Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Notification No. 122 / 2009-Customs
New Delhi, the 5th November, 2009
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of import of Soda Ash (hereinafter also
referred as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2836 20, of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to
as the said Act), from People's Republic of China, the Director General
(Safeguards), in its preliminary findings vide number G.S.R. 62 (E), dated the
30th January, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 30th January, 2009, had come to the
conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's
Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to
domestic industry of Soda Ash and that this had necessitated the imposition of
provisional safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's
Republic of China ;
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Director General
(Safeguards), the Central Government had imposed provisional Safeguard duty on
imports of the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No. 37/2009-CUSTOMS, dated the 20th
April, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (i), dated the 20th April, 2009, vide number G.S.R.264 (E), dated
the 20th April, 2009;
And whereas, the Director General (Safeguards) in its final findings vide number
G.S.R.725(E), dated the 6th October, 2009, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 6th October, 2009
had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from
the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market
disruption to the domestic industry of Soda Ash and it necessitated the
imposition of definitive safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from
People's Republic of China;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of
section 8C of the said Act, read with rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff
(Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central
Government after considering the said findings of the Director General
(Safeguards), hereby imposes a safeguard duty at the rate of 20% ad valorem on
Soda Ash, falling under tariff item 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the said
Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China.
2. The Safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with
effect for one year from the date of imposition of the provisional Safeguard
duty, and shall remain in force upto and inclusive of the 19th April, 2010.
[F.No.354/40/2009 –TRU]
(Prashant Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India