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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. 47/2020 -Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, dated the 15
th
December, 2020
G.S.R.--(E). -Whereas, the designated authority vide notification number 7/11/2019-
DGTR, dated the 17
th
July, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, dated the 17
th
July, 2019, had initiated 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), 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(hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in the matter of anti-dumping duty on
imports of “Dimethylacetamide”, falling under the sub-heading 2924 19 of the First Schedule
to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from China PR and Turkey, imposed
vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue) No. 12/2018-Customs(ADD), dated the 20
th
March, 2018, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 249(E), dated
the 20
th
March, 2018;
And whereas, the designated authority, in its final findings in the mid-term review
vide notification No. 7/11/2019-DGTR, dated the 14
th
October, 2020, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 14
th
October, 2020, has
recommended that “Dimethylacetamide [N, N-Dimethylacetamide] (DMAC)” having
following technical specifications, when meant for consumption in spandex yarn
manufacturing, shall be excluded from the product under consideration in the final findings
notification number 14/41/2016-DGAD dated the 21
st
February, 2018, read with the
corresponding Customs notification, namely-
(i) Minimum Purity (99.9% min.) and Maximum Alkalinity level (0.003% max);
(ii) Maximum Acidity level (0.005% max);
(iii) Maximum iron ppm as (0.05);
(iv) Maximum water (0.01% max or 100 PPM);
(v) Conductivity (0.1 micro-siemens /cm max).
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 23 of the said rules, the Central

Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of
India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 12/2018-Customs (ADD),
dated the 20
th
March, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 249(E), dated the 20
th
March, 2018, namely :-
In the said notification, after the Table, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“Note- For the purpose of this Table, “Dimethylacetamide [N, N-Dimethylacetamide]
(DMAC)” having following technical specifications, when meant for consumption in spandex
yarn manufacturing, shall be excluded from the scope of description of goods, namely-
(i) Minimum Purity (99.9% min.) and Maximum Alkalinity level (0.003% max);
(ii) Maximum Acidity level (0.005% max);
(iii) Maximum iron ppm as (0.05);
(iv) Maximum water (0.01% max or 100 PPM);
(v) Conductivity (0.1 micro-siemens /cm max).”.
[F. No. 354/66/2018-TRU(Pt-I)]

(Gaurav Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India