Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride from China Notified

[Notification No. 28/2020-CUSTOMS (ADD) dated 2 September 2020]

G.S.R. ...(E). – Whereas, in the matter of ‘Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2941 90 30 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 China PR (hereinafter referred to as the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings No. 6/36/2019-DGTR, dated the 15^th June, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 15^th June, 2020, has provisionally concluded that-

(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country at dumped prices;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(iii)the injury to the domestic industry has been caused by the dumped imports;

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from the 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-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 13 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, on the basis of the aforesaid 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 the 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), and imported into India, a provisional anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-

Table
S.No.	Tariff item	Description of Goods	Country of Origin	Country of Export	Producer	Duty Amount	Currency	Unit
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
1	29419030	Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride	China PR	Any country including China PR	Shangyu Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	2.41	USD	Kg
2	29419030	Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride	China PR	Any country including China PR	Zhejiang Langhua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	0.94	USD	Kg
3	29419030	Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride	China PR	Any country including China PR	Zhejiang Guobang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	1.90	USD	Kg
4	29419030	Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride	China PR	Any country including China PR	Any producer other than serial number 1, 2, and 3	3.29	USD	Kg
5	29419030	Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride	Any country other than China PR	China PR	Any	3.29	USD	Kg

2. The provisional anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of six months (unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable 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. 354/95/2020 –TRU]