Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 15/22/2014-DGAD, dated the 7th January, 2015, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 7th January, 2015, had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of antidumping duty on imports of Tyre Curing Presses also known as Tyre Vulcanisers or Rubber Processing Machineries for tyres, excluding Six Day Light Curing Press for curing bi-cycle tyres (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), originating in or exported from the People' Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 01/2010-Customs as amended, dated the 8th January, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 21(E), dated the 8th January, 2010;

And whereas, the Central Government had extended the period of imposition of anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country, upto and inclusive of the 7th January, 2016, vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.06/2015-Customs(ADD), dated the 3rd March, 2015, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R 170(E), dated the 3rd March, 2015;

And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country, the designated authority in its final findings published vide notification No. 15/22/2014-DGAD, dated the 5th January, 2016, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 5th January, 2016 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 material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from subject country; and has recommended imposition of the definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 18 and 23 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 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), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporter as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate to be worked out as percentage of the CIF value of imports of the subject goods as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.

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2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of five years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be paid in Indian currency.

Note.- For the purpose of this notification, " value" means assessable value as determined under section 14 of Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, the anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 30th November, 2021, unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier.

(K.Kalimuthu)

Under Secretary to the Government of India