Customs Notification No- 70/2011 dated  05/08/2011
Seeks to levy anti-dumping duty on imports of Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate (SFS) originating in, or exported from, China PR for a further period of five years pursuant to the final findings of Sunset review investigations conducted by the Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied duties
G.S.R. (E). -Whereas, the designated authority vide notification No. 15/16/2009-DGAD, dated the 22nd June 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 dated the 22th June 2010, had initiated review in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff Act) and in pursuance of rule 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate (SFS), falling under sub-heading 28311020 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, People's Republic of China, imposed vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 23/2006-Customs, dated the 6th March 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.139(E), dated the 6th March 2006, and had recommended, vide notification No. 15/16/2009-DGAD, dated the 17th June 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 dated the 17th June 2011, continued imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty in place.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975 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, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes anti- dumping duty on the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under sub- heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2),originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.

Table


Sl. No. Sub-heading Description of goods Country of origin Country of export Producer Exporter Duty amount Unit of measurement Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1. 28311020 Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate (SFS) People's Republic of China People's Republic of China Wuxi City Dongtai Fine Chemical Co. Ltd. Wuxi Greenapple Chemical Industry Company Ltd. 471.91 Metric Tonne. US Dollar
2. 28311020 Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate (SFS) People's Republic of China People's Republic of China Wuxi City Dongtai Fine Chemical Co. Ltd. Any 471.91 Metric Tonne. US Dollar
3. 28311020 Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate (SFS) People's Republic of China People's Republic of China Any (other than Wuxi City Dongtai Fine Chemical Co. Ltd.) Any 657.87 Metric Tonne. US Dollar
4. 28311020 Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate (SFS) People's Republic of China Any country except People's Republic of China. Any (other than Wuxi City Dongtai Fine Chemical Co. Ltd.) Any 657.87 Metric Tonne. US Dollar
5. 28311020 Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate (SFS) Any country except People's Republic of China. People's Republic of China Any Any 657.87 Metric Tonne. US Dollar


3. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall remain in force 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 payable in Indian currency.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange for 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.354/158/2005-TRU]

(Sanjeev Kumar Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.