Provisional Anti-dumping Duty Imposed on Morpholine from China, EU and USA

Ntfn 91 Whereas, in the matter of import of Morpholine
20.09.2011 (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling
(DoR) under sub-heading 29333917 of the First Schedule
to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from, China PR, European Union and the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings No. 14/41/2010-DGAD dated the 9th August, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 9th August, 2011, had come to the conclusion that-

(a) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value;

(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury in respect of the subject goods;

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

and had recommended imposition of provisional 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 (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 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 exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), and exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate 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.

Table
S No.	Heading	Description of goods	Country of origin	Country of exports	Producer	Exporter	Amount	Unit of measure-ment	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
1	29333917	Morpholine	China PR	China PR	M/s Anhui Haoyuan Chemical Group Co. Ltd	M/s Anhui Haoyuan Chemical Group Co. Ltd	0.29	Kg	US dollar
2	29333917	Morpholine	China PR	China PR	Any other than combination at Sr. No.1		0.63	Kg	US dollar
3	29333917	Morpholine	Any country other than the subject countries	China PR	Any	Any	0.63	Kg	US dollar
4	29333917	Morpholine	China PR	Any country other than the subject countries	Any	Any	0.63	Kg	US dollar
5	29333917	Morpholine	European Union	European Union	M/s BASF SE	M/s BASF SE	0.35	Kg	US dollar
6	29333917	Morpholine	European Union	European Union	Any other than combination at Sr. No.5		0.68	Kg	US dollar
7.	29333917	Morpholine	Any country other than the subject countries	European Union	Any	Any	0.68	Kg	US dollar
8.	29333917	Morpholine	European Union	Any country other than the subject countries	Any	Any	0.68	Kg	US dollar
9.	29333917	Morpholine	USA	USA	M/s Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation	M/s Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation	0.50	Kg	US dollar
10.	29333917	Morpholine	USA	USA	Any other than combination at Sr. No.9		0.81	Kg	US dollar
11.	29333917	Morpholine	USA	Any country other than the subject countries	Any	Any	0.81	Kg	US dollar
12.	29333917	Morpholine	Any country other than the subject countries	USA	Any	Any	0.81	Kg	US dollar

2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period not exceeding six months from the publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in Indian currency.

Explanation.- For the purposes 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.

[F. No.354/239/2011-TRU]