[TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification no. 14/2014 -
Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 19th March, 2014
G.S.R. (E). –Whereas in the matter of Sodium Nitrate (hereinafter referred
to as the subject goods), falling under Chapter 28 or 31 of the First Schedule
to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975)(hereinafter referred to as the
said Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from the European
Union, the People’s Republic of China,
Ukraine and Korea RP (hereinafter referred to as the subject
countries), and imported into India, the designated authority in its
preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1,vide notification No. 15/1009/2012-DGAD dated the
6th January, 2014, had come to the provisional conclusion that –
(a) the subject goods
have been exported to India from the subject countries below their normal value
thus resulting in the dumping of the product;
(b) the domestic industry has
suffered material injury on account of subject imports from the subject
countries;
(c) the material injury
has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from subject
countries;
And
whereas, the designated authority in its aforesaid findings, has recommended
imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods,
originating in or exported from the subject countries and imported
into India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1)
and (5) of section 9A of the 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, after considering the aforesaid preliminary findings of the
designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the description of
which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff item
of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported
from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and
produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column
(6), and exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate
equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8)
in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column
(10) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.
Table
|
Sl.No.
|
Sub-heading
/ Tariff Item
|
Description
of goods
|
Country
of origin
|
Country
of export
|
Producer
|
Exporter
|
Amount
|
Unit
|
Currency
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
(10)
|
|
1
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium
Nitrate
|
People’s
Republic of China
|
People’s
Republic of China
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.15
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar
|
|
2
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium Nitrate
|
People’s Republic of China
|
Any
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.15
|
Kg
|
US Dollar
|
|
3
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium Nitrate
|
Any country other than the subject countries
|
People’s Republic of China
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.15
|
Kg
|
US Dollar
|
|
4
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium
Nitrate
|
European
Union
|
European
Union
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.19
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar
|
|
5
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium Nitrate
|
European Union
|
Any
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.19
|
Kg
|
US Dollar
|
|
6
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium Nitrate
|
Any country other than the subject countries
|
European Union
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.19
|
Kg
|
US Dollar
|
|
7
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium Nitrate
|
Ukraine
|
Ukraine
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.17
|
Kg
|
US Dollar
|
|
8
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium Nitrate
|
Ukraine
|
Any
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.17
|
Kg
|
US Dollar
|
|
9
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium
Nitrate
|
Any country other than the subject countries
|
Ukraine
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.17
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar
|
|
10
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium Nitrate
|
Korea RP
|
Korea RP
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.13
|
Kg
|
US Dollar
|
|
11
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium Nitrate
|
Korea
RP
|
Any
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.13
|
Kg
|
US Dollar
|
|
12
|
2834,
3102 50 00
|
Sodium
Nitrate
|
Any
country other than the subject countries
|
Korea
RP
|
Any
|
Any
|
0.13
|
Kg
|
US
Dollar
|
2. The anti-dumping
duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period not
exceeding six months (unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from
the date of publication of this notification in the Gazette of India and shall
be paid in Indian currency.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, 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 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.
F.No.354/39/2014-TRU
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India