Rule 31 - Determination of Absorption - Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995

1 [31 . Determination of Absorption . (1) The designated authority, upon determination that absorption of countervailing duty exists, may recommend modification of the form or basis of the duty, or the quantum of countervailing duty, or both, to imports of articles found to be absorbing an existing countervailing duty and such modification may apply retrospectively from the date of initiation of the investigation under rule 30. (2) The designated authority shall issue a public notice recording its findings. (3) The Central Government may, pursuant to the recommendations made by the designated authority, modify the form or basis of the countervailing duty, or the quantum of countervailing duty, or both, applicable to imports of such article, from the date of initiation of the investigation under rule 30 or such date as may be recommended by the designated authority. ] ************* NOTES:- 1. Inserted vide NOTIFICATION NO. 83/2021-Customs (N.T.) dated 27-10-2021