Currency Changed to INR from
US$ on Anti-dumping Duty on Vitamin-A Palmitate from China and Switzerland
Ntfn 112 Whereas,
in the matter of import of
30.10.2007 Vitamin A Palmitate
(hereinafter
referred to as the
subject goods), falling under the Tariff item 2936 21 00 of the First Schedule
to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), (hereinafter referred to as the
said Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from, Switzerland and the
People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries),
the designated authority in preliminary findings vide notification No.
14/11/2005-DGAD dated the 20th
February, 2007, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, dated the 20th
February, 2007, had come to the conclusion that -
(i) the subject goods have entered the Indian
market from the subject countries at prices less than their normal values in
the domestic markets of the exporting countries;
(ii) the dumping margins of the subject goods
imported from the subject countries or territories are substantial and above de
minimis;
(iii) the domestic industry suffers material injury;
(iv) and the injury has been caused to the domestic
industry both by volume and price effect of dumped imports of the subject goods
originating in or exported from the subject counties;
and had recommended
imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods,
originating in, or exported from, the subject countries;
And whereas on the
basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central
Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, vide
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department
of Revenue), No.47/2007-CUSTOMS, dated the 28th March, 2007, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 28th March, 2007 vide G.S.R.No.244 (E), dated the 28th March, 2007;
And whereas the
designated authority in its final findings vide notification No.14/11/2005
-DGAD, dated the 14th September, 2007, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 17th September, 2007, has come to the conclusion that–
(i) the
subject goods have entered the Indian market from the subject countries at
prices less than their normal values in the domestic markets of the exporting
countries;
(ii) the dumping margins of the subject goods
imported from the subject countries or territories are substantial and above de
minimis;
(iii) the domestic industry suffers material injury;
and
(iv) the injury has been caused to the domestic
industry both by volume and price effect of dumped imports of the subject goods
originating in or exported from the subject counties;
and has recommended
the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods
originating in, or exported, from the subject countries;
Now, therefore, in
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of
the Customs Tariff Act, 1975(51 of 1975) 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, on the basis of 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 tariff item of the
First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (2), specification of goods as specified in column (4),
originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column
(5), and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (7), when exported from the country as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (6), by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry
in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal
to the amount indicated in the corresponding entry in column (9), in the
currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (11) and per unit of
measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10), of the said
Table.
Table
|
SNo. |
Tariff item |
Description
of goods |
Specifi- cation |
Country of
origin |
Country of
export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit of measure-
ment |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
|
1. |
293621 00 |
Vitamin-A Palmitate (excluding Vitamin A Palmitate1.6
MIU/gm) |
Any |
Switzerland |
Any |
DSM Nutritional Products, AG Switzerland |
DSM Nutritional Products Asia Pacific Pts Ltd.,
Singapore |
313 |
Kilogram |
Rupees |
|
2. |
293621 00 |
Vitamin-A Palmitate (excluding Vitamin A Palmitate
1.6 MIU/gm) |
Any |
Switzerland |
Any other than People’s Republic of China |
Any other than above |
Any |
690 |
Kilogram |
Rupees |
|
3. |
293621 00 |
Vitamin-A Palmitate (excluding Vitamin A Palmitate
1.6 MIU/gm) |
Any |
Any other than People's Republic of China |
Switzerland |
Any |
Any |
690 |
Kilogram |
Rupees |
|
4. |
293621 00 |
Vitamin-A Palmitate (excluding Vitamin A Palmitate
1.6 MIU/gm) |
Any |
People’s Republic of China |
Any |
Zhejiang NHU Company Ltd. |
Synchem International Company Ltd. |
590 |
Kilogram |
Rupees |
|
5. |
293621 00 |
Vitamin-A Palmitate (excluding Vitamin A Palmitate
1.6 MIU/gm) |
Any |
People’s Republic of China |
Any |
Any other than above |
Any |
941 |
Kilogram |
Rupees |
|
6. |
293621 00 |
Vitamin-A Palmitate (excluding Vitamin A Palmitate
1.6 MIU/gm) |
Any |
Any |
People’s Republic of China. |
Any |
Any |
941 |
Kilogram |
Rupees |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect from the date of imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 28th March, 2007.
F.No.354/31/2007
–TRU