Whereas, in the matter of import of Para Nitroaniline (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub-heading 29214226 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), the designated authority in its final findings, vide, notification No. 14/13/2010 -DGAD, dated the 5th August, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 5th August, 2011, had come to the conclusion that-

(i) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject country at prices less than their normal values in the domestic market of the subject country;

(i) the domestic industry had suffered material injury on account of imports of the subject goods from the subject country;

(ii) the material injury had been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject country;

and recommended imposition of final anti-dumping duty on imports of subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with sub-section (5) of the said section 9A and 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 final 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),originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and produced by the producers 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 exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at a rate which is equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8),in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.

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3. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be effective 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.

4. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 3, this notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 8th day of September, 2017, unless revoked earlier.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange for 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.

(Sanjeev Kumar Singh)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.