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Customs Notification No. 12 /2003 dated 20.1.2003
Extension of the anti-dumping duty on Graphite Electrodes

G.S.R. (E).- WHEREAS the designated authority vide notification published in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 17th day of May, 2002, has initiated review in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on graphite electrodes, originating in, or exported from, USA, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, PR China and Belgium (hereinafter referred to as subject countries), imposed vide notification No.77/97-Customs dated the 21st October, 1997, and had requested for extension of the anti-dumping duty pending the results of the review investigations;

AND WHEREAS on the basis of the aforesaid request of the designated authority, the Central Government extended the anti-dumping duty on the said graphite electrodes upto the 20th of January, 2003 vide notification No. 109/2002-Customs, dated the 10th October, 2002;

AND WHEREAS the designated authority has requested for a further extension of the anti-dumping duty pending the results of the review investigations;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1), (2), (5) and (6) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), read with rules 13 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 hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.77/97-Customs, dated the 21st October, 1997, namely:-

In the said notification, for the second paragraph and the entries relating thereto, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-

" 2. This notification shall be in force up to and inclusive of the 20th day of April, 2003, unless it is revoked earlier.".

 

(Alok Shukla)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 77/97-Customs, dated the 21st October, 1997 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 607(E), dated the 21st October, 1997 and was last amended vide notification No. 109/2002-Customs, dated the 10th October, 2002 (G.S.R. 695 (E) dated the 10th October, 2002)

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