Another Five Years of Anti-dumping Duty on
Sodium Nitrite from EU
[Customs Notification No. 37 (ADD) dated 8th
August 2014]
Whereas, the designated authority, vide
notification No. 15/1009/2012-DGAD
dated 23rd March, 2013, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, had initiated a review in the matter
of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of sodium nitrite
(hereinafter referred to as subject goods) falling
under heading 2834 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 European Union (hereinafter
referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification of the
Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 49/2008-Customs,
dated the 11th April, 2008, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number
G.S.R. 284 (E), dated the 11th April, 2008;
And whereas, the Central Government had extended
the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the
subject country upto and inclusive of the 10th April, 2014 vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of
Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 4/2013-Customs (ADD), dated the 10th April, 2013,
published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary vide number G.S.R 214 (E), dated the 10th April,
2013;
And whereas, in the matter of review of
anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods, originating in or exported
from the subject country, the designated authority in its final findings,
published vide notification No. 15/1009/2012-DGAD, dated 12th May, 2014, in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
has come to the conclusion that-
(i) the product under
consideration continues to be imported at the dumped prices from the subject
country;
(ii) the domestic industry
continues to suffer material injury on account of dumped imports;
(iii) the material injury to
the domestic industry on account of dumping of subject goods is likely to
continue if the anti dumping duties from subject
country are revoked,
and has recommended continued imposition of
the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from subject country.
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 23 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 the sub-heading 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) 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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Sl.
No |
Sub-heading
|
Description |
Country
of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit
|
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1. |
2834
10 |
Sodium
Nitrite |
European
Union |
European
Union |
Any
|
Any
|
3.00 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
|
2. |
2834
10 |
Sodium
Nitrite |
European
Union |
Any
country other than subject country |
Any
|
Any
|
3.00 |
MT |
US
Dollar |
|
3. |
2834
10 |
Sodium
Nitrite |
Any
country other than subject country |
European
Union |
Any
|
Any
|
3.00 |
MT |
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 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.354/24/2002-TRU (Pt.-I)]