GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No.76/2010-Customs

New Delhi, 26^th July, 2010

G.S.R.        (E). Whereas, in the matter of imports of Viscose Staple Fibre excluding Bamboo fibre (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub heading 5504 10 00  of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from, Peoples Republic of China and Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No.14/6/2009-DGAD, dated the 17^th May, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 17^th May, 2010, had come to the conclusion that-

  (a) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below their associated normal values;

  (b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury in respect of the subject goods.Besides, there was a case of threat of material injury as well;

  (c) the material injury and threat thereof had been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject countries;

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

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, 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 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 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.

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                   2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Gazette of India 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.354/171/2009 TRU]

(Prashant Kumar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.