Anti dumping Duty on Sodium hydrosulphite – yet another Resurrection
THE History:
Provisional anti Dumping Duty was imposed on Sodium hydrosulphite originating in, or exported from, Germany and Republic of Korea by Notification No. 61/2003- Cus., dated 1-4-2003. This notification was to expire on 30 th day of September, 2003.
As usual they forgot to extend it before 30th September 2003 but was extended retrospectively by Notification No. 173/2003- Cus., dated 3-12-2003. Even this would have expired on 31.3.2008. And as usual they forgot to extend it.
By Notification No. 44/2008- Cus., dated 7-4-2008, it was further extended till 31.03.2009, seven days after it expired.
In any case this would have expired on 31.03.2009.
Now the Designated Authority in his Notification No. 15/1/2008- DGAD, dated 17 th March, 2009, recommended continued imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty. He recommended it a full two weeks before the expiry. But Revenue was snoring and could wake up only after a fortnight of the expiry.
So they have now issued a new notification imposing fresh anti dumping duty on the product with effect from 13.4.2009.
Was there no dumping between 1.4.2009 and 12.4.2009?
CBEC should seriously consider outsourcing the job of keeping track of sunset notifications. Their record so far had been consistently dismal.
Notification NO. ., Dated: April 13, 2009