Notification No. 39/2000, Dated 6th April 2000

This Notification imposes Anti-Dumping duty on Thermal Sensitive Paper (TSP) originating in, or exported from, Japan, Germany and European Union

6th April.2000

Notification No. 39 /2000-Customs

             WHEREAS in the matter of import of Thermal Sensitive Paper (TSP) falling under sub-heading No. 4809.10 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in or exported from Japan, Finland, Germany and European Union (EU), the Designated Authority vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I Section 1, dated the 18th August, 1999 had come to the conclusion that -

(a) Thermal Sensitive Paper (TSP) originating in or exported from, Japan, Germany and European Union (EU) has been exported to India below normal value resulting in dumping;

(b) the Indian Industry has suffered material injury;

(c) fhe injury has been caused cumulatively by the imports from the subject countries;

AND WHEREAS on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Designated Authority, the Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 115/99-Customs, dated the 11th October,1999[ G.S.R. 690(E), dated the 11th October,1999], published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 11th October, 1999.

AND WHEREAS the Designated Authority vide its final findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I Section 1, dated the 3rd March, 2000 has come to the conclusion that -

a) Thermal Sensitive Paper (falling under Chapter 48) originating in, or exported from European Union and Japan has been exported to India below its normal value;

b) the domestic Industry has suffered material injury;

c) the injury has been caused to the domestic industry by the dumping of the subject goods originating in, or exported from, European Union and Japan ;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rule 18 and rule 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 Thermal Sensitive Paper (TSP) falling under Chapter 48 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in or exported from the European Union and Japan when exported by the exporter or country specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed and imported into India, an antidumping duty at the rates specified in the corresponding column (3) of the said Table.

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2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect from the date of imposition of the provisional anti dumping duty i.e. 11th October,1999.

(Sanjeev Sachdeva)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India 

F. No. 354/27/2000-TRU