13/1998 Date 28-4-1998

Anti-Dumping Duty On Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Exported from Korea RP, Thailand and Indonesia
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 in the matter of dumping of Purified Terephthalic Acid, published vide notification number 14/1/96-ADD dated 19th March 1998 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated 19th March, 1998, hereby imposes, on Purified Terephthalic Acid, falling under sub-heading 2917.36 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, when originating in or exported from the country specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed, by the exporters mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty specified in column (4) of the said table.

TABLE

S.No.	Name of country originating in or from where exported	Name of Exporter	Rate of Duty (Rupees per Metric Tonne)
1.	2.	3.	4.
1.	Korea RP	Sungkong industries Ltd.	1490
		Samsung Petrochemical Co. Ltd.	1166
		Kolap Petrochemical Corpn.	1130
		Any other Exporter	1490
2.	Thailand	Tuntex Petrochemical (Thailand) Public Company Ltd.	1939
		Any other exporter	1939
3.	Indonesia	Any Exporter	3375

2. This notification shall be in force upto and inclusive of the 20th day of May, 2003, unless the notification is revoked earlier.