This notification rescinds Notification No. 7/97–Customs, dated the 24th January, 1997 which imposed antidumping duty on Low Carbon Ferro Chrome originating in Kazakhstan. - 145/2000 - Customs -Tariff

This notification rescinds Notification No. 7/97-Customs, dated the 24th January, 1997 which imposed antidumping duty on Low Carbon Ferro Chrome originating in Kazakhstan . 4 th December, 2000 Notification No. 145 / 2000-Customs WHEREAS in the matter of import of Low Carbon Ferro Chrome, falling under sub-heading No. 7202.49 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Russia, the designated authority vide its final findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 3 rd December, 1996 had come to the conclusion that - (a) Low Carbon Ferro Chrome, originating in, or exported from, Russia, has been exported to India below its normal value; (b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury; and (c ) the injury has been caused to the domestic industry by exports originating in, or exported from, Russia ; And whereas on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed anti-dumping duty, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 7/97-Customs, dated the 24 th January, 1997, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 24 th January, 1997, vide number GSR 33 (E); And whereas in the matter of import of Low Carbon Ferro Chrome, falling under sub-heading No. 7202.49 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, Kazakhstan, the designated authority vide its final findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 3 rd December, 1996 had come to the conclusion that - (a) Low Carbon Ferro Chrome, originating in, or exported from, Kazakhstan, has been exported to India below its normal value; (b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury; and (c ) the injury has been caused to the domestic industry by exports originating in, or exported from, Kazakhstan ; And whereas on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed anti-dumping duty, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 8/97-Customs, dated the 24 th January, 1997, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 24 th January, 1997, vide number GSR 34 (E); And whereas the designated authority vide its final findings in review, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 31 st October, 2000 has come to the conclusion that - a. Low Carbon Ferro Chrome originating in or exported from subject countries has not been exported to India during period of investigation and that there is no dumping of the subject goods from the subject countries; b. The domestic industry has not suffered any material injury from imports of Low Carbon Ferro Chrome from subject countries during the period of investigation; c. Cessation of existing anti-dumping duty on imports of LCFC from the subject countries is not likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of injury to the domestic industries; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with sub-section (6) of the said section 9A and rule 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 findings of the designated authority, hereby rescinds the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 7/97-Customs, dated the 24 th January, 1997, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 24 th January, 1997, vide number GSR 33 (E), and No. 8/97-Customs, dated the 24 th January, 1997, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 24 th January, 1997 vide number GSR 34 (E), except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such rescission. ( PRASHANT KUMAR SINHA) UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA F.No.354/198/2000-TRU