Anti Dumping Duty on Phenol – yet another resurrection.
The Anti Dumping Duty on phenol was imposed by Notification No. 79/2002- Cus, dated 13-8-2002 which was to be valid till 12th day of February, 2003.
So, technically the notification had a natural death on 13.02.2003. But by Notification No. 47/2003- Cus ., dated 24-3-2003, a definitive Anti Dumping Duty was imposed, more than a month after the expiry of the original notification, but of course from the date of the original date of notification, that is 13.08.2002.
Even this notification expired on 13.08.2007. Eighteen days later, by Notification No. 98/2007- Cus ., dated 31-8-2007, the Notification No. 47/2003-Customs, dated the 24th March, 2003 was superseded (much after its death) and fresh anti dumping duty was imposed which was to be in force up to and inclusive of the 12th August 2008.
12th August 2008 passed by silently without the Board realising about this notification. One more death.
Now on 31st October 2008, the Government has again imposed anti dumping duty without a whisper about what happened to Notification No. 47/2003 which had its second death on 13.08.2008.
Even the latest notification freshly imposing Anti Dumping Duty was not available anywhere even though it was issued on 31.10.2008. Are our Notifications cowards? Shakespeare said, “cowards die many times before their death”. (The valiant but faces death only once.)
Notification NO. Dated: October 31, 2008