Cus Ntf.No.89/2001 Date 6th September, 2001

CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION No. 89/2001 Dated 6th September, 2001

Anti Dumping Duty on Paracetamol
WHEREAS in the matter of import of Paracetamol falling under sub-heading No.2922.29 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, the designated authority, vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 16th April, 2001, has come to the conclusion that –

(a) Paracetamol originating in, or exported from, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b) the domestic industry has suffered injury;

(c) the injury has been caused by the imports from the subject countries;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the 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 Paracetamol, falling under sub-heading No.2922.29 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from countries mentioned in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto, and imported into India, and anti-dumping duty at the rate which is to be calculated as the difference between the amount mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table and landed value of such imported Paracetamol per Kilogramme.

Table 

S. No	Name of the country	Amount (in $ US per Kilogramme)
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	People’s Republic of China	3.26
2.	Taiwan	3.26

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 5th day of March, 2002, and shall be payable in Indian currency.

 Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification,-

(a) “landed value” means the assessable value as determined under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of Customs except duties levied under sections 3, 3A, 8B, 9 and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act; 

(b) 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 under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14 of the said Customs Act, and the relevant date for 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.

 Sd/-
(G. D. Lohani)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

(Anti-dumping duty on import of paracetamol from China to continue vide CUS NTF NO. 67/2005 DATE 19/07/2005)