S.I. No. 328/1973 - Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (No. 8) (Anti-Dumping Duty on Footwear) Order, 1973.


S.I. No. 328 of 1973.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES) (No. 8) (ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON FOOTWEAR) ORDER, 1973.

WHEREAS, as a result of an investigation by An Coimisiún Dumpála under Section 7 of the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968 (No. 11 of 1968), in relation to goods of the kind specified in Article 3 of the Order following, that Commission recommended to the Minister for Industry and Commerce that an anti-dumping duty at the rate of 28 per cent. ad valorem be imposed on goods of the kind aforesaid:

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Industry and Commerce is satisfied that there has been injurious dumping of goods of the kind aforesaid and that the dumping has caused material injury to an industry in the State:

NOW, THEREFORE, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 14 of the said Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968 , hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (No. 8) (Anti-dumping Duty on Footwear) Order, 1973.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 18th day of December, 1973.

3. An anti-dumping duty at the rate of 28 per cent. ad valorem shall be charged, levied and paid on footwear that—

( a ) has uppers of leather and is of a kind commonly used in the performance of physical work,

( b ) is classified at tariff heading number 64.02A in the Schedule to the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ),

( c ) is produced in whole or in part in, or exported from, Czechoslavakia, and

( d ) is imported after the commencement of this Order.

4. The duty imposed by this Order is hereby placed under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 11th day of December, 1973.

LIAM MAC COSGAIR,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the charging of an anti-dumping duty at the rate of 28% ad valorem on certain footwear imported from Czechoslovakia.