Anti-dumping Duty Imposed on Building Material Textile (Geogrid) from China for Five Years
[Customs Notification No. 11 (ADD)
dated 24th January 2012]
Whereas, in the matter of import of Geogrid/Geostrips/Geostraps made of polyester or Glass fiber
in all its forms (including all widths and lengths)’ (hereinafter referred to as
the subject goods), falling under Chapters 39, 55, 56, 59 and 70 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 China PR
(hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the
designated authority vide its final findings No. 14/40/2010-DGAD, dated the 19th
December, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, dated the 19th December, 2011, had come to the conclusion
that-
(a) the subject goods had been exported to
India from the subject countries below its normal value;
(b) the domestic industry had suffered
material injury in respect of the subject goods;
(c) the material injury to the domestic
industry had been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the
subject countries,
and had recommended imposition of
definitive anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in or
exported from, the subject countries.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the
powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff
Act, read with rules 18 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 items of the First Schedule to the said 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 per unit of
measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said
Table.
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Table |
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S.
No. |
Tariff-
items |
Description
of goods |
Country
of origin |
Country of exports |
Producer |
Exporter |
Duty
amount |
Unit
of measurement |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1 |
39021000,
39140090, 39201019, 39269099, 55034000, 56031300, 56039400, 56041000,
56049000, 56089090, 59031090, 59039090, 59111000,
59113150, 59113190, 59119090,
70194000, 70195900, 70199010, 70199090 |
Geogrid/Geostrips/ Geostrapsmade of Polyesteror
Glass Fiber in all its forms (including All widths
and lengths) |
China
PR |
China
PR |
Any |
Any |
0.55 |
Square
metre |
US
dollar |
|
2 |
-Do- |
-Do- |
Any
other than China PR |
China
PR |
Any |
Any |
0.55 |
Square
metre |
US
dollar |
|
3 |
-Do- |
-Do- |
China
PR |
Any
other than China PR |
Any |
Any |
0.55 |
Square
metre |
US
dollar |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be levied for a period of five
years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of
publication of this notification in the official Gazette and shall be payable
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.354/339/2011-TRU]