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Territory, means a geographical area included within a particular government's jurisdiction, the portion of the earth's surface that is in a State's exclusive possession and control, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1485.

The use of the word 'territory' in s. 9A(1)(c) indicates that the Statute empowered the Authority while determining the normal value to take into consideration the comparable price of the like article in the exporting country or territory. The placement of this word 'territory' after the word 'country' indicates that the Legislature intended to use the word territory' with reference to a larger geographical area than the exporting country which geographical area or territory has some commercial similarity with the exporting country and the exporting country is a part of the said territory, though not in the political sense but in the economic sense of that word, Designated Authority (Anti Dumping Directorate) v. Holder Topsoe A/s, (2000) 6 SCC 626: AIR 2000 SC 2556 (2562). [Customs Tariff Act, 1975, s. 9A(1)(c)]