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Customs Notification
No-40/2005 dated 02.05.2005
Safeguard duty imposed on import of Tapioca Starch (sub-heading 1108)
G.S.R. (E).- WHEREAS in the matter of import of
Tapioca Starch, falling under sub-heading 1108 of the First Schedule to the
Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (here-in-after referred to as the said
Act), the Director General (Safeguards), in final findings vide number G.S.R.180
(E), dated the 17th March, 2005, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 17th March, 2005,
has come to the conclusion that increased imports of Tapioca Starch into India
have caused and is further threatening to cause serious injury to the domestic
producers of Tapioca Starch and it will be in the public interest to impose
safeguard duty for a period of three years on imports of Tapioca Starch into
India;
NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section
8B of the said Act, read with rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff
(Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, the Central
Government after considering the said findings of the Director General
(Safeguards), hereby imposes on Tapioca Starch, falling under heading 1108 of
the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India, a safeguard duty
at the rate of-
(a) 33% ad valorem, when imported from the 2nd day of May, 2005 to 1st day of
May, 2006 (both days inclusive);
(b) 23% ad valorem, when imported from the 2nd day of May, 2006 to 1st day of
May, 2007 (both days inclusive); and
(c) 13% ad valorem, when imported from the 2nd day of May, 2007 to 1st day of
May, 2008 (both days inclusive).
2. Nothing contained in this notification shall apply to imports of Tapioca
Starch from countries notified as developing countries under clause (a) of
sub-section (6) of section 8B of the said Act, other than Thailand and Vietnam.
[F.No.354/22/2005-TRU]
(V. Sivasubramanian)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India