Safeguard duty on electrical insulators imposed for imports from China, higher rate initially then reduced in the second year. The Government imposes a safeguard duty on imports of electrical insulators from the People's Republic of China after the Director General (Safeguard) found that increased imports caused and threatened market disruption and that a causal link exists. Exercising powers under section 8C of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with the relevant transitional safeguard rules, the notification prescribes an ad valorem duty on specified sub headings of tariff heading 8546 and on those items if cleared under any other tariff heading including project imports, with a higher rate in the first year and a reduced rate in the second year.