CUS NTF NO. 149/2003 DATE 14/10/2003

Anti-dumping duty on Methylene Chloride
WHEREAS in the matter of import of Methylene Chloride, falling under tariff item 2903 12 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the Republic of Korea, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings notification No.14/52/2002-DGAD dated the 26th June, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 27th June, 2003 has come to the conclusion that ­

(a) Methylene Chloride, originating in, or exported from, the Republic of Korea, has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(c) material injury has been caused by imports from the Republic of Korea;

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty, pending final determination, on imports of Methylene Chloride, originating in, or exported from, the Republic of Korea;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 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, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff item of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), the specification of which is specified in column (4) of the said Table, originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporter as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at a rate which is equivalent 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 per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10), of the said Table.

TABLE

S. No.	Tariff item	Descri-ption of goods	Spe-cifica-tion	Coun-try of origin	Coun-try of Export	Prod-ucer	Expo-rter	Amo-unt	Unit of meas-urem-ent	Curre-ncy
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
1.	2903 12 00	Methylene Chloride	Bulk	Republic of Korea	Any country	Any producer other than Samsung Fine Chemicals	Samsung Corpo- ration	47.12	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
2.	2903 12 00	Methylene Chloride	Bulk	Republic of Korea	Any country	Samsung Fine Chemicals	Samsung Corpo- ration	58.24	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
3.	2903 12 00	Methylene Chloride	Packed	Republic of Korea	Any country	Any producer	Samsung Corpo- ration	22.96	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
4.	2903 12 00	Methylene Chloride	Bulk	Republic of Korea	Any country	Any producer other than Samsung Fine Chemicals	Any exporter other than Samsung Corpo- ration	154.8	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
5.	2903 12 00	Methylene Chloride	Packed	Republic of Korea	Any country	Any producer other than Samsung Fine Chemicals	Any exporter other than Samsung Corpo- ration	35.42	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
6.	2903 12 00	Methylene Chloride	Bulk	Any country other than Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea	Any producer other than Samsung Fine Chemicals	Any exporter other than Samsung Corpo- ration	154.8	Metric Tonne	US Dollar
7.	2903 12 00	Methylene Chloride	Packed	Any country other than Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea	Any producer other than Samsung Fine Chemicals	Any exporter other than Samsung Corpo- ration	35.42	Metric Tonne	US Dollar

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 13th day of April, 2004, and shall be payable 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, issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14 of the said Customs Act, 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.354/77/2003-TRU]

(G.S.Karki)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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