[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. 04/2025-Customs (CVD)
New Delhi, the 26
th
June, 2025
G.S.R…..(E). Whereas, in the matter of “Effect pearlescent pigments or mica pearlescent pigments,
excluding effect pigments for automotive applications” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods)
falling under tarrif items 3206 11 10,3206 11 90,3206 19 00 and 3206 49 90 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 China PR (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), and imported
into India, the designated authority in its final findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part I, section 1, vide Notification 06/8/2024-DGTR, dated the 28
th
March, 2025, read with
Corrigendum Notification No. CVD (OI) – 01/2024 dated the June 16
th
,2025 has come to the conclusion
that-
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country at subsidised prices;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to subsidisation of the subject goods;
(iii) material injury has been caused by the subsidised imports of the subject goods originating
in or exported from the subject country,
and has recommended the imposition of definitive countervailing duty on imports of the subject goods
originating in or exported from the subject country.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (6) of section 9 of
the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 20 and 22 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and
Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized 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 tarrif 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, countervailing duty calculated at the rate mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (7) of
the said Table, namely:-
Duty Table
SN
Tariff item Description of goods
Country of
origin
Country of
export
Producer
Duty as %
of CIF
Value
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1
3206 11 10,
3206 11 90,
3206 19 00,
3206 49 90
Effect pearlescent pigments or
mica pearlescent pigments,
excluding effect pigments for
automotive applications.
China PR
Any country
including
China PR
M/s Rika
Technology
Co. Ltd.
14.49%
2 -do- -do- China PR
Any country
including
China PR
M/s Henan
Lingbao New
Materials
Technology
Co. Ltd
16.74%
3 -do- -do- China PR
Any country
including
China PR
M/s Zhejiang
Coloray
Technology
Development C
o., Ltd
14.63%
4 -do- -do- China PR
Any country
including
China PR
M/s Jiangsu
Pritty New
Material
Co., Ltd.
11.18%
5 -do- -do- China PR
Any country
including
China PR
Any producer
other than at
SN (1) to (4)
above
25.76%
6 -do- -do-
Any other
country
China PR Any producer 25.76%
Note 1: For collection of anti-dumping/countervailing duty measures, -
(a) in case of effect pearlescent pigments or mica pearlescent pigments of natural grade for
industrial application, quantum of countervailing duty shall be equivalent to the difference between
amount payable as per column (7) and antidumping duty payable as per customs Notification No.
13/2023-Cus (ADD), dated 22
nd
November 2023;
(b) in case of effect pearlescent pigments or mica pearlescent pigments of natural grade for
cosmetic application, since no anti-dumping duty is payable, the quantum of countervailing duty shall
be equivalent to the amount payable as per column (7);
(c) in case of effect pearlescent pigments or mica pearlescent pigments of natural grade for
automotive application, no countervailing duty should be charged; and
(d) in case of effect pearlescent pigments or mica pearlescent pigments of synthetic grade, since
no anti-dumping duty is payable, the quantum of countervailing duty shall be equivalent to the amount
payable as per column (7).
Note 2: The customs classification is indicative only and not binding on the scope of the product under
consideration.
2. The countervailing 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-
(a) the rate of exchange applicable for the purposes of calculation of such
countervailing 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.
(b) “CIF value” means the assessable value as determined under section 14 of the Customs
Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).
[F. No. CBIC-190349/30/2025-TRU Section-CBEC]
(Dheeraj Sharma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
