[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No.98 /2008-Customs
New Delhi, the 27
th
August, 2008
G.S.R. (E). - Whereas in the matter of imports of Ceftriaxone Sodium Sterile (also known as Ceftriaxone Disodium
Hemiheptahydrate-Sterile) [hereinafter referred to as the subject goods], falling under tariff item 2941 90 90 of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the People's Republic of China
(hereinafter referred to as the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide
notification No.14/18/2006-DGAD dated 7
th
November, 2007 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section
1, dated the 7
th
November, 2007, had come to the conclusion that -
(a) 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;
(b) the dumping margins of the subject goods imported from the subject country were substantial and above de
minimis;
(c) 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 countries;
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed
provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue), No. 117/2007-Customs, dated the 30
th
November, 2007, published in the Gazette of India vide
number G.S.R. 747(E), dated the 30
th
November, 2007;
And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 14/18/2006 -DGAD, dated the 2
nd
July, 2008,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 3
rd
July, 2008, has come to the conclusion that-
(a) the subject goods have entered the Indian market from the subject country at prices less than their normal values in
the domestic market of the exporting country;
(b) the dumping margins of the subject goods imported from the subject country are substantial and above de
minimis; and
(c) the domestic industry has suffered material injury and the injury has been caused to the cosmetic industry, both by
volume and price effect of dumped imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject country;
and has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods originating in or
exported from the subject country;
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 goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the
Table below, falling under tariff items 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 countries specified
in the corresponding entry in column (5), and exported from the countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and
produced by the producers specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and exported by the exporters specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated 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
Sl.
No
Tariff
item
Description
of goods
Specifi-
cation
Country of originCountry of ExportProducer ExporterAmount
Unit of
measure-
ment
Curre-
ncy
(1)(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)(11)
1
2941
90 90
Ceftriaxone
Sodium
Sterile
Any
People's Republic
of China
People's Republic
of China
Fujian Fukanga
Fujian
Fukanga
56.77KilogramUS$
2
2941
90 90
Ceftriaxone
Sodium
Sterile
Any
People's Republic
of China
People's Republic
of China
Suzhou Dawnrays
Suzhou
Dawnrays
55.61KilogramUS$
3
2941
90 90
Ceftriaxone
Sodium
Sterile
Any
People's Republic
of China
People's Republic
of China
Hebei Zhungrun
Hebei
Zhungrun
55.76KilogramUS$
4
2941
90 90
Ceftriaxone
Sodium
Sterile
Any
People's Republic
of China
People's Republic
of China
Zhuhai United
Zhuhai
United
57.98KilogramUS$
5
2941
90 90
Ceftriaxone
Sodium
Sterile
Any
People's Republic
of China
People's Republic
of China
Livzon
Synthpharm
Lizhu
Trading
55.64KilogramUS$
6
2941
90 90
Ceftriaxone
Sodium
Sterile
Any
People's Republic
of China
People's Republic
of China
Any combination
other than the
above
77.35KilogramUS$
7
2941
90 90
Ceftriaxone
Sodium
Sterile
Any
People's Republic
of China
Any other than
People's Republic
of China
Any Any 77.35KilogramUS$
8
2941
90 90
Ceftriaxone
Sodium
Sterile
Any
Any other than
People's Republic
of China
People's Republic
of China
Any Any 77.35KilogramUS$
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect from the date of imposition of the
provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 30
th
November, 2007, 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.354/166/2007 -TRU]
(G. G. Pai)
Under secretary to the Government of India
