 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, 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 (4), exported from the countries as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producers as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (6), exported by the exporters as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an
anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8) after reducing the amount of safeguard duty
applicable on the subject goods vide notification of the Government of
India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 04/2014-Customs
(SG), dated the 31st December, 2014, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.
936(E), dated the 31st December, 2014, in the currency as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-.
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Table |
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SNo.
|
Tariff
item |
Description
of goods |
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer
|
Exporter
|
Amount
|
Unit
|
Currency
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
(10)
|
|
1
|
2918
15 20 |
Sodium
Citrate |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
|
Any
|
367.59
|
MT
|
US
Dollar |
|
2
|
2918
15 20 |
Sodium
Citrate |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
|
Any
|
Any
|
367.59
|
MT
|
US
Dollar |
|
3
|
2918
15 20 |
Sodium
Citrate |
Any
|
People’s
Republic of China |
Any
|
Any
|
367.59
|
MT
|
US
Dollar |
Note:
The description of goods includes Tri Sodium Citrate, Tri Sodium Citrate dehydrate, Sodium Citrate dehydrate, Tribasic Sodium
Citrate, Sodium Citrate Tribasic Dihydrate, Sodium
Citrate Dibasic Sesquihydrate and Sodium Citrate
Monobasic Bioxtra.
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 purposes
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.354/78/2015-TRU]