Provisional Anti-Dumping Duty imposed on Phosphorus Pentachloride – How about a Reminder Service?
On the basis of the preliminary findings from the Designated Authority, Central Government has imposed Provisional Anti-Dumping duty on imports of Phosphorus Pentachloride originating in or exported from, People's Republic of China. This anti-dumping duty is effective upto and inclusive of April 15, 2010 and payable in Indian Currency.
Soon April 15, 2010 will come and go, but no one really monitors this notification which expires after six months from 16th October 2009. This is a recurring problem which is often highlighted by DDT .
To solve the problem, we tried an experiment. We used a very simple software, a calendar which will remind the things to do on a day when you switch on the computer. When Notifications 39/2009 dated 29th April 2009 (imposing provisional Anti-dumping duty on Nylon Chord fabrics) and 40/2009 dated 29 th April 2009 (imposing provisional Anti-dumping duty on Chloride) were issued, we entered a reminder in our software on 29th April to remind us about the Notifications on 28th October 2009, and when we switched on the computer this morning, it prompted us that these two notifications expired today!
Another interesting fact about Notification 39/2009 is that we have very reliable information that the Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has already recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imported nylon tyre cord fabric from Belarus as the goods were exported from Belarus below the normal value and the domestic industry has suffered material injury. This recommendation was made somewhere in the first week of October 2009, well before the expiry of provisional Anti-dumping duty on 28th October 2009, but still the MOF has not issued the definitive Anti-dumping duty notification or maybe they are still waiting for the official recommendations from MOC. In any case, whatever you do – for your lapses or the Department's, you are bound to be penalised.
This, certainly, is not the way to run an Anti Dumping Administration – the world will laugh at us or pity us for our poor tax administration. It is a shame that we cannot simply track our dying notifications. You hire a third rate data entry operator in the Board and he will do the job for you.
NOTIFICATION NO. , Dated: October 16, 2009