Ntf No. 6/2000-Cus Dated 27-1-2000

CUS NTF No.6/2000 Dated 27th January, 2000

WHEREAS in the matter of import of Oxo-alcohols failing under the heading No.29.05 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Poland, South Korea, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, United States of America and the European Union, the Designated Authority, vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part 1, Section 1, dated the 3rd December, 1999, has come to the conclusion that -

(a) Oxo-alcohols (Normal Butanol, lso Butanol, 2-Ethyl Hexanol, lso Decanol, Iso Octonol and Normal Hexanol only) originating in, or exported from, Poland, South Korea, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, United States of America and the European Union, have been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(b) the Indian industry has suffered material injury;

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

Now, therefore. in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rule 13 and rule 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 findings of the Designated Authority, hereby imposes on Oxo-alcohols (Normal Butanol, lso Butanol, 2-Ethyl Hexanol, Iso Decanol, lso Octonol and Normal Hexanol only), falling under the heading No.29.05 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, the countries or territories as mentioned in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto, and when imported into India, an anti-dumping duty -

(a) on Normal Butanol at the corresponding rate specified in column (3) of the said Table;

(b) on lso Butanol at the corresponding rate specified in column (4) of the said Table.,

(c) on 2-Ethyl Hexanol, Iso Decanol, Iso Octonol, and Normal Hexanol at the corresponding rate specified in column (5) of the said Table.

 					TABLE
S.l. 	Country / Territory		Normal Butanol	Iso Butanol	2-Ethyl Hexanol, No.								Iso Decanol, Iso 								Octonol, and 								Normal Hexanol
				Amount of duty 	Amount of 	Amount of duty 				(Rupees per	duty (Rupees 	(Rupees per 				Metric Tonne)	per Metric 	Metric Tonne)						Tonne)
(1)		(2)		 (3)		(4)		 (5)
1	Poland 			1887		7033		70332	South Korea		4878		7958		107283.	Russia			2825		Nil		28254.	Iran			3353		5788		57885.	United States of		2473		Nil		3690	America6.	European Union		890		8662		51567.	Indonesia			8382		8251		83828.	Saudi Arabia		10669		10669		10669

2. This notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 26th day of July, 2000.

Sd / -
(Prashant Kumar Sinha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

(Anti dumping Duty on Oxo-alcohols vide Cus Ntf No.109/2000-CUSTOMS dt.18th August, 2000)