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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. 56/2015-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 4th December, 2015
G.S.R. (E). ​ Whereas, in the matter of ​ Phthalic Anhydride ​ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff
item 2917 35 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 Japan and Russia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and imported
into India, the designated authority in its final findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide
notification number 14/6/2014-DGAD, dated the 3rd November, 2015 , has come to the conclusion that ​
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below its associated normal value, thus,
resulting in dumping of the product ;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury in respect of the subject goods;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports from the subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported
from subject countries and imported into India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry;
N ow, 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 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), imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the
rate equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) in the currency as specified in the corresponding
entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table,
namely:-
Table
Sl.No.
Tariff
item
Description of
goods
Country of origin
Country of
export
Producer Exporter AmountUnitCurrency
(1)(2)(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)(9)(10)
1.
2917
35 00
Phthalic
Anhydride
Russia Russia
Rosplast OOO
LLC, Russia
Millman
Limited, UK
106.30MT
US
Dollar
2.
2917
35 00
Phthalic
Anhydride
Russia Russia Any Any 159.43MT
US
Dollar
3.
2917
35 00
Phthalic
Anhydride
Russia
Any other
country
Any Any 159.43MT
US
Dollar
4.
2917
35 00
Phthalic
Anhydride
Any country other than
subject countries
Russia Any Any 159.43MT
US
Dollar
5.
2917
35 00
Phthalic
Anhydride
Japan Japan Any Any 126.17MT
US
Dollar
6.
2917
35 00
Phthalic
Anhydride
Any country other than
subject countries
Japan Any Any 126.17MTUS
Dollar
7.
2917
35 00
Phthalic
Anhydride
Japan
Any other
country
Any Any 126.17MT
US
Dollar
1. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification 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 paid in
Indian currency.
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. 354/39/2015-TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India