Anti Dumping Duty on Silk Fabrics
ANTI DUMPING DUTY on imports of Silk fabrics falling under heading 5007 originating in, or exported from, People's Republic of China, was imposed provisionally by Notification No. 52/2006 - Customs dated 31 st May 2006 and definitive anti dumping duty was imposed by Notification No. 121 /2006-Customs, dated the 26th December 2006. This would have expired on 31 st May 2011, but by Notification No. 37 /2011-Customs, dated the 21st April 2011, this was extended till 5 th December 2011.
After this expired on 5 th December 2011, obviously somebody in Government was sleeping. Now the Government has re-imposed the duty with effect from 13.01.2012 for a period of five years.
So, there was no anti dumping duty on this product from 6 th December 2011 to 12 th January 2012. Was there no dumping and injury during this period? But this time, it was the Designated Authority which was sleeping. It recommended continuation of the anti dumping duty on 5 th December 2011, the day it expired and it took the Board another five weeks to issue the Notification.
Notification No. , Dated: January 13, 2012