Anti Dumping Duty – Yet Another Belated Resurrection!
THE Anti Dumping Duty on imports of certain Rubber Chemicals, namely, MOR, PX13 and TDQ, falling under Chapter 29 and 38 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, European Union, People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei and the United States of America, imposed vide Notification No. 94/2005-Customs, dated the 20th October, 2005 w.e.f 7 th July 2005.
This Notification had expired on 6 th July 2010.
Now the Government has extended the validity of the notification till 11 th May, 2011 – more than six months after its death!.
There seems to be something terribly wrong in this resurrection. The provisional Anti Dumping Duty was imposed by Notification No. 63/2005 dated 7 th July 2005 and the definitive anti dumping duty was imposed by Notification No. 94/2005 with effect from 7 th July 2010.
Now it is extended to 11 th May 2011. This 11 th May 2011 does not relate to any of the dates. Further some parts of the notification seem to be missing.
Anyway instead of giving life to dead notifications, Board should amend the Law to stipulate that the notifications will be valid till they are withdrawn by the Board. In practice that is what is happening anyway.
Notification No. , Dated: December 28, 2010