G.S.R. (E). - Whereas in the matter of imports of Sodium Tripoly Phosphate (STPP) (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub heading 2835 31 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred as the said Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from, People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred as the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/25/2009–DGAD, dated the 21st May, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 21st May, 2010 , had come to the conclusion that-

(i) the subject goods had entered the Indian market from the subject country at prices less than their normal values in the domestic market of the exporting country;

(ii) the dumping margins of the subject goods imported from the subject country were substantial and above de minimis (2%);

(iii) the domestic industry had suffered material injury and the injury had been caused to the domestic industry, both by volume and price effect of dumped imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject country;

and had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject country;

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 sub heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act 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 specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and per unit of measurement specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.
 

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 20th March, 2011 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 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.354/106/2010 –TRU]
 

(Prashant Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.