TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART
II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF
INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification
No. 37 /2014-Customs
(ADD)
New Delhi, the 8th
August, 2014
G.S.R. (E). – 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:-
Table
|
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)]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India