CUS NTF NO. 91/2003 DATE 10/06/2003

Anti-dumping duty on Potassium carbonate, falling under tariff item 2836 40 00
WHEREAS in the matter of import of Potassium carbonate, falling under tariff item 2836 40 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the European Union, the Peopleís Republic of China, Republic of Korea and Taiwan, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings notification No.14/42/2002-DGAD dated the 30th April, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 1st May, 2003 has come to the conclusion that -

(a) Potassium carbonate, originating in, or exported from, the European Union, the Peopleís Republic of China, Republic of Korea and Taiwan, has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b) the Indian industry has suffered material injury from exports of Potassium carbonate from the European Union, the Peopleís Republic of China, Republic of Korea and Taiwan;

(c) the injury has been caused cumulatively by imports from the European Union, the Peopleís Republic of China, Republic of Korea and Taiwan;

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty, pending final determination, on imports of Potassium carbonate, originating in, or exported from the European Union, the Peopleís Republic of China, Republic of Korea and Taiwan;

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 or territory 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 or territory 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	Speci- fication	Coun- try or terri- tory of origin	Coun- try or Terri- tory of Export	Prod- ucer	Expo- rter	Amo- unt	Unit of measu- rement	Curr- ency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
1.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Taiwan	Any country	M/S Taiwan Pulp & Paper Corpo- ration, Taiwan	Any expo- rter	70.45	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
2.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Taiwan	Any country	Any producer except - M/S Taiwan Pulp & Paper Corpo- ration, Taiwan	Any expo- rter	150.71	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
3.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Any country except Republic of Korea, Peopleís Republic of China and European Union	Taiwan	Any producer except M/S Taiwan Pulp & Paper Corpo- ration, Taiwan	Any expo- rter	150.71	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
4.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Republic of Korea	Any country	M/S UNID	Any expo- rter	58.84	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
5.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Republic of Korea	Any country	Any producer except M/S UNID	Any expo- rter	128.29	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
6.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Any country except Taiwan, Peopleís Republic of China and European Union	Republic of Korea	Any producer except M/S UNID	Any expo- rter	128.29	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
7.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Peopleís Republic of China	Any country	M/S Jiande, China	Any expo- rter	60.00	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
8.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Peopleís Republic of China	Any country	Any producer except M/S Jiande, China	Any expo- rter	108.59	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
9.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Any country except Taiwan, Republic of Korea, European Union	Peopleís Republic of China	Any producer except M/S Jiande, China	Any expo- rter	108.59	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
10.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	European Union	Any country	M/S Degussa	Any expo- rter	18.58	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
11.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	European Union	Any country	Any producer except M/S Degussa	Any expo- rter	67.64	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar
12.	2836 40 00	Pota- ssium carbo- nate	Any speci- fication	Any country except Taiwan, Republic of Korea and Peopleís Republic of China	European Union	Any producer except M/S Degussa	Any expo- rter	67.64	Metric tonne	US Doll- ar

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 9th day of December, 2003, 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 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 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.354/43/2003-TRU]

(V. Sivasubramanian)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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