GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 39/2014-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 14th August, 2014
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No.
15/12/2012-DGAD dated 22nd November, 2012, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping
duty on imports of
Ceftriaxone Sodium Sterile, also known as Ceftriaxone Disodium Hemiheptahydrate-Sterile
(hereinafter referred to as subject goods) falling under heading 2941 or 2942 of
the First Schedule
to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the
Customs Tariff Act),
originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter
referred to as the
subject country), imposed vide notification of the Government of India, in the
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue),
No. 98/2008-Customs dated 27th August, 2008, published
in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number
G.S.R. 614(E),
dated the 27th August, 2008;
And whereas, the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the
subject
goods, originating in or exported from the subject country upto and inclusive of
the 28th
November, 2013 vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of
Finance
(Department of Revenue),
No. 50/2012-Customs dated (ADD) dated 29th November,
2012,
published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary vide number
G.S.R 855(E), dated the 29th November, 2012;
And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the
subject goods,
originating in or exported from the subject country, the designated authority in
its final findings,
published vide notification No. 15/12/2012-DGAD dated 20th May, 2014, in Part I,
Section 1 of
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, has come to the conclusion that-
- there is continued dumping of the product concerned from the subject
country,
causing injury to the domestic industry;
- dumping of the product under consideration is likely to intensify from the
subject
country should the current anti-dumping duty be withdrawn,
and has recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods,
originating in or
exported from subject country.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and
(5) of section 9A
of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 18 and 23 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, after considering the aforesaid
final findings of the
designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the description of
which is specified in
column (3) of the Table below, specification of which is specified in column
(4), falling under tariff
item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the
corresponding entry in
column (2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry
in column (5), and
exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column
(6), and produced by
the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and
exported by the exporters as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an
anti-dumping duty at
the rate equal 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 as per unit
of measurement as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the said Table, namely:-
Table
| Sl.
No. |
Tariff Item |
Description of
goods |
Specifications |
Country of
origin |
Country of
export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit |
Curre
ncy |
| (1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
| 1 |
2941 90 90 or
2942 00 90 |
Ceftriaoxane
Sodium Sterile
or,
Ceftriaxone
Disodium
Hemiheptahyd
rate-Sterile |
Any |
People’s
Republic of
China |
People’s
Republic of
China |
Any |
Any |
21.85 |
Kg |
US
Dollar |
| 2 |
2941 90 90 or
2942 00 90 |
Ceftriaoxane
Sodium Sterile
or,
Ceftriaxone
Disodium
Hemiheptahyd
rate-Sterile |
Any |
People’s
Republic of
China |
Any country
other than
People’s
Republic of
China |
Any |
Any |
21.85 |
Kg |
US
Dollar |
| 3 |
2941 90 90 or
2942 00 90 |
Ceftriaoxane Sodium Sterile
or,
Ceftriaxone
Disodium
Hemiheptahyd
rate-Sterile |
Any |
Any country
other than
People’s
Republic of
China |
People’s
Republic of
China |
Any |
Any |
21.85 |
Kg |
US
Dollar |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective
for a period of
five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of
publication of this
notification in the Official Gazette and 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 Customs Act.
[F.No. 354/166/2007-TRU (Pt.-I)]
(Pramod Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India