Provisional anti dumping duty on sodium nitrate imposed to counter dumped imports and protect domestic industry for six months. The Central Government imposes provisional anti dumping duty on imports of Sodium Nitrate under the specified tariff items, following preliminary findings that exports from the European Union, the People's Republic of China, Ukraine and Korea RP were dumped and caused material injury to domestic industry. Duty rates are specified per kilogram in the Table for defined origin/export permutations and producers/exporters (often designated as 'Any'). The duty is levied for up to six months from publication, payable in Indian currency, with the rate of exchange determined by Government exchange rate notifications and the bill of entry date.