Anti-dumping duty imposed on Rubber chemicals
A bit of history.
The Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain rubber chemicals, namely, MBT (having chemical description 2-Mercapto Benzothiazole), CBS (having chemical description N-Cyclohexyl-2-Benzothiazole Sulphenamide), TDQ (having chemical description Polymerized 2,2,4 - Trimethyl-1,2- dihydroquinoline), PVI [having chemical description N-(Cyclohexylthio) Pthalimide], TMT (having chemical description as Tetramethylthiuram Disulfude) and PX-13 (6PPD) [having chemical description N-(1,3-dimethyl butyl)-N Phenyl P-1] [subject goods] falling under Chapter 29 or 38 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China and Korea RP [subject countries] vide notification No. 61/2008-Customs, dated 5th May, 2008. This duty was effective upto and inclusive of the 4th November, 2008.
Later, definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject countries was imposed vide notification No.133 /2008-Customs, dated the 12th December, 2008, with effect from 5th May 2008.
By notification 92/2011-Cus. dated September, 20, 2011, the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods at modified rates was continued up to 04th May, 2013.
Later, vide notification 17/2013-Cus (ADD) dated 05.07.2013, the anti-dumping duty on rubber chemical, namely, PX-13 (6PPD), originating in, or exported from, Korea RP & as imposed vide notification 92/2011-Cus was continued till 4th May, 2014.
Incidentally, a review was also initiated in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on rubber chemicals, namely, MBT, CBS, TDQ, PVI, TMT and PX-13(6PPD), originating in, or exported from, People's Republic of China, & imposed vide notification No. 133/2008-Customs, dated the 12th December, 2008. Pursuant thereto, the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods imported from the subject country was continued till 4th May, 2014. This was by Notification 16/2013-Cus (ADD) dated 5th July 2013.
The net effect of all the above is that Anti-dumping duty on the subject goods imported from the subject countries was operative till 4th May, 2014.
And as always, nobody remembered about this although the dumping may have continued.
So, now we have a fresh notification imposing anti-dumping duty on these chemicals imported from the aforementioned countries and this would be, as always, valid for a period of five years.
By the way, for the period from 5th May, 2014 to 23rd July, 2014 only the wise Board and the designated authority know whether there was dumping or for that matter the anti-dumping duty.
Notification , dated 24th July, 2014.