Custom imposes anti dumping duty on cable ties

Custom department imposes anti dumping duty on cable ties. Custom department issued a notification no. 56/2012 dated 14 December 2012. Anti dumping duty is a tool with the government with which importers need to pay extra duty on specified goods. This duty is mainly apply to save the domestic industries from international competition. Full notification is as under.

Notification

No. 56/2012-Customs (ADD)

New Delhi, the 14th December, 2012

G.S.R. 891 (E). – WHEREAS in the matter of import of Cable ties (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under the sub-heading 3926 90 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, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), on the basis of the findings of the designated authority made vide notification No. 14/10/2007-DGAD dated the 31st March, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 31st March, 2009, the Central Government had imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), number G.S.R. 296 (E), dated the 30th April, 2009 (No. 44/2009-Customs, dated 30th April, 2009), published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of same date;

AND WHEREAS, the designated authority vide notification No. 15/10/2011-DGAD, dated the 4th October, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 4th October, 2011, had initiated review in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act read with rule 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries, imposed vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),No. 44/2009-Customs, dated the 30th April, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.296 (E), dated the 30th April, 2009, and vide notification No. 15/10/2011-DGAD, dated the 3rd October, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 3rd October, 2012, had recommended for modification of the existing anti-dumping duty;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), 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, and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 44/2009-Customs, dated 30th April, 2009, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 296 (E), dated the 30th April, 2009, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, 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 sub-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 column (4) of the said Table, originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated in the corresponding entry in column (9), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (11) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table.

Sub-heading	Description of goods	Country of origin	Country of export	Producer	Exporter	Amount Per kg US $
(2)	(3)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
3926 90	Cable ties	People’s Republic of China	People’s Republic of China	M/s Changhong Plastics Group Co., Ltd	M/s Changhong Plastics Group Co., Ltd	2.21
3926 90	Cable ties	People’s Republic of China	Any	M/s Changho ng Plastics Group Co., Ltd	Any	2.81
3926 90	Cable ties	People’s Republic of China	Any	Any other than M/s Changho ng Plastics Group Co., Ltd	Any	2.81

3926 90	Cable ties	Any Country other than People’s Republic of China and Taiwan	People’s Republic of China	Any	Any	2.81
3926 90	Cable ties	Taiwan	Any	Any	Any	2.35
3926 90	Cable ties	Any Country other than Taiwan and People’s Republic of China	Taiwan	Any	Any	2.35

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and valid up to the 30th October, 2013 and shall be payable in Indian currency.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purposes of calculation of 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 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.354/165/2008 –TRU (Pt.I)]
Raj Kumar Digvijay
Under secretary to the Government of India
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