Customs Notification No. 49 dated 27^th March 2003

WHEREAS in the matter of import of Methylene Chloride, falling under tariff item 2903 12 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the European Union, South Africa and Singapore, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings notification No. 17/1/2001-DGAD dated the 24^th December 2002, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 24^th December 2002 has come to the conclusion that -

(a)    Methylene Chloride, originating in, or exported from, the European Union, South Africa and Singapore, has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b)    the domestic industry has suffered material injury; 

(c)    injury has been caused by imports from the European Union, South Africa and Singapore;

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty, pending final determination, on imports of Methylene Chloride, originating in, or exported from, the European Union, South Africa and Singapore;

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 goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff item 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 or territory as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) , and produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the country or territory as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporter as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at a rate which is equivalent to the amount as specified 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.

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2.     The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 26^th day of September 2003, and shall be payable in Indian currency.