S.I. No. 168/1975 - Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (Provisional Duty on Calcium Ammonium Nitrate) Order, 1975.

S.I. No. 168 of 1975.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES) (PROVISIONAL DUTY ON CALCIUM AMMONIUM NITRATE) ORDER, 1975.

WHEREAS, during 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 2 of the Order following, that Commission recommended to the Minister for Industry and Commerce that a provisional duty at the rate of £8 per tonne be imposed for a period of six months on goods of the kind aforesaid:

NOW I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13 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) (Provisional Duty on Calcium Ammonium Nitrate) Order, 1975.

2. A provisional duty at the rate of £8 per tonne shall be charged, levied and paid between the 31st day of July, 1975, and the 30th day of January, 1976 on goods of the following kind which are imported into the State, that is to say—

( a ) a mixture of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate (commonly known as calcium ammonium nitrate), and

( b ) compounds which consist essentially of calcium ammonium nitrate,

which are classified at tariff code numbers 3102-214, 3102-222, 3102-230, 3102-238, 3102-246, 3102-254, 3102-262, 3102-270, 3102-278, 3102-289, 3105-526 and 3105-546 in the Schedule to the Imposition of Duties (No. 2) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ), and are wholly or substantially produced in Portugal.

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of July, 1975.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the imposition for a period of six months of a provisional duty of £8 per tonne on imports of calcium ammonium nitrate of Portuguese origin.