Notification No. 20/1998-Cus Dated 05-05-1998

 

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), read with rule 18 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 final findings of the designated authority, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated the 27th March, 1998 that there is dumping in respect of the graphite electrodes falling under Chapter 85 of the First Schedule to the said Act, and originating in or exported from the countries mentioned in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed, hereby imposes on the said graphite electrodes of the size mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table, originating in or exported from the country mentioned in the corresponding entry in the said column (2), when exported by the exporters mentioned in column (3) of the said Table and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said Table.
 

                                                                                           TABLE

 

S.No.

Products originating in or exported from

Name of exporter

Size of the electrode

Amount of Duty

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1.

USA , Germany , France , Italy , Austria , Spain , Belgium or China PR

Any exporter

between and including 26" to 30"

NIL

 

IN CASE OF NORMAL POWER GRADE GRAPHITE ELECTRODES (INCLUDING HIGH POWER)

2.

People’s Republic of China

(a) Liaoning

Metals and Minerals Import & Export Corpn.

(b) China National Non Ferrous Metals I/ E Corpn .

(c) Any other exporter

all sizes upto 24"

all sizes upto 24"

all sizes upto 24"

5517

13114

20818

IN CASE OF HIGH POWER GRAPHITE ELECTRODES

 

3.

USA

(a) Ucar Inc.

all sizes upto 24"

20714

 

 

(b) Exporter other than above

all sizes upto 24"

20714

4.

Germany

(a) SGL Carbon AG

24"

10337

 

 

 

upto and including 22"

22235

 

 

(b) Exporter other than above

24”

10337

 

 

 

upto and including 22"

22235

5.

France

Any exporter

all sizes upto 24"

30997

6.

Italy

Any exporter

all sizes upto 24"

22947

7.

Austria

Any exporter

all sizes upto 24"

28649

8.

Spain

Any exporter

all sizes upto 24"

18427

9.

Belgium

Any exporter

all sizes upto 24"

18220

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