Notification No. 39/2015, Dated 12th August 2015

[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. 39/2015-Customs (ADD)

New Delhi, the 12th August, 2015

G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 15/30/2013- DGAD, dated the 10th March, 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of Flax or Linen Fabric having flax content of more than 50% (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under heading 5309 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), imposed vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 142/2009-CUSTOMS, dated the 21st December, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 915(E), dated the 21st December, 2009;

And whereas, the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries upto and inclusive of the 25th March, 2015, vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 17/2014-Customs (ADD), dated the 9th May, 2014, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R 330(E), dated the 9th May, 2014;

And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification No. 15/30/2013-DGAD, dated the 9th June, 2015, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that-