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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. 13/2021-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 11
th
March, 2021
G.S.R.---(E).- – Whereas, in the matter of ‘Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride’ (hereinafter
referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2941 90 30 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 the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the
subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings
vide notification No. 6/36/2019-DGTR, dated the 15
th
June, 2020, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 15
th
June, 2020, had recommended
imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in,
or exported from the subject country.
And, whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods with
effect from 2
nd
September, 2020 vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry
of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 28/2020-Customs (ADD), dated the 2
nd
September,
2020, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide
number G.S.R. 544(E), dated the 2
nd
September, 2020.
And, whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No.
6/36/2019-DGTR, dated the 7
th
January, 2021, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 7
th
January, 2021, while confirming the preliminary
findings, dated the 15
th
June, 2020, has come to the conclusion that,-
(i) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country
below its normal value;
(ii) the Domestic Industry has suffered material injury;
(iii) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject
country.
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 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 the 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), and imported into
India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified 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
Serial
number
Tariff
Item
Description of
Goods
Country
of
Origin
Country of
Export
Producer
Duty
Amount
Currency Unit
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 29419030
Ciprofloxacin
Hydrochloride
China
PR
Any country
including
China PR
Shangyu Jingxin
Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd.
2.38 US$ Kg
2 29419030
Ciprofloxacin
Hydrochloride
China
PR
Any country
including
China PR
Zhejiang
Langhua
Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd.
0.91 US$ Kg
3 29419030
Ciprofloxacin
Hydrochloride
China
PR
Any country
including
China PR
Zhejiang
Guobang
Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd.
1.87 US$ Kg


4


29419030


Ciprofloxacin
Hydrochloride


China
PR

Any country
including
China PR
Any producer
other than
serial number
1, 2, and 3
3.27 US$ Kg
5 29419030
Ciprofloxacin
Hydrochloride
Any
country
other
than
China
PR
China PR Any 3.27 US$ Kg

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 imposition of the
provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 2
nd
September, 2020, and shall be payable in
Indian currency:
Provided that the said anti-dumping duty shall not be levied for the period commencing from
the date of the lapse of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 2
nd
March, 2021 upto
the preceding day of the publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.

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, 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 Customs Act.

[F.No. 354/95/2020-TRU]

(Rajeev Ranjan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.