Notification No. 127/2003-Cus Dated 14-08-2003

Imposition of Anti-dumping duty on Induction Hardened Forged Rolls (Forged Cold Rolling Mills Rolls), originated in, or exported from, Russia. Ukraine and Korea RP.-  WHEREAS in the matter of import of Induction Hardened Forged Rolls also known as Forged Cold Rolling Mills Rolls including work rolls and back up rolls (sizes above 300 mm dia) (hereinafter referred to as "the subject goods"), falling under tariff item 84553000 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from Russia. Ukraine and Korea RP (hereinafter referred to as "the subject countries") and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings, No. 14/13/2002-DGAD dated the 11th December, 2002 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 11th December, 2002, had come to the conclusion that –

(a) the subject goods, in all forms originating in, or exported from, the subject countries had been exported to India below its normal value;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury by way of financial losses due to depressed net sales realization on account of price depression passed by low landed prices of the dumped subject goods;

(c) the injury had been caused to the domestic industry by tie dumped imports from the subject countries; and had recommended provisional anti-dumping duty, pending final determination, on all imports of induction hardened forged rolls including work rolls and back up rolls originating in or exported from the subject countries;

AND WHEREAS on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty vide notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs (Department of Revenue), No. 1/2003-Customs, dated the 1st January, 2003 published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 1st January, 2003[G.S.R. 1 (E), dated the 1st January, 2003];

AND WHEREAS, the designated authority, vide its final findings No. 14/3/2002-DGAD dated the 2nd July, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated the 2nd July, 2003, has come to the conclusion that- ,

(a) the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject countries have been exported to India below normal values resulting in dumping;

(b) the Indian domestic industry has suffered material injury in terms of subject goods produced by it and establishment of the domestic industry is being materially retarded by the dumped imports in as much as the domestic industry is trying to establish itself in the Indian market with new subject product;

(c) the Injury has been caused by the imports from the subject countries; and has considered it necessary to impose definitive anti-dumping duty, on all imports of the subject goods from the subject countries in order to remove the injury to the domestic industry accrued on account of dumping;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with 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 findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the goods, the description of which is specked 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 exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the difference between the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and the landed value of the goods, 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

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