Anti-Subsidy of 9.52% Notified on Atrazine Technical from China
[Notification No.
3 /2019-Customs (CVD) dated 17 September 2019]
Seeks to levy countervailing duty on 'Atrazine Technical'
originating in or exported from China PR , in
pursuance of final findings issued by DGTR.
G.S.R. (E). -Whereas, in the matter of Atrazine Technical (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff items 3808 91 99, 3808 93 90 or 380899 90 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, Peoples 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 No. 6/19/2018-DGAD, dated the 22nd August, 2019, has
come to the conclusion that-
(i) the product under consideration has been exported to India from China PR at
subsidized value, thus resulting in subsidization of the product;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to subsidization of the product
under consideration;
(iii) the material injury
has
been caused by
the subsidized imports of the subject goods
originating in or exported from
the
subject country,
and
has recommended imposition of definitive countervailing duty
so as to remove injury
to the domestic industry.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (6) of section
9 of
the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 20 and 22 of the Customs
Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Countervailing
Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination
of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, after considering
the aforesaid final findings of
the Designated Authority, hereby imposes definitive countervailing duty on the
subject goods, the
description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff items 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
by
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,
countervailing duty
of an amount as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (7) of the said
Table, namely:-
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Table |
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S.
No. |
Heading/sub heading |
Description
of goods* |
Country of origin |
Country
of export |
Producer |
Duty amount as a % of CIF
Value |
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
|
|
1. |
3808
91 99, 3808 93 90 or 3808 99 90 |
Atrazine
Technical |
China
PR |
Any other country,
including China PR |
Any |
9.52 |
|
|
2. |
3808
91 99, 3808 93 90 or 3808 99 90 |
Atrazine
Technical |
Any country other
than China PR |
China
PR |
Any |
9.52 |
|
*The product is also known under
the following
names: -
6-Chloro-N-Ethyl-N-(1-Methylethyl)-Triazine-2,4-Diamine;
2-Chloro-4-Ethylamino-6-Isopropylamine-S-Triazine;
2-Chloro-4-(Ethylamino)-6-(Isopropylamino)-S-Triazine;
2-Chloro-4-(Ethylamino)-6-(Isopropylamino)-Triazine; Chloro-4-(Propylamino)-6-Ethylamino-S-Triazine;
Chloro-4-(Propylamino)-6-Ethylamino-S-Triazine, etc.
2.
The countervailing duty imposed under this notification shall be levied 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 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/ 137/2019-TRU]