[TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification no. 14/2014 - Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 19th March, 2014
G.S.R. (E). -Whereas in the matter of Sodium Nitrate (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under Chapter 28
or 31 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 the European Union, the People's Republic of China, Ukraine and Korea RP (hereinafter
referred to as the subject countries), and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification No. 15/1009/2012-DGAD dated the 6th January, 2014, had
come to the provisional conclusion that -
(a) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below their normal value thus resulting in the
dumping of the product;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from the subject countries;
(c) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from subject countries;
And whereas, the designated authority in its aforesaid findings, has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty
on imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries and imported into India, in order to
remove injury to the domestic industry;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the 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, after considering the aforesaid preliminary findings of the
designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table
below, falling under tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column
(2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from the countries as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (6), and exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an
anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) in the
currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.
Table
Sl.No.
Sub-heading /
Tariff Item
Description of
goods
Country of origin Country of exportProducerExporterAmountUnitCurrency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)(8)(9)(10)
1
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium NitratePeople's Republic of China
People's Republic
of China
Any Any0.15Kg
US
Dollar
2
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium NitratePeople's Republic of ChinaAny Any Any0.15Kg
US
Dollar
3
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium Nitrate
Any country other than the
subject countries
People's Republic
of China
Any Any0.15Kg
US
Dollar
4
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium NitrateEuropean Union European UnionAny Any0.19Kg
US
Dollar
5
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium NitrateEuropean Union Any Any Any0.19Kg
US
Dollar
6
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium Nitrate
Any country other than the
subject countries
European UnionAny Any0.19Kg
US
Dollar
7
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium NitrateUkraine Ukraine Any Any0.17Kg
US
Dollar
8
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium NitrateUkraine Any Any Any0.17Kg
US
Dollar
9
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium Nitrate
Any country other than the
subject countries
Ukraine Any Any0.17Kg
US
Dollar
10
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium NitrateKorea RP Korea RP Any Any0.13Kg
US
Dollar
11
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium NitrateKorea RP Any Any Any0.13Kg
US
Dollar
12
2834,
3102 50 00
Sodium Nitrate
Any country other than the
subject countries
Korea RP Any Any0.13Kg
US
Dollar
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period not exceeding six months (unless
revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Gazette of India and shall be
paid 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.354/39/2014-TRU
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India