Anti-Dumping duty on Dry Cell Batteries – Re-imposed – Gapping holes? · TIOL-DDT 595

Anti-Dumping duty on Dry Cell Batteries – Re-imposed – Gapping holes?

By Vijay Kumar

Anti-Dumping duty on Dry Cell Batteries originating in or exported from Chinawas imposed vide Notification No. 84/2001-Customs, dated 2^ndAugust, 2001. This was to expire on 6^th February 2006. By Notification No. 8/2006-Customs, dated 16^th February, 2006 this was extended up to 5^th February 2007. The extension was ten days after the Notification lapsed. DDT had pointed out in , dated 20^thFebruary, 2006 that a dead Notification was resurrected. Even this resurrected Notification lapsed on 6^th February, 2007. This time around there was no re-resurrection but a new Notification is issued imposing the Anti-dumping duty with effect from 13^th April, 2007.

Now what happens to the Dry Cell Batteries imported during the period 6^th February, 2007 to 12^th April, 2007? Obviously there was no anti-dumping duty on this product during that period. Why? Was it because it was the Government’s policy decision not to levy anti-dumping duty during these two months or was it because somebody forgot to issue a Notification?

Notification No. , Dated 13^th April, 2007