[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. 43/2020-CUSTOMS (ADD)
New Delhi, the 2
nd
December, 2020
G.S.R. ...(E). – Whereas, in the matter of ‘Toluene Di-Isocyanate (TDI) having isomer
content in the ratio of 80:20’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff
item 2929 10 20 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 European
Union, Saudi Arabia, Chinese Taipei and United Arab Emirates (hereinafter referred to as the
subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary
findings No. 6/43/2019-DGTR, dated the 4
th
September, 2020, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 4
th
September, 2020, has provisionally
concluded that-
(i)
the product under consideration that has been exported to India from the subject countries
are at dumped prices;
(ii)
there is substantial increase in imports of subject goods from the subject countries in
absolute terms as well as in relation to its production and consumption in India, during the
period of investigation as compared to the previous year;
(iii)
the domestic industry has suffered material injury;
(iv)
material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the
subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the
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 (2) of section 9A of
the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 13 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, on the basis of the aforesaid 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, a provisional
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 (9) and as per
unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the said Table,
namely:-
Table
S.No. Tariff item
Description
of goods
Country
of origin
Country
of
exports
Producer
Duty
amount
Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
EU
Any
Country
including
EU
Covestro
Deutschland
AG
221.04
Metric
Tonne
US$
2. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
EU
Any
Country
including
EU
BorsodChem
Zrt
102.05
Metric
Tonne
US$
3. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
EU
Any
Country
including
EU
Any other
producer
other than
serial
number 1
and 2 above
265.03
Metric
Tonne
US$
4. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
Any
Country
other
than
countries
attracting
ADD
EU Any 265.03
Metric
Tonne
US$
5. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
Saudi
Arabia
Any
Country
including
Saudi
Arabia
Sadara
Chemical
Company
275.01
Metric
Tonne
US$
6. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
Saudi
Arabia
Any
Country
including
Any other
producer
other than
361.76
Metric
Tonne
US$
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
Saudi
Arabia
serial
number 5
above
7. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
Any
Country
other
than
countries
attracting
ADD
Saudi
Arabia
Any 361.76
Metric
Tonne
US$
8. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
Chinese
Taipei
Any
Country
including
Chinese
Taipei
Any 323.25
Metric
Tonne
US$
9. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
Any
Country
other
than
countries
attracting
ADD
Chinese
Taipei
Any 323.25
Metric
Tonne
US$
10. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
UAE
Any
Country
including
UAE
Any 405.97
Metric
Tonne
US$
11. 29291020
Toluene Di-
Isocyanate
(TDI) having
isomer
content in the
ratio of 80:20
Any
Country
other
than
countries
attracting
ADD
UAE Any 405.97
Metric
Tonne
US$
2. The provisional anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a
period of six months (unless revoked, amended or superseded 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 Customs Act.
[F.No. 354/150/2020 –TRU]
(Gaurav Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
