Anti Dumping Duty on Potassium Carbonate - Re-imposed; no resurrection
ANTI Dumping Duty on "Potassium Carbonate", falling under Chapter 28 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, the European Union, the People's Republic of China, Korea RP and Taiwan was imposed vide notification No. 61/2009 -Customs, dated the 10th June, 2009. This expired on 9th June 2014. After more than a month of its expiry, by Notification No. 34/2014-Customs (ADD), dated the 23rd July, 2014, its life was extended till 9th June 2015. The extension also expired on 9th June 2015.
Now, after two months, the government has re-imposed anti dumping duty on the product, thankfully, not with retrospective effect.
However, there is a small change - the designated authority has come to the conclusion that there is no likelihood of recurrence of dumping and injury from People's Republic of China and European Union. And so, these countries are out of the list. That is, Anti-dumping duty is imposable on Potassium Carbonate only if it is coming from Korea RP and Taiwan.
We must thank the Board for avoiding the temptation to resurrect dead notifications.
Notification NO. , Dated: August 12, 2015