Anti-Dumping Duty: Polyester Film originating in, or exported from, the
People�s Republic of Korea and Indonesia
Customs
Notification No. 118 dated 30th October 2002
WHEREAS
the designated authority vide its final findings published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28th March 2001
had come to the conclusion that -
(a)
Polyester film originating in, or exported from, the People�s Republic
of Korea and Indonesia had been exported to India below normal value, resulting
in dumping;
(b)
the Indian domestic industry had suffered material injury;
(c) no injury had been caused as a result of import of
sun/ dust controlled polyester film and polyester films for capacitor
applications, wherein the import prices were found to be higher than US$ 6.50
per kilogramme; and
(d)
the injury had been caused cumulatively by the imports from Peoples
Republic of Korea and Indonesia;
AND
WHEREAS on the basis of the aforesaid final findings of the designated
authority, the Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty vide
notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue), No. 48/ 2001-Customs, dated the 10th May
2001;
AND
WHEREAS the designated authority, vide its notification published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 11th
September, 2002 has revised the price undertaking entered into between the
Designated Authority of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and M/s Toray
Saehan Inc. on 28th March 2001 so that the undertaking amounts for
category A and C shall be read as mentioned below:
Table
Category
|
Description
of Polyester Film
|
Landed
Value
(US$
per Kilogramme)
|
|
Type
of Polyester Film
|
Thickness
(Micron)
|
Length
(Meters)
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
A
|
Packaging
Film as per ITC 3920.6903
|
8.30
|
6000-36000
|
2.146
|
C
|
Polyester
Film Excluding Packaging/ Sun/ Dust as ITC 3920.6905
|
XA:
9-16
XV:
11-17
XG:
16-32
|
XA:
5000-15000
XV:
14000-17000
XG:
500-6000
|
1.888
|
NOW,
THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A
of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), read with sub-section (5) of the
said section 9A 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 revised price undertaking, hereby makes the following further
amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 48/ 2001-Customs, dated the 10th
May 2001, namely: -
In
the said notification, for the Table I, the following Table shall be
substituted, namely: -
Table
I
S.
No.
|
Description
of Polyester Film
|
Landed
Value
(US
$ per Kilogramme)
|
|
Grade
|
Thickness
(Micron)
|
Length
(Meters)
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
1
|
Packaging
film
|
8.30
|
6000-36000
|
2.146
|
2
|
Polyester
film (excluding packaging or sun/ dust controlled)
|
XA:
9-16
XV:
11-17
XG:
16-32
|
XA:
5000-15000
XV:
14000-17000
XG:
500-6000
|
1.888
|
|