WHEREAS in the matter of import of Methylene Chloride, falling under tariff item 2903 12 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the European Union, South Africa and Singapore, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings notification No.17/1/2001-DGAD dated the 24th December, 2002, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 24th December, 2002, had come to the conclusion that ­

(a) Methylene Chloride, originating in, or exported from, the European Union, South Africa and Singapore, had been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury;

(c) injury had been caused by imports from the European Union, South Africa and Singapore;

AND WHEREAS on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty on Methylene Chloride vide notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs (Department of Revenue), No. 49/2003­Customs, dated the 27th March, 2003, [G.S.R. 248 (E), dated the 27th March, 2003], published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 27th March, 2003;

AND WHEREAS the designated authority, vide its final findings notification No.17/1/2001-DGAD, dated the 14th August, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 18th August, 2003, has come to the conclusion that -

(a) Methylene Chloride, originating in, or exported from, the European Union, South Africa and Singapore, has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(c) injury has been caused by imports from the European Union, South Africa and Singapore;

and has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on all imports of Methylene Chloride, originating in, or exported from, the European Union, South Africa and Singapore;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, and 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 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), the specification of which is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), originating in the countries or territory, 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 countries or territory, 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 a rate which is equivalent to the amount as specified 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.