Anti dumping duty on steel and fibre glass tapes – resurrection again
Anti dumping duty on steel and fibre glass tapes and their parts, originating in, or exported from People's Republic of China , was imposed by Notification No. 147/2003 with effect from 04.04.2003 and has expired on 4.4.2008. The Designated Authority has initiated a review and recommended the extension of anti-dumping duty for a period of six months from the date of its expiry. But they did not suggest that the extension can be after the expiry.
Now the Government has extended the notification till 3.10.2008, but this notification extending the validity is dated 21.4.2008 that is a good 17 days after the poor notification died.
Board should immediately review all its existing notifications and prepare a chart showing the dates of expiry of the notifications with an alarm going somewhere 15 days before the death day. This work should be outsourced.
Of course as long as the Government's irresponsible right to resurrect dead notifications is not questioned, there is hardly any need for monitoring – they can merrily continue!
Notification No. ,Dated : April 21, 2008