Anti-dumping duty on NTCF extended till April, 2015
THE ADD on import of Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China was originally imposed by notification No. 72/2004-Customs, dated the 26th July 2004 provisionally and confirmed by Notification No. 36/2005-Cus, dated 27.04.2005.The said notification which would have expired on 26.07.2009 was rescinded by notification 42/2009-Cus.dated 29th April, 2009. Inasmuch as the Government re-imposed the anti-dumping duty much before its expiry by a fresh notification 41/2009-Cus dated 29th April, 2009.
Those were the days!
But now what happened is that the notification 41/2009-Cus dated 29 th April, 2009 lost steam after five years on 28th April, 2014.
Perhaps everyone in the Board was too busy to notice this. So, after more than a fortnight, an amending notification was issued and which simply inserts the following paragraph in the notification -
"3. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, this notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 28th day of April, 2015, unless revoked earlier".
The result is that the anti-dumping duty continues on the import of the subject goods till 28th April, 2015.
Notification , Dated: May 16, 2014