WHEREAS in the matter of import of steel and fibre glass tapes, and their parts and components, falling under tariff items 9017 80 10 or 9017 90 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the People's Republic of China, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings notification No.14/31/2002-DGAD dated the 31st January, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 31st January, 2003 has come to the conclusion that-

(a) steel and fibre glass tapes and their parts, originating in, or exported from, the China PR, has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury:

(c) the injury has been caused by imports from the People's Republic of China;

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty, pending final determination, on imports of steel and fibre glass tapes and their parts, originating in, or exported from, the People's Republic of China.

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 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 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 column (4), of the said Table, originating in the country or territory as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the country or territory as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporter as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty equal to the difference between amount specified in the corresponding entry specified 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, and the landed value of such imported goods expressed in like currency per like unit of measurement.

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 3rd day of October, 2004, and shall be payable in Indian currency.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, -

(a) “landed value” means the assessable value as determined under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties levied under sections 3, 3A of the said Customs Tariff Act;

(b) rate of exchange applicable for the purpose 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 and Company Affairs (Department of Revenue), issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (I) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14 of the said Customs Act, and the relevant date for 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.

Sd/-
(Alok Shukla)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

F.No.354/15/2003-TRU