GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 105/2008-Customs
New Delhi, the 18th September, 2008

G.S.R…. (E). - Whereas, in the matter of import of Maleic Anhydride (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under the tariff item 2917 14 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei and Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 14/3/2007-DGAD, dated 22nd August, 2008 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 22nd August, 2008 has come to the conclusion that–

1. the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value;
   
   
2. the domestic industry has suffered material injury; and
   
   
3. the injury has been caused cumulatively by the dumped imports from subject countries;

and has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods originating in, or exported, from the subject countries;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), read with 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 goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff items 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 countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and exported from the countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and produced by the producers specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and exported by the exporters specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated 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 form the date of publication of this notification in the Gazette of India. The anti-dumping duty shall be paid 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 (Department of Revenue), issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act 1962 (52 of 1962), 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 Act.

(G. G. Pai)
Under secretary to the Government of India
[F.No.354/242008 –TRU]