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and has recommended imposition of the provisional bilateral safeguard
measure of increasing the rate of customs duty on subject goods originating in
Korea RP imported under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
between the Republic of India and the Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to
as the Trade Agreement), to the level of Most Favoured Nation duty on the sub-
ject goods as on the date of application of the bilateral safeguard measure or
Most Favoured Nation duty on the subject goods on the day immediately pre-
ceding the date of entry into force of the Trade Agreement, whichever is less, for
a period of 200 days.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of
section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) read with rule 9 of the said rules,
the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public inter-
est so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification
of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No. 152/2009-Customs, dated the 31st December, 2009, published in the Gazette
of India, vide number G.S.R. 943(E), dated the 31st December, 2009, namely -
In the said notification, -
(i) in the Table, after serial number 342 and the entries relating thereto,
the following serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
(1) (2) (3) (4)
“342A. 4002 20 All goods 10.00”;
(ii) After the first proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted,
namely -
“Provided further that, to give effect to the provisional bilateral
safeguard measure, as recommended by the Director General of
Trade Remedies, -
(a) nothing contained in serial number 342 and entries relating
thereto in the said Table shall have effect up to and inclusive
of the 28th day of January 2021, and
(b) the entries contained in serial number 342A in the said Table
shall have effect up to and inclusive of the 28th day of Janu-
ary 2021;
unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier.”.
[Notification No. 31/2020-Cus., dated 13-7-2020]
Anti-dumping duty on steel and fibre glass measuring
tapes and their parts and components, originating in,
or exported from, People’s Republic of China — Noti-
fication No. 31/2015-Cus. (ADD) superseded

[Add on page 2665 of 71st Edition of Customs Tariff, Vol. 2, 2020-21]
Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 7/24/2019-
DGTR, dated 18th December, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordi-
nary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 18th December 2019, had initiated a review in
the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of “Steel and Fibre
Glass Measuring tapes and their parts and components” (hereinafter referred to

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