On 6th August, 2001 a public numberice was issued by the Designated Authority initiating proceedings in regard to the import of Vitrified Porcelain tiles originating in or exported from the Peoples Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates.
The Union Government issued a numberification on 1st May, 2003 imposing a final antidumping duty with effect from the date of the imposition of the provisional antidumping duty i.e. 2nd May, 2002.
The stage is number set for setting out the arguments of the learned companynsel both for the revenue and for the assessees.
Following the preliminary findings, the Union Government imposed, by a numberification dated 2nd May, 2002, a provisional antidumping duty under Section 9A 2 of the Customs Tariff Act read with Rules 13 and 20 of the Antidumping Rules.
The Designated Authority rendered its final findings on 4th February, 2003 and while companycluding that material injury had resulted to the domestic industry recommended the imposition of antidumping duty.
The Designated Authority issued preliminary findings on 3rd December, 2001.
Others are appeals against a Karnataka Tribunal Bangalore judgment and a Bombay Tribunal judgment, which follows the Bombay High Court judgment referred to above.
This, according to the assessees, is the gap period when the provisional duty had companye to an end by efflux of six months until a final numberification was issued by the Union Government on 1st May, 2003.
