10th June, 2003
Notification No. 91 /2003 - Customs
WHEREAS in the matter of import of Potassium carbonate, falling under tariff item 2836 40 00 of the First Schedule to the
Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the European Union, the People's Republic of China,
Republic of Korea and Taiwan, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings notification No.14/42/2002-DGAD dated
the 30th April, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 1st May, 2003 has come to the
conclusion that -
(a)
Potassium carbonate, originating in, or exported from, the European Union, the People's Republic of China, Republic of
Korea and Taiwan, has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;
(b)
the Indian industry has suffered material injury from exports of Potassium carbonate from the European Union, the People's
Republic of China, Republic of Korea and Taiwan;
(c)
the injury has been caused cumulatively by imports from the European Union, the People's Republic of China, Republic of
Korea and Taiwan;
and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty, pending final determination, on imports of Potassium
carbonate, originating in, or exported from the European Union, the People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea and
Taiwan;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said 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, on the basis of the aforesaid 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 item 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 country or territory as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (5) , and produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when
exported from the country or territory as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporter as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at a rate which is equivalent to the amount as
specified 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
S.
No.
Tariff
item
Description
of goods
Specification
Country or
territory of
origin
Country
or
Territory
of Export
Producer ExporterAmount
Unit of
measurement
Currency
(1)(2)(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)(10) (11)
1.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
Taiwan
Any
country
M/S Taiwan
Pulp &Paper
Corporation,
Taiwan
Any
exporter
70.45Metric tonneUS Dollar
2.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
Taiwan
Any
country
Any producer
except M/S
Taiwan Pulp &
Paper
Corporation,
Taiwan
Any
exporter
150.71Metric tonneUS Dollar
3.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
Any country
except Republic
of Korea,
People's
Republic of
China and
European Union
Taiwan
Any producer
except M/S
Taiwan Pulp &
Paper
Corporation,
Taiwan
Any
exporter
150.71Metric tonneUS Dollar
4.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
Republic of
Korea
Any
country
M/S UNID
Any
exporter
58.84Metric tonneUS Dollar
5.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
Republic of
Korea
Any
country
Any producer
except M/S
UNID
Any
exporter
128.29Metric tonneUS Dollar
6.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
Any country
except Taiwan,
People's
Republic of
China and
European Union
Republic
of Korea
Any producer
except M/S
UNID
Any
exporter
128.29Metric tonneUS Dollar
7.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
People's
Republic of
China
Any
country
M/S Jiande,
China
Any
exporter
60.00Metric tonneUS Dollar
8.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
People's
Republic of
China
Any
country
Any producer
except M/S
Jiande, China
Any
exporter
108.59Metric tonneUS Dollar
9.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
Any country
except Taiwan,
Republic of
Korea,
European Union
People's
Republic
of China
Any producer
except M/S
Jiande, China
Any
exporter
108.59Metric tonneUS Dollar
10.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
European Union
Any
country
M/S Degussa
Any
exporter
18.58Metric tonneUS Dollar
11.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
European Union
Any
country
Any producer
except M/S
Degussa
Any
exporter
67.64Metric tonneUS Dollar
12.
2836
40
00
Potassium
carbonate
Any
specification
Any country
except Taiwan,
Republic of
Korea and
People's
Republic of
China
European
Union
Any producer
except M/S
Degussa
Any
exporter
67.64Metric tonneUS Dollar
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 9th day of
December, 2003, 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 sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-
section (3) of section 14 of the said Customs Act, 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.
V. Sivasubramanian
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
F.No.354/43/2003-TRU
