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[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. 5/ 2012-Customs (SG)
New Delhi; the 20
th
December, 2012
G.S.R. 912(E).- WHEREAS, in the matter of import of electrical insulators, falling under tariff heading 8546 of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Director General
(Safeguard), in its final findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide
notification number G.S.R. 729 (E), dated the 27
th
September, 2012, had come to the conclusion that:
(a) increased imports of electrical insulators from the People's Republic of China have caused and threatened to cause
market disruption to the domestic industry and producers of electrical insulators;
(b) a causal link exists between the increased imports and market disruption and threat of market disruption; and
(c) it will be in the public interest to impose Safeguard duty on import of electrical insulators from People's Republic of China;
AND WHEREAS, the Director General (Safeguard) in its final findings has recommended that the safeguard duty be imposed
on imports of electrical insulators imported from the People's Republic of China for a period of two years;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8C of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51
of 1975) read with the rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the
Central Government, after considering the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguard), hereby imposes on the
goods of description specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under sub-heading of the First Schedule to the said
Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), when imported into India from the People's Republic
of China, a safeguard duty at the rate indicated in the corresponding entry in column (4) ad valorem.
Table
S.
No.
Sub-
heading
Description
Rate of
Safeguard
Duty
(1)(2) (3) (4)
1
st
year
2
nd
year
1.
8546
10
Electrical insulators of Glass 35% 25%
2.
8546
20
Electrical insulators of Ceramics or Porcelain excluding telephone or telegraph insulators, other
electrical or electronic appliances/ device insulators, electrical insulators of voltage rating up to 1
kV and composite insulators
35% 25%
3.-Items at S. No. 1 or 2, if cleared under any other Customs Tariff Heading including Project Imports.35% 25%
Explanation .- In the Table, 1
st
year means the time period with effect from the date of issue of this notification till the
completion of one year and 2
nd
year means time period after the completion of the said one year, till 31
st
day of December,
2013.
[F.No.354/198/2012 -TRU]
Akshay Joshi
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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