Safeguard Duty of 15% Applicable on Phthalic
Anhydride for the Period of 1 July to 31 Dec 2009
Ntfn 75 Whereas,
in the matter of import of Phthalic anhydride
(hereinafter referred as the subject goods), falling under tariff
30.06.2009 item 2917 35 00 of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to
as the
said Act), the
Director General (Safeguard), in preliminary findings vide number
G.S.R.3 (E), dated the 1st January, 2009, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
dated the 1st January, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports
of Phthalic anhydride into India had caused and
threatened to cause further serious injury to the domestic producers of Phthalic anhydride and it had necessitated for imposition
of provisional safeguard duty on imports
of Phthalic anhydride into India;
And whereas, on the basis of the
aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguard), the Central Government
had imposed provisional safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods vide
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department
of Revenue), No. 9/2009-Customs, dated the 29th January, 2009, published in the
Gazette of India vide number G.S.R.55(E), dated
the 29th January, 2009;
And whereas, the Director General
(Safeguard) in its final findings vide
number G.S.R. 366(E), dated the 28th May, 2009, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
dated the 28th May, 2009 has come to the conclusion that increased imports of Phthalic anhydride into India has caused and threatened to
cause further serious injury to the domestic producers of Phthalic
anhydride and it necessitates to impose provisional safeguard duty on imports
of Phthalic anhydride into India, and has
recommended the imposition of safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods
into India;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the
powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8B of the said Act, read with rules
12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard
Duty) Rules, 1997, the Central Government after considering the said findings
of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes on Phthalic
anhydride, falling under tariff item 2917 35 00 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when
imported into India, a safeguard duty at the rate of -
(a)
25% ad valorem, when imported
from the 29th day of January, 2009 to 30th day of June, 2009 (both days
inclusive); and
(b) 15% ad valorem, when imported from the
1st day of July, 2009 to 31st dayof December, 2009
(both days inclusive).
2. Nothing contained in this notification
shall apply to imports of Phthalic anhydride from
countries notified as developing countries under clause (a) of sub-section (6)
of section 8B of the said Act, other than Pakistan,
Indonesia and Thailand.
[F.
No.354/10/2009-TRU]