Whereas in the matter of imports of 'Grinding Media Balls' (excluding Forged Grinding Media Balls, hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), classified under Chapter 73 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Thailand and People's Republic of (China PR) (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 14/34/2010-DGAD, dated the 22nd May, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated 22nd May, 2012, had come to the conclusion that -

(a) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below their associated Normal values, thus resulting in dumping of the product;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury;

(c) the material injury to the domestic industry had been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from subject countries,

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

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and sub section (5) 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 subject goods, the description and specification 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, specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the subject country specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at a rate equal to the amount specified in the currency per unit of measurement specified in corresponding entry in column (8), of the said Table:-

Duty Table

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in Indian currency.

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, this notification, unless revoked earlier, shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 15th July, 2018.

Explanation.- For the purpose of this notification, "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.

(Raj Kumar Digvijay)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.