[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.44 /2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 12
th
September, 2017
G.S.R…. (E). - Whereas, in the matter of import of ‘Ammonium Nitrate’ (hereinafter
referred to as the subject goods) falling under the tariff item 3102 30 00 of the First Schedule
to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff
Act), originating in, or exported from Russia, Indonesia, Georgia and Iran (hereinafter referred
to as the subject countries), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final
findings vide notification number 14/1/2016-DGAD, dated the 1
st
August 2017, published in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 1
st
August, 2017 has come to
the conclusion that–
a) the product under consideration has been exported to India from subject countries below
its normal value, resulting in dumping;
b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the product under
consideration from the subject countries;
c) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports from the subject countries,
and, has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the imports of
subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries and imported into India,
in order to remove injury to the domestic industry;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and sub-section
(5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, and rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff
(Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for
Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, 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 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 countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported
from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the
producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), exported by the exporters as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping
duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) and
per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said
Table:-
Table
S.
No.
Tariff
item
Description
of goods
Country
of origin
Country of
exports
Producer Exporter Duty
amou
nt
Unit
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1. 3102
30 00
Ammoniu
m nitrate”
whether
prilled,
granular, or
in other
solid form,
with or
without
additives or
coating,
and having
bulk
density in
excess of
0.83 g/cc
Russia Switzerland Novomosk
ovskaya
(NakAzot)
Euro
Chem Trading
GMBH
Through
Rawfert
Offshore Sal
NIL US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
2. 3102
30 00
do Russia Russia JSC
Azot,Kem
erovo
SBUNitrotrad
e AG
11.42 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
3. 3102
30 00
do Russia Singapore JSC
Azot,Kem
erovo
SBUNitrotrad
e AG Through
Dreymoor
Fertilizers
Overseas Pte
Ltd
11.42 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
4. 3102
30 00
do Russia Russia Any combination other than
2 above
25.00 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
5. 3102
30 00
do Russia Any country
other than
the subject
countries
Any combination other than
1 and 3 above
25.00 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
6. 3102
30 00
do Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Russia Any Any 25.00 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
7. 3102
30 00
do Georgia Georgia Any Any 53.99 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
8. 3102
30 00
do Georgia Any country
other than
the subject
countries
Any Any 53.99 USD /
Metric
Ton
9. 3102
30 00
do Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Georgia Any Any 53.99 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
10. 3102
30 00
do Iran Iran Any Any 60.35 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
11. 3102
30 00
do Iran Any country
other than
the subject
countries
Any Any 60.35 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
12. 3102
30 00
do Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Iran Any Any 60.35 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
13. 3102
30 00
do Indonesia Indonesia Any Any 26.07 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
14. 3102
30 00
do Indonesia Any country
other than
the subject
countries
Any Any 26.07 US
Dollar /
Metric
Ton
15.
3102
30 00
do Any
country
other
than the
subject
countries
Indonesia Any Any 26.07 US
Dollar
/Metric
Ton
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be effective 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 purposes
of calculation of such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification
of the Government of India, in the 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 Act.
[F.No.354/205/2017 –TRU]
(Mohit Tewari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
