[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. 30/2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 16
th
of June, 2017
G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, in the matter of import of Clear Float Glass of nominal thickness
ranging from 4mm to 12 mm (both inclusive), the nominal thickness being as per BIS
14900:2000, (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under headings 7003,7004,
7005,7009, 7013, 7015, 7016, 7018, 7019, 7020 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff
Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or
exported from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UAE (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries)
and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No.
14/25/2012-DGAD, dated the 10th October, 2014 published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 10th October, 2014, had recommended imposition
of anti-dumping duty on all imports of subject goods from the subject countries in order to
remove the injury to the domestic industry;
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, vide, notification
of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 48/2014-
Customs, dated the 11
th
December, 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part
II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the 11
th
December, 2014, vide number G.S.R. 885 (E),
dated the 11
th
December, 2014;
And whereas, M/s Tariq Glass Industries Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the “new
shipper”) had requested for review in terms of rule 22 of the Customs Tariff (Identification,
Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination
of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in respect of exports of the
subject goods made by them, and the designated authority, vide the new shipper notification
No. 15/16/2015-DGAD, dated the 23
rd
September, 2015, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 23
rd
September, 2015, had recommended provisional
assessment of all exports of the subject goods made by the new shipper when imported into
India, till the completion of the review by it;
And whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of rule 22 of the said
rules, the Central Government, after considering the aforesaid recommendation of the
designated authority, vide, notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue), No. 53/2015-Customs, dated the 30
th
October, 2015, published in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 825
(E), dated the 30
th
October, 2015 had ordered that pending the outcome of the said review by
the designated authority, the subject goods, when exported by, M/s Tariq Glass Industries
Ltd(exporter), shall be subjected to provisional assessment till the review is completed;
And whereas, the designated authority in the matter of new shipper review initiated vide
notification No. 15/16/2015-DGAD, dated the 23
rd
September, 2015 published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated 23
rd
September, 2015 in its final findings vide
notification No. 15/16/2015-DGAD, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, dated the 10
th
April, 2017 has recommended the imposition of anti-dumping duty of
United States Dollar 23.54 per Metric Tonn on imports of “Clear Float Glass of nominal
thickness ranging from 4mm to 12mm (both inclusive), the nominal thickness being as per BIS
14900:2000” falling under Chapter 70 of the Custom Tariff Act, 1975 produced and exported
by M/s Tariq Glass Industries Ltd, Pakistan.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A of
the Customs Tariff Act,1975(51 of 1975) read with rules 18, 20, 22 and 23 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, after considering the
aforesaid final findings of the designated authority, the Central Government, hereby makes the
following changes:
(a) the notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue) no. 48/2014-Customs (ADD) , dated the 11
th
December, 2014, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) dated the 11
th
December,
2014, vide number G.S.R. 885 (E) dated the 11
th
December, 2014, shall be amended as under:
(i) in the said notification, in the Table,-
(A) after serial number 10 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial
number and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
“10
A
700
3,
700
4,
700
5,
700
9,
701
3,
701
5,
Clear
Float
Glass of
nominal
thickness
ranging
from 4mm
to 12mm
(both
inclusive),
the
nominal
thickness
Pakista
n
Pakista
n
M/s
Tariq
Glass
Industri
es Ltd
M/s
Tariq
Glass
Industri
es Ltd
23.5
4
M
T
USD
”;
701
6,
701
8,
701
9,
702
0
being as
per BIS
14900:20
00
(B) in serial number 11, in column (6) and (7), in the entries, after the word,
letters and figures “Sl. No. 10”, the word, letters and figures “and Sl. No. 10A”
shall be inserted:
(b) all imports of the subject goods which have been subjected to provisional assessment
pursuant to the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department
of Revenue), No. 53/2015-Customs, dated the 30
th
October, 2015, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 825 (E), dated the
30
th
October 2015 shall be subjected to final assessment on the payment of anti-dumping duty,
as mentioned at Serial Numbers 10 A and 11 in the Table to the notification of the Government
of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 48/2014-Customs, dated the
11
th
December, 2014, published, vide number G.S.R. 885 (E) dated the 11
th
December, 2014;
(c) the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue), No. 53/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 30
th
October, 2015, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i) vide number G.S.R. 825 (E), dated
the 30
th
October, 2015, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such
rescission, shall be rescinded.
2. And whereas, the said final findings notification no. 15/16/2015-DGAD, dated the 10
th
April, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 10
th
April, 2017, was challenged in the Hon’ble Madras High Court in Writ petition no. 12950 of
2017 and the Hon’ble High Court vide its order dated the 25
th
May,2017 has held that
“Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, there shall be an interim order of status
quo till 09.06.2017.” ;
3. Now therefore, in view of the aforesaid order of the Madras High Court the present
notification shall remain in abeyance, subject to the final order of the Hon’ble Madras High
Court in the aforesaid Writ Petition No.12950 of 2017.
[F. No. 354/ 46/2014-TRU]
(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
