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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY,
PART II, SECTION 3, SUB SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
NOTIFICATION No. 12/2023-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 21st November, 2023
G.S.R…(E).- Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification number
7/14/2022-DGTR, dated the
29th September, 2022, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, dated the 29th
September, 2022, had initiated the review in terms of sub-section (5) of section
9A of the Customs Tariff Act,
1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), and read
with rule 23 of the Customs
Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped
Articles and for
Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in the matter of continuation of
anti-dumping duty on imports of
“Synthetic Grade Zeolite 4A (Detergent Grade)” (hereinafter referred to as the
subject goods) falling under tariff
items 3824 99 22, 3824 90 90, 3824 99 90, 2842 90 90, 2826 90 00, 2839 90 90 and
2842 10 00 of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in or exported from China PR
(hereinafter referred to as the
subject country) initially imposed vide notification of the Government of India,
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue), number 57/2018-Customs (ADD), dated the 13th December,
2018, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide
number G.S.R. 1203(E), dated the 13th
December, 2018;
And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on imports of the
subject goods, originating
in or exported from the subject country, the designated authority in its final
findings, published vide notification
number 7/14/2022-DGTR, dated the 12th September, 2023, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary,
Part-I, Section 1, dated the 12th September, 2023, has come to the conclusion
that-
(i) there is continued dumping of the subject goods from the subject country
and the imports are likely to
enter the Indian market at dumped prices in the event of cessation of duty;
(ii) dumped imports from subject country are causing injury to the domestic
industry;
(iii) the information on record shows likelihood of continuation of dumping
and injury in case the anti dumping duty in force is allowed to cease at this
stage;
(iv) there is strong likelihood of diversion of exports of the subject goods
from the subject country to India
if the existing anti-dumping measure ceases to exist,
and has recommended continued imposition of the anti-dumping duty on imports of
the subject goods,
originating in or exported from the subject country, in order to remove injury
to the domestic industry.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5)
of section 9A of the
Customs Tariff Act read with rules 18, 20 and 23 of the Customs Tariff
(Identification, Assessment and
Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of
Injury) Rules, 1995 and in
supersession of the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue),
number 57/2018-Customs (ADD), dated the 13th December, 2018, published in the
Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 1203(E),
dated the 13th December, 2018,
the Central Government, after considering the aforesaid final findings of the
designated authority, hereby
imposes on the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column
(3) of the following Table below,
falling under tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as
specified in the corresponding entry
in column (2), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (4), exported from
the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by
the producers as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (6), an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the
amount as indicated in the
corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8) and as
per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of
the said Table, namely :-
TABLE
S.
No.
|
Tariff
Item |
Description
of goods |
Country
of
origin |
Country
of
export |
Producer |
Amount |
Currency |
Unit of
Measurement
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
1 |
38249922
38249090
38249990
28429090
28269000
28399090
28421000
|
Synthetic
Grade
Zeolite 4A
(Detergent
Grade) |
China
PR
|
China
PR
|
Chalco
Shandong
Advance
Material
Co. Ltd.
(CSAMCL)
|
163.90 |
USD |
MT |
2 |
-do- |
-do- |
China
PR |
Any |
All Other
producers/
exporters
from China
PR
|
207.72 |
USD |
MT |
3 |
-do- |
-do- |
China
PR |
Any |
All Other
producers/
exporters
other than
ChinaPR
|
207.72 |
USD |
MT |
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a
period of five years (unless
revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this
notification in the Official Gazette
and shall be payable in Indian currency.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable
for the purpose of calculation of
such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification
of the Government of India,
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), issued from time to time, in
exercise of the powers conferred by
section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and the relevant date for the
determination of the rate of
exchange shall be the date of presentation of the bill of entry under section 46
of the said Customs Act.
[F. No. CBIC-190354/209/2023-TRU]
(Nitish Karnatak)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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