Notification No. 65 dated 25^th June 2001 (As amended by Customs Notification No. 101 dated 4^th October 2002)

Whereas in the matter of import of certain grades/ types of alloy and non-alloy steel billets, bars and rounds of sizes 70 mm to 250 mm diameter conforming to Indian Standards specifications or any other international specifications equivalent to Indian Standards specifications, which are listed in the Annexure and falling under sub-heading No. 7206.90, 7207.19 and 7207.20, of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) originating in, or exported from, Russia, China and Ukraine, the Designated Authority vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 1^st December, 2000, has come to the conclusion that -

(i) exporters from Russia and China have been exporting subject goods below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(ii)���������� the Indian industry has suffered material injury;

(iii)��������� injury has been caused cumulatively by the dumped imports of the subject goods from Russia and China.

And has considered it necessary to impose anti-dumping duty, provisionally, pending final determination, on all imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, Russia and China;

And Whereas on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Designated Authority, the Central Government had imposed anti-dumping duty vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 151/2000-Customs dated the 26^th December, 2000 [G.S.R. 931(E) dated the 26^th December, 2000], published in Part ll, section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 26^th December, 2000;

And Whereas the designated authority vide its final findings dated the 1^st June 2001, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part l, Section l, dated the 1^st June, 2001, has come to the conclusion that-

(i) the subject goods have been exported from Russia and China to India below its normal value;

(ii)���������� the Indian Industry has suffered material injury ;

(iii)��������� the injury has been caused by the imports from the subject countries,

Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (5), of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, and 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, the Central Government, on the basis of the aforesaid final findings of the Designated Authority, hereby imposes on the grades/ types of alloy and non-alloy steel billets, bars and rounds of sizes 70 mm to 250 mm diameter conforming to Indian Standards specifications or any other international specification equivalent to Indian Standards specifications, which are listed in the said Annexure and falling under sub-heading No. 7206.90, 7207.19 and 7207.20, of the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, the countries specified in column (2) of the Table below, when exported by the exporters� mentioned against the corresponding� country in column (3) of the said Table, and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate which is equivalent to the corresponding amount mentioned in column (4) of the said Table.

2.���� The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect from the date of the imposition of the provisional duty, i.e. the 26^th December 2000; and shall be paid in Indian currency.

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