[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 46/2008-Customs

New Delhi, the 10^th April, 2008

G.S.R.    (E). - Whereas in the matter of imports of Diclofenac Sodium (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under heading 2942 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No.14/4/2007-DGAD dated the 28^th January, 2008 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28^th January, 2008 has come to the conclusion that –

(a)               the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country below its normal value;

(b)               the domestic industry has suffered material injury; and

(c)               the injury has been caused by the dumped imports from the subject country;

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the subject country;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with rules 13 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.

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2.         The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 9^th October 2008.

[F.No.354/21/2008-TRU]

 (Sonal Bajaj)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.