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Issues: Whether, in the facts of the case, the differential anti-dumping duty and interest could be insisted upon and recovery stayed when the final anti-dumping duty structure was applied under Rule 21 of the Anti-Dumping Duty Rules.
Analysis: Rule 21 provides that where the anti-dumping duty fixed on final findings is higher than the provisional duty already imposed and collected, the differential shall not be collected from the importer. The dispute concerned imports made during the currency of the provisional notification and the subsequent final notification fixing a higher reference price. On that statutory footing, the demand for differential duty was not sustainable for the purpose of insisting on pre-deposit pending appeal.
Conclusion: The demand for pre-deposit of the differential anti-dumping duty and interest was waived and recovery was stayed during the pendency of the appeal, in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The statutory scheme governing anti-dumping duty prevented recovery of the differential amount at the stage considered, and interim protection was granted to the importer pending disposal of the appeal.
Ratio Decidendi: Where Rule 21 applies, the differential between provisional and final anti-dumping duty cannot be collected from the importer, and pre-deposit of such differential demand need not be insisted upon pending appeal.