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26^th December, 2006

Notification No.121 /2006-Customs

    G.S.R. (E). – Whereas in the matter of import of silk fabrics of weight 20 to 100 grams per meter falling under heading 5007 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), originating in or exported from, the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/20/2004-DGAD, dated the 27^th April 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28^th April 2006, had come to the conclusion that –

(a)          the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country below their normal value;

(b)          the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

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

and had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty, pending final determination, on all imports of the subject goods originating in, or exported from, the subject country;

And whereas on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.52/2006–Customs, dated the 31^st May, 2006, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. No. 329(E), dated the 31^st May, 2006;

And whereas the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No.14/20/2004 -DGAD, dated the 15^th November, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 16^th November, 2006, read with corrigendum No.14/20/2004-DGAD, dated 14^th December, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, section 1, dated the 15^th December, has come to the conclusion that –

(a)          the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country below its normal value;

(b)         the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

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

and has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on  imports of the subject goods  originating in, or exported from, the subject country;

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 (5) of the said section 9A and rules 18 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 final 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 items 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 specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and exported from the countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and produced by the producers specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and exported by the exporters specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty which shall be equivalent to the difference between 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, and the landed value of such imported goods in like currency per like unit of measurement,-

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