[TO BE PUBLISHED IN GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification

No. 12/2015-Customs (ADD)

New Delhi, dated the 11^th April, 2015

 G.S.R.     (E).- Whereas, the designated authority vide notification number 15/01/2015-DGAD, dated the 27^th March, 2015, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 27^th March, 2015 has initiated review, in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and in pursuance of rule 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on “Recordable Digital Versatile Disc [DVD]”, falling under the heading 8523 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from Thailand and Vietnam, imposed vide  notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 98/2010-Customs, dated 28th September, 2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 783(E), dated the 28th September, 2010, and has requested for  extension of anti-dumping duty for a further period of one year, in terms of sub-section (5) of Section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act and in pursuance of rule 23 of the said rules, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 98/2010-Customs, dated 28th September, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 783(E), dated 28th September, 2010, namely:- 

In the said notification,-

(i) In the Table, serial number 7 to 9 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;

(ii)  after paragraph 2 and before the Explanation, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“3.            Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, this notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 11th day of April, 2016, unless revoked earlier.”;

(iii)  in the Explanation, for item (a) and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely: -

“(a) Digital Versatile Disc Recordable means such discs of all kinds and includes DVD-R, DVD+R, but does not include DVD-RW and DVD+RW;”.

2.   This notification shall come into effect from 12.04.2015.

[F.No.354/244/2009–TRU (Pt- II)]

(Pramod Kumar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 98/2010-Cutsoms, dated the 28th September, 2010, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 783(E), dated the 28th September, 2010  and last amended by notification No. 34/2013-Customs(ADD), dated the 31^st December, 2013, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 812(E), dated the 31^st   December, 2013.