Regarding anti dumping duty on Cathode Ray Colour Television Picture Tubes originating in or exported from, Indonesia

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

 Notification No.  31/2009 – Customs

  New Delhi, the 27^th March, 2009

G.S.R.    (E).- Whereas, in the matter of import of Cathode Ray Colour Television Picture Tubes (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub-heading 8540 11 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in or exported from, Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), the designated authority, in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/15/2008-DGAD, dated the  30^th December, 2008, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 30^th December, 2008, 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 imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on all imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject country.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 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 preliminary 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 sub-heading 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 (8), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) and produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), when exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), by the exporter as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty which shall be equal to the difference between the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and the landed value, 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.

 Table

Note: –  For the purpose of this notification, –

(a) “Colour television picture tubes” means ‘complete or incomplete cathode ray colour television picture tubes’ more elaborately described as ‘thermionic, cold cathode or photo cathode valves and tubes such as vacuum or vapor or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, also called cathode ray tubes, television camera tubes or cathode ray colour television picture tubes, or colour television picture tubes, or colour picture tubes but does not include video and computer monitor cathode ray tubes;

(b) “Landed value” means the assessable value as determined under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties levied under sections 3, 8B, 9 and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975.

(c) “Rate of exchange” applicable for the purposes of calculation of such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act 1962 (52 of 1962) and the relevant date for the determination of the rate of exchange shall be the date of presentation of the bill of entry under section 46 of the said Customs Act.

[F. No. 354/1/2009- TRU]

(Unmesh Wagh)

Under Secretary to the Government of India