WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/10/IND/1
20 January 1999
(99-0188)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
INDIA
The following communication, dated 15 January 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of India.
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Please refer to India's communication dated 26 August 1998, circulated as WTO document
No. G/SG/N/8/IND/1 dated 18 September 1998, regard ing the findings of the Director General
(Safeguards) with regard to the investigation concerning imports of Acetylene Black into India.  As
conveyed earlier, these recommendations were under consideration of the Government of India.  TheGovernment of India has now taken a decision to impose a safeguard duty on this item.  A copy of the
notification No. 102/98 – CUSTOMS dated 10 Decem ber 1998 regarding the imposition of safeguard
duty on imports of Acetylene Black in to India is attached herewith.G/SG/N/10/IND/1
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TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE
GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, DATED 10 DECEMBER 1998
19 AGRAHAYANA, 1920 SAKA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
NEW DELHI, dated 10 December 1998
19 Agrahayana, 1920 (Saka)
NOTIFICATION
No. 102/98-CUSTOMS
1. GSR 125 (E).  In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8B of the
Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), read with rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Identification
and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, and based upon the final findings of the Director
General (Safeguards) published vide No. GSR 377 (E) dated 3 July 1998, in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), that the increased imports of Acetylene Black have
caused serious injury to the domestic producers of Acetylene Black and that imposition of safeguard
duty for a period of two years will be in the public interest, the central Government hereby imposes on
Acetylene Black (including conductive carbons), falling under sub-heading No. 2803.00 of the First
Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, when imported into India, a safeguard duty at the rate of:
(a) 18 per cent, subject to a maximum of Re 12,950 per metric tonne, when imported up
to and inclusive of the 9th day of December 1999;  and
(b) 5 per cent, subject to a maximum of Re 8,830 per metric tonne, when imported from
10 December 1999 to 9 December 2000 (both days inclusive).
2. Nothing contained in this notification shall apply to imports made under an Advance Licence,
subject to the condition that the exempt article shall not be disposed of or utilized in any manner
except for utilization in discharge of export obligation or for replenishment of article so utilized and
the article so replenished shall not be sold or transferred to any other person.
Explanation:  In this notification, "Advance Licence" means:(i) Quantity Based Advance Licence issued in terms of paragraph 50 of the Export and
Import Policy 1 April 1992–31 March 1997, published vide Public Notice of the
Government of India in the Ministry  of Commerce No. 1-ITC(PN)/92-97, dated
31 March 1992, as amended from time to time, and endorsed with non-transferableand actual user condition;  orG/SG/N/10/IND/1
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(ii) Quantity Based Advance Licence issued in terms of paragraph 7.4 of the Export and
Import Policy 1 April 1997–31 March 2002, published vide Notification of the
Government of India in the Mini stry of Commerce No. 1/1997-2002, dated
31 March 1997, as amended from time to time.
(Signed)
(Srinivas Tata)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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