MINBTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

(Department of Commerce)

(DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF ANTI-DUMPING AND ALLIED DUTIES)

NEW SHIPPER REVIEW INITIATION NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 27th August, 2002

Sub.: Initiation ofNety Shipper Review of Anti-Dumping duty Imposed on imports of Lead Add Batteries requested by

M/s. CSB Battery Guangzhou Co. Ltd, CWnaPR.

No. i4/26/2002-DGA».~ M/S. CSB Battery Guangzhou Co. Ltd. China PR has

filed a petition in accordance with the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as amended in

1995 and Customs Tariff(ldentification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-

Dumping duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of lnjury)Rules, 1995

before the Designated Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority)

requesting for a review of the Anti-Dumping duty recommended by the

Designated Authority on all exports of lead acid batteries(hereinafter referred to

as subject goods) from China PR in the earlier case' of Anti-Dumping

investigation where Government has notified the Anti-Dumping duty vide

Notification No. 1/2002 - Customs dated 2.1.2002 falling undei Chapter-85 of

Customs Tariff Act. The Authority had notified the preliminary findings vide

Notification No.67/1/2000-DGAD dated 21*' March,2001 and final findings vide

Notification No.67/1/2000-DGAD dated 7^th December,2001. Anti-Dumping duty

were imposed by the Central Government on the preliminary findings vide

Notification No.41/2001-Customs dated 9^th April,2001 and in respect of the final

findings vide Notification No.1/2002-Customs dated 2.1.20O2.

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EXPORTER INVOLVED:

The present investigations relate to exports of Lead Acid Batteries by M/s.

CSB Battery Guangzhou Co. Ltd.(hereinafter also referred to as the Petitioner)to

India.

INITIATION OF REVIEW IN RESPECT OF NEW EXPORTER:

3. The Customs Tariff(Amendment) Act, 1995 and the Rules made there under

require the Authority to review for the purpose of determining individual margin of

dumping for any exporter or producer in the exporting country in question who

has not exported to India the subject goods during the period of investigation of

the earlier case of Anti-Dumping investigation against import of Lead Acid

Batteries from China, PR, Korea, Japan and Bangladesh where Anti-Dumping

duty has been notified vide Notification No. 1/2002 - Customs Dated 2.1.2002,

The petitioner has furnished prima facie evidence that it satisfies the conditions

prescribed under Rule-22 of Anti-Dumping Rules,

and has requested for

determination of separate dumping margin.

The Authority having been satisfied with the conditions as prescribed

under Rule 22 of Anti-Dumping Rules, decides to review the Anti-Dumping duty

imposed by the Central Government in pursuance of the recommendations made

by the Authority vide Notification No. 67/1/2000-DGAD dated 7^th December,

2001, as requested by M/s. CSB Batteries, Guangzhou Co. Ltd China PR.

Having decided to review the final findings notified vide Notification

No.67/1/2000-DGAD dated 7^th December,2001 wrth regard to import of Lead

Acid Batteries originating in or exported from China PR, Japan, Korea and

Bangladesh, the Authority hereby initiates investigations to determine separate

dumping margin in respect of M/s. CSB Batteries Guangzhou Co. Ltd China PR

in accordance with the Rules Supr&. .

The Authority recommends provisional assessment of levy of Anti-

•Dumping duties on all exports made by M/s. CSB Battery of subject goods, till

this review is completed, in accordance with the residual category of imports as

indicated in Customs Notification No.1/2002-Customs dt. 2.1.2002 as per Rule

22 of the Rules Supra.

PERIOD OF INVESTIGATION:

The period of investigation for the purpose of the present review is 1^st

September 2002 to 28^th February 2003.

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION:

The exporters and importers' known to be concerned and domestic

industry are being informed separately to enable them to submit relevant

information in the form and manner prescribed and to make their views known to

the Designated Authority, Directorate General of Anti Dumping & Allied Duties,

Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of

India, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi-110011. Any other interested party may also

make its submissions relevant to the investigation to the above Authority in the

prescribed form and manner within the time limit set out below.

TIME LIMIT

All information relating to this review should be sent in writing so as to

reach the Authority at the above address not later than thirty days from the

date of completion of period of investigation. If no information is received, within

the prescribed t..ie limit or the information received is incomplete, the Authority

may record its findings on the basis of the facts available before the Authority in

accordance with the Rules Supra.

INSPECTION OF PUBLIC FILE

10.

In terms of Rule 6(7) of Anti-Dumping Rules, any interested party may

inspect the public file containing non-confidential version of the evidence

submitted by other interested parties.

11.

All interested parties shall provide a Confidential summary in terms of

Rule 7(2), for the Confidential information provided as per Rule 7(1) of the Rules

Supra.

12.

In case where an interested party refuses access to, or otherwise does

not provide necessary information within a reasonable period, or significantly

impedes the investigation, the Authority may record its findings on the basis of

the facts available to it and such recommendations to the Central Government as

deemed fit.

L. V. SAPTHARISHI, Designated Authority

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