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NOTIFICATION No.33/2002-CUSTOMS Dated 27.3.2002
Anti Dumping duty on Pentaerythritol imported from Canada, Japan and
Taiwan
WHEREAS, in the matter of import of Pentaerythritol, falling
under sub-hading 2905.42 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975
(51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from Canada, Japan and Taiwan, the
designated authority, vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 16 th February, 2002, has
come to the conclusion that-
(a) Pentaerythritol, originating in, or exported from, Canada, Japan and Taiwan,
have been
exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;
(b) the Indian industry has suffered material injury from exports of subject
goods from Canada,
Japn and Taiwan; and
(c) the injury has been caused by the dumped imports from Canada, Japan and
Taiwan;
AND WHEREAS, the designated authority has considered it necessary to impose
anti-dumping duty,
provisionally, pending final determination, on all imports of Pentaerythritol
originating in or exported from Canada, Japan and Taiwan; NOW, THEREFORE, in
exercise of 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 Pentaerythritol, falling under-sub-heading 2905.42 of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, countries
mentioned in column (2) of the Table below, and exported by all exporters, and
imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate mentioned in the
corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table.
TABLE
S.no |
Name of the Country |
Amount of duty (US $ per metric tonne) |
1 |
Canada |
113.5 |
2 |
Japan |
174.7 |
3 |
Taiwan |
248.6 |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall
be effective upto and inclusive of the day of 26 th September, 2002, and shall
be payable in Indian currency.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange”
applicable for the purposes of calculation of 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 under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of
section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) 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.
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