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Anti-Dumping Duty: Citric Acid originating in or exported from Indonesia
and Thailand
Notification
No. 86 dated 26th August 2002
WHEREAS
in the matter of import of Citric acid, falling under sub-heading
2918.14 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of
1975), originating in, or exported from, Indonesia and Thailand, the designated
authority vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 14th June, 2002,
has come to the conclusion that -
(a)
Citric Acid, originating in, or exported from, Indonesia and Thailand has
been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;
(b)
the Indian industry has suffered material injury from exports of Citric
Acid from Indonesia and Thailand;
(c)
the injury has been caused cumulatively by the dumped imports from
Indonesia and Thailand;
and
has considered it necessary to impose anti-dumping duty, provisionally, pending
final determination, on all imports of Citric acid, originating in, or exported
from, Indonesia and Thailand.
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 Citric Acid, falling under sub-heading
2918.14 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating
in, or exported from, the country specified in column (2) of the Table given
below, and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate
specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table.
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S.
No.
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Name
of the Country
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Amount
(US$/ Metric Tonne)
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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1.
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Indonesia
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456.67
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2.
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Thailand
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374.36
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2.
The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective
upto and inclusive of the 25th day of February 2003, and shall be
payable in Indian currency.
Explanation:
For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the
purposes of calculation of such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is
specified in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Finance & Company Affairs (Department of Revenue), issued from time to
time, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of
sub-section (3) of section 14 of the said Customs Act, and the relevant date
for the 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.
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