Customs Notification No. 90 dated 5^th September 2002

WHEREAS in the matter of import of Acyclic alcohols (Oxo alcohols), falling under heading 29.05 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Brazil, Malaysia, Romania, Singapore and South Africa (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), the designated authority vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 29^th July, 2002, has come to the conclusion that -

(a)    Acyclic alcohols (Oxo alcohols), namely Normal Butanol, 2-Ethyl Hexanol, Iso Butanol, Sabutol, Octanol and Iso Octanol have been exported to India from the subject countries below their normal value;

(b)    the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(c)    the material injury has been caused cumulatively be the dumped imports from the subject countries;

(d)    there is a threat of injury due to imminent imports of like article in large quantities;

and has considered it necessary to impose anti-dumping duty, provisionally, pending final determination, on all imports of Acyclic alcohols (Oxo alcohols), namely -

(i)       Normal Butanol, 2-Ethyl Hexanol, Iso Butanol, Sabutol, Octanol, Iso Octanol;

(ii)      Nonanol and Iso Nonanol, being like article to the domestically produced Oxo Alcohols; originating in, or exported from, the subject countries.

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 Acyclic alcohols, of the type specified in column (3) of the Table annexed hereto, falling under heading 29.05 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate  specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table.

2.     The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 4^th day of March 2003, and shall be payable in Indian currency.