WHEREAS in the matter of import of all forms and grades of High Styrene Butadiene Copolymer, also called High Styrene Resin/ Rubber (HSR), which includes SBR 1900 series referring to High Styrene Resin Latex Master batch and HSBR, which refers to High Styrene re-inforcement Polymer (hereinafter referred to as subject goods), falling under sub-heading No. 4002.19 or sub-heading No. 3903.90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from Poland and the European Union, and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 13^th March, 2001, has come to the conclusion that -

(a)     the subject goods in all forms originating in, or exported from, the subject countries have been exported to India below their normal value;

(b)       the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(c)     the injury has been caused to the domestic industry by dumping of the subject goods originating in, or exported from, the subject country/ territory;

and has considered it necessary to impose anti-dumping duty, provisionally, pending final determination, on all imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from Poland and the European Union;

Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rule 13 and rule 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 above findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject goods, specified in column (4) of the Table annexed hereto and falling under sub-heading No. 4002.19 or sub-heading No. 3903.90 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in or exported from the country or territory specified in column (2) of the said Table, when exported by exporter mentioned against the corresponding country in column (3) of the said Table, and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate which is equivalent to the amount mentioned in the corresponding entries in column (5) of the said Table.

2.      The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 8^th day of October 2001, and shall be payable in Indian currency.