Anti dumping duty on Compact Discs-Recordable - 105/2006 - Anti Dumping Duty

Anti dumping duty on Compact Discs-Recordable 6 th October, 2006 Notification No.105 /2006-C ustoms [Notification No. 105/2006 as amended by Notification No. 122/06-Cus., dt. 31.12.2006] G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, in the matter of import of Compact Discs-Recordable (CD-Rs, hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 8523 40 40 or 8523 40 50 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) originating in, or exported from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Chinese Taipei (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), the designated authority, in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/15/2005-DGAD dated the 28 th August, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28 th August, 2006, has come to the conclusion that - (i) the subject goods have entered the Indian market from the subject countries at prices less than their normal values in the domestic markets of the exporting countries; (ii) the dumping margins of the subject goods imported from the subject countries are substantial and above de minimis; (iii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury and the injury has been caused to the domestic industry both by volume and price effect of the dumped imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from subject countries; and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on all imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from, the subject countries; 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 preliminary 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 countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty which shall be equal to the amount 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 Sl.No. Sub- Heading or Tariff item Description of goods Specification Country of origin Country of export Producer Exporter Duty Amount Unit of measurement Currency (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) 1. 8523 40 40 or 8523 40 50 Compact Discs-Recordable (CDRs)write once Read many Times Any People's Republic of China People's Republic of China Any Any 0.094 PC US$ 2. Do Do Do People's Republic of China Any Any Any 0.094 PC. US$ 3. Do Do Do Any People's Republic of China Any Any 0.094 PC US$ 4 Do Do Do Singapore Singapore Any Any 0.064 PC US$ 5 Do Do Do Singapore Any other than People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei Any Any 0.064 PC US$ 6 Do Do Do Any other than People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei Singapore Any Any 0.064 PC US$ 7 Do Do Do Hong Kong Hong Kong Any Any 0.049 PC US$ 8 Do Do Do Hong Kong Any other than People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Chinese Taipei Any Any 0.049 PC US$ 9 Do Do Do Any other than People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Any Any 0.049 PC US$ 10 Do Do Do Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Any Any 0.075 PC US$ 11 Do Do Do Chinese Taipei Any other than People's Republic of China Any Any 0.075 PC US$ 12 Do Do Do Any other than People's Republic of China Chinese Taipei Any Any 0.075 PC US$ 2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be payable in Indian currency. Explanation :- For the purposes of this notification, "rate of exchange" applicable for the purposes of calculation of 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 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: 354/129/2006- TRU (S. Bajaj) Under Secretary to the Government of India