MANU/CUST/0234/2008

Ministry : Ministry of Finance

Department / Board :Central Board of Excise and Customs

Notification No :137/2008

Date : 26.12.2008

Notification/ Circulars Referred: notification No. 15/11/2007-DGAD, dated the 22nd November, 2007 MANU/Comm/0408/2007; No.142/2003-Customs, dated the 23rd September, 2003 MANU/CUST/0232/2005; No. 121/ 2007-Customs, dated 20th December, 2007 MANU/CUST/0212/2007;No. 15/11/2007-DGAD dated the 21st November, 2008 MANU/COMM/0456/2008

Subject: Excise

Subject: Customs

Imposition of Antidumping duty on Caustic Soda, originating in, or exported from, Korea ROK and the Peoples Republic of China

Whereas, the designated authority vide notification No. 15/11/2007-DGAD, dated the 22nd November, 2007, published in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 22nd November, 2007, had initiated review, in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping on imports of Sodium Hydroxide commonly known as Caustic Soda (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub-heading 2815 11 or 2815 12 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Korea ROK and the Peoples Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), imposed vide  notification of the Government of India (Department of Revenue), No.142/2003-Customs, dated the 23rd September, 2003,  published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated23rd September, 2003,  vide number G.S.R.759(E), dated the 23rd September, 2003;

And whereas, the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries upto and inclusive of the 25th December, 2008 vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 121/ 2007-Customs, dated 20th December, 2007, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 20th December, 2007, vide number G.S.R. 784(E), dated the 20th December, 2007;

And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping on import of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject countries, the designated authority vide its final findings No. 15/11/2007-DGAD dated the 21st November, 2008 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated 21st November, 2008, has come to the conclusion that-

(a) subject goods originating in or exported from the Peoples Republic of Chi........