Cus Ntf No.37/2000 Date 6th April, 2000

Anti dumping duty on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR), falling under Chapter
WHEREAS in the matter of import of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR), falling under Chapter 40 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Taiwan, the Designated Authority vide its preliminary findings, published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28th September, 1999 had come to the conclusion that -

(a) Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) originating in, or exported from, Taiwan has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

b) the Indian industry has sugered material injury;

c) the injury has been caused cumulatively by the imports from the subject country;

AND WHEREAS on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Designated Authority, the Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 120/99-Customs, dated the 2nd November, 1999 (G.S.R.743(E), dated the 2nd November, 1999), published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 2nd November, 1999;

AND WHEREAS the Designated Authority vide its final findings, dated the 23rd February, 2000, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 23rd February, 2000, has come to the conclusion that -

(a) Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) originating in, or exported from, Taiwan has been exported to below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b) the Indian industry has sufIered material injury;

(c) the causal link between dumping and injury is established.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), 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, on the basis of the aforesaid final findings of the Designated Authority, hereby imposes on the said Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) falling under Chapter 40 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act and originating in, or exported from, Taiwan, when exported by the exporter mentioned in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto and imported into India, an anti dumping duty at a rate which is equivalent to the amount per metric tonne mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table.

Table

Sl No.	Name of the Exporter	Amount of duty (Rupees per Metric Tonne)
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	M/ s Nantex Industry Co. Ltd. Taiwan	6288
2.	Exporter other than above	6288

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect from the date of the imposition of the provisional duty, i.e. the 2nd November, 1999.

(Sanjeev Sachdeva)
Deputy secretary to the Government of India

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