Anti-dumping Duty Slapped on Albendazone
from China for Five Years
[Ref: Notification No.
62/2015-Customs (ADD) dated 14 December 2015]
Seeks to levy definitive anti-dumping duty on Abendazole,
originating in, or exported from the People’s Republic of China, for a period of
five years
Whereas,
in the matter of Albendazole
(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2933 29
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,vide notification number 14/31/2013-DGAD,
dated the 5th November, 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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Sl.No. |
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. |
2933 29
50 |
Albendazole |
Any specification |
People’s
Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Changzhou
Yabang Pharmachem Co. Ltd,
China PR (Yabang-QH) |
Changzhou
QH Pharmaceutical & Technology Co. Ltd. China PR (QHPT) |
9.31 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
2. |
2933 29
50 |
Albendazole |
Any specification |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any country
other than People’s Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
10.02 |
Kg |
US Dollar |
|
3. |
2933 29
50 |
Albendazole |
Any specification |
Any country
other than People’s Republic of China |
People’s
Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
10.02 |
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. 354/204/2015-TRU]