Notification No. 75/2010, Dated 14th July 2010

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 75/2010-Customs

New Delhi, 14^th July, 2010

            G.S.R.  598  (E). - Whereas in the matter of imports of Glass Fibre and articles thereof (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under heading 7019 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred as the said Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from, People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country or China PR) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No.14/28/2009-DGAD, dated the 2^nd June, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 2^nd June, 2010, had come to the conclusion that-

(a) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country below normal values;

(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from subject country;

(c) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject country;

and had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject country;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the 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 the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), the specification of which is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty equal to the amount arrived at by applying the percentage indicated in the corresponding entry in column (9), of the said Table.

Table

Explanation.- For the purpose of this table, “Glass fibre” means glass fibre and articles thereof, including glass roving, glass chopped strands, glass chopped strands mats but excluding glass wool, glass yarn, glass woven fabrics and chopped strands of a kind generally treated with polyeurathene or acrylic emulsion meant for thermoplastic applications, micro glass fibre used in battery separator, surface mat or surface veil or tissue.

2.         The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective up to and inclusive of the 13^th January, 2011 and shall be payable in Indian currency.

3.         The rate of exchange applicable for the purposes of calculation of anti-dumping duty under this notification 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.354/95/2010 –TRU]

(Prashant Kumar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India