Anti Dumping Duty on Flax Fabric - Reimposed; no resurrection
PROVISIONAL anti dumping duty was imposed on import of Flax fabric, falling under the heading 5309 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 originating in, or exported from, the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong by Notification No. 30/2009-Cus., dated 26-3-2009. The Notification itself affirmed, The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 25th September, 2009.
So, after 26.09.2009, there was no anti dumping duty on this product. But the Government by Notification No. 142/2009-Cus dated 21.12.2009 resurrected it with effect from 26.03.2009.
And this had expired on 25.03.2014 and there was nobody to wake the babu out of his slumber.They woke up after a month and a half and extended the life of this notification till 25.03.2015 by Notification NO. 17/2014-Cus(ADD),dated 9th May 2014.
Nothing happened on 25.3.2015, but dumping continued and so now they have re-imposed the anti dumping duty for another five years, but thankfully not with retrospective effect.
We must thank the Board for avoiding the temptation to resurrect dead notifications.
Notification NO. , Dated: August 12, 2015