Notification No. 04/2012, Dated 5th Oct 2012

[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. 4/2012-Customs (SG)

New Delhi, dated the 5^th October, 2012

G.S.R.    (E). – Whereas, in the matter of import of Carbon Black (for rubber application) (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2803 00 10  of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), from People's Republic of China,  the Director General (Safeguard), in the final findings, vide number G.S.R. 602 (E), dated the 31^st  July, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 31^st  July, 2012, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Carbon Black (for rubber application) into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of Carbon Black and it had necessitated the imposition of  definitive safeguard duty on imports of  Carbon Black (for rubber application)  into India;

            Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8C of the said Act, and in accordance with the rules 12, 14 and 17 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes a safeguard duty  on Carbon Black (for rubber application)  , falling under tariff item 2803 00 10  of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China at the rate of-

(a)                Thirty per cent ad valorem minus anti-dumping duty payable, if any, when  imported during the period from 5^th October, 2012 to  4^th October, 2013(both days inclusive); and

(b)               Twenty five per cent ad valorem, minus anti-dumping duty payable, if any, when  imported during the period from 5^th October, 2013 to 31^st December, 2013(both days inclusive).

                                                                                                          [F.No.354/180/2012TRU]

 (Raj Kumar Digvijay)

Under Secretary to the Government of India