Anti dumping duty on Borax decahydrate

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Customs Notification No. 90 /2003 dated 10.6.2003
Anti dumping duty on Borax decahydrate

WHEREAS in the matter of import of Borax decahydrate, falling under heading 2840 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Turkey and the People’s Republic of China, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings notification No.14/40/2002-DGAD dated the 26th March, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 27th March, 2003 has come to the conclusion that –

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty, pending final determination, on all imports of Borax decahydrate, originating in, or exported from, Turkey and 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 heading 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 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 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 at a rate which is equivalent to the difference between, 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, and the landed value of such imported goods in like currency per like unit of measurement.

S. No.	Heading	Description of goods	Specification	Country of origin	Country of Export	Producer	Exporter	Amount	Unit of measurement	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
1.	2840	Borax decahydrate	Any specification	Turkey	Any country other than People’s Republic of China	M/S E.T.I. Holdings A.S.	M/S Borochemie International	406.81	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
2.	2840	Borax decahydrate	Any specification	Turkey	Any country other than People’s Republic of China	M/S E.T.I. Holdings A.S.	Any exporter other than M/S Borochemie International	484.10	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
3.	2840	Borax decahydrate	Any specification	Turkey	Any country other than People’s Republic of China	Any producer other than M/S E.T.I. Holdings A.S.	M/S Borochemie International	484.10	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
4.	2840	Borax decahydrate	Any specification	Turkey	Any country other than People’s Republic of China	Any producer other than M/S E.T.I. Holdings A.S.	Any exporter other than M/S Borochemie International	484.10	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
5.	2840	Borax decahydrate	Any specification	Any country other than People’s Republic of China	Turkey	Any producer	Any exporter	484.10	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
6.	2840	Borax decahydrate	Any specification	Turkey	People’s Republic of China	Any producer	Any exporter	484.10	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
7.	2840	Borax decahydrate	Any specification	People’s Republic of China	Any country	Any producer	Any exporter	484.10	Metric Tonne
8.	2840	Borax decahydrate	Any specification	Any country	People’s Republic of China	Any producer	Any exporter	484.10	Metric Tonne	US Dollar

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 9th day of December, 2003, and shall be payable in Indian currency.

(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, 8B, 9 and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act;

(b) 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 sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14 of the said Customs Act, 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.

(a)	Borax decahydrate has been exported to India from Turkey and the People’s Republic of China, below normal value;
(b)	the Indian industry has suffered material injury;
(c)	the injury has been caused cumulatively by the imports of Borax decahydrate from Turkey and the People’s Republic of China;