1. NO.14/9/2005-DGAD: - Having regard to the Customs Tariff Act 1975 as amended in 1995 and the Customs Tariff(Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, thereof.

2. WHEREAS Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA), (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) filed an application before the Designated Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority), in accordance with the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as amended in 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules), alleging dumping of Bias Tyres for bus and lorries/trucks (hereinafter referred to as subject goods or Bias Tyres), originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China and Thailand (hereinafter referred to as "subject countries" or China and Thailand), and requested for initiation of Anti Dumping investigations for levy of anti dumping duties on the subject goods.

3. AND WHEREAS, the Authority on the basis of sufficient evidence submitted by the applicant on behalf of the domestic industry, after examination of the same with regard to adequacy and accuracy, issued a public notice dated 30th December 2005 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, initiating Anti-Dumping investigations concerning imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject countries in accordance with the sub-Rule 6(1) of the Rules to determine existence, degree and effect of alleged dumping and the need to recommend the amount of antidumping duty, which, if levied, would be adequate to remove the injury to the domestic industry.