CBIC extends ADD on import of Jute products import from Bangladesh & Nepal

CBIC Seeks to extend the levy of ADD on import of Jute products originating in or exported from Bangladesh and Nepal by amending notification No. 01/2027-Customs (ADD) dated 05-01-2017.

According to notification, Whereas, the designated authority has initiated review in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act) read with rule 23 of the Customs Tariff Act, via initiation notification No. 7/9/2021-DGTR dated June 28, 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated June 28, 2021. (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in the matter of the continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of “Jute products,” namely Jute Yarn/Twine (multiple folded/cabled and single), Hessian fabric, and Jute sacking bags (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under Tariff Headings 5307, 5310, 5607, or 6305 of the Customs Tariff Act, originating in or exported from Bangladesh and Nepal ((hereafter referred to as the subject nations), as imposed by the Government of India through notification No. 01/2027-Customs (ADD) dated 05-01-2017 in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section I vide number G.S.R. 11(E), dated the 5th January, 2017, and has requested an extension of the said anti-dumping tax under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, sub-section (5).

Now, therefore, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 18 and 23 of the said rules, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) notification No. 01/2027-Customs (ADD) dated 05-01-2017, published in the Gazette of India :

In the said notification, after paragraph 2 and before the Explanation, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely-

“3. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, the anti-dumping duty shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 31st May, 2022, unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier.”.

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