|
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 13/2021-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 11thMarch, 2021
G.S.R.---(E).- – Whereas, in the matter of
‘Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods),
falling under tariff item 2941 90 30 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) and imported into India, the designated
authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 6/36/2019-DGTR,
dated the 15th June, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part I, Section 1, dated the 15th June, 2020, had recommended imposition of
provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in,
or exported from the subject country.
And, whereas, on the basis of the
aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central
Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods with
effect from 2nd September, 2020 vide notification of the Government of India in
the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 28/2020-Customs (ADD),
dated the 2nd September,2020, published in the Gazette of India
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 544(E),
dated the 2nd September, 2020.
And, whereas, the designated authority in its
final findings vide notification No. 6/36/2019-DGTR, dated the 7th January,
2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
dated the 7th January, 2021, while confirming the preliminary findings, dated
the 15th June, 2020, has come to the conclusion that,-
(i) the product under
consideration has been exported to India from the subject country below its
normal value;
(ii) the Domestic Industry has suffered material injury;
(iii) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods
from the 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 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, 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, falling under the 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
(4), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (5), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry
in column (6), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate
equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in
the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) and as per
unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the
said Table, namely:-
Table
| Serial number |
Tariff Item |
Description of Goods |
Country of Origin |
Country of Export |
Producer |
Duty Amount |
Currency |
Unit |
| (1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
| 1 |
29419030 |
Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Shangyu Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd |
2.38 |
US$ |
Kg |
| 2 |
29419030 |
Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Zhejiang Langhua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
0.91 |
US$ |
Kg |
| 3 |
29419030 |
Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Zhejiang Guobang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
1.87 |
US$ |
Kg |
| 4 |
29419030 |
Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Any producer other than serial number 1, 2, and
3 |
3.27 |
US$ |
Kg |
| 5 |
29419030 |
Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride |
Any country other than China PR |
China PR |
Any |
3.27 |
US$ |
Kg |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for
a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the
date of imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 2nd
September, 2020, and shall be payable Indian currency:
Provided that the said
anti-dumping duty shall not be levied for the period commencing from
the date of the lapse of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 2nd
March, 2021 upto the preceding day of the publication of this notification in
the Official Gazette.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification,
rate of exchange applicable for the purpose 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. 354/95/2020-TRU]
(Rajeev Ranjan)
Under
Secretary to the Government of India.
|