Anti Dumping Duty on steel and fibre glass tapes – yet another resurrection
THE Anti Dumping Duty on steel and fibre glass tapes and their parts and components originating in or exported from, the People's Republic of China was first imposed by Notification No. 65/2003-Customs, dated the 4th April, 2003 . This expired on 3rd April 2008. The Government forgot to extend it for 17 days, but woke up and extended the duty till 3rd October 2008, by Notification No. 50/2008-Customs, dated the 21st April, 2008.
For the next extension, the Government woke up on time and extended it till 3rd April 2009 by Notification No. 104/2008- Cus, dated 10-9-2008. This expired on 3.4.2009 and the good Government again forgot to extend it.
The Designated Authority has recommended continued imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods.
So the Government has now imposed a new anti dumping duty on these goods from 15th May 2009.
But what about the dumping during the period 4th April 2009 to 14th May 2009? Was duty payable during this period?
Shouldn't we have a system of reminder bells for sunset notifications?
Notification NO. Dated: May 15, 2009