Anti Dumping Duty on steel and fibre glass tapes – further extended
Anti Dumping Duty was imposed on steel and fibre glass tapes and their parts and components originating in, or exported from, the People's Republic of China and imported into India, vide Notification No. 147/2003-Customs, dated the 7th October, 2003.
Earlier the Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on these products vide Notification No. 65/2003-Customs, dated the 4 th April, 2003. The final duty imposed by Notification 147/2003 was to be effective from the date of provisional imposition that is 4th April 2003. And that would have expired on 3rd April 2008.
By Notification No. 50/2008- Cus., dated 21-4-2008, this was extended to 3 rd October, 2008.
Now the Government has extended it to 3rd April, 2009. This time around the government has extended it much before the expiry date – normally it is done after the notification has expired. And a colleague of mine believes that the government need not really extend it and the Tribunal feels that even if it is extended after expiry, during the period prior to resurrection, it would still be valid.
Strange are the ways of LAW.
The sane step would be to extend it before it dies and now the good government has done it. Kudos to them.
Notification No. ., Dated: September 10, 2008.