[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. 12/2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 11
th April, 2017
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas in the matter of Linear Alkyl Benzene (hereinafter
referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff item 3817 00 11 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, Iran, Qatar and People’s Republic of China
(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 No.14/20/2015-DGAD dated the 6
th March, 2017, has come to
the conclusion that–
(i) there is dumping of subject goods from the subject countries;
(ii) imports from subject countries are undercutting and suppressing the prices of the
domestic industry;
(iii) performance of domestic industry has deteriorated in the terms of market share
and profitability;
(iv) injury to domestic industry has been caused by dumped imports,
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject
goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries, in order to remove injury to
the domestic industry;
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),
exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and
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
S.
No.
Tariff
item
Description
of goods
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amount
Unit of
measur
ement
Curre
ncy
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
M/s
Jiangsu
Jintung
Chemical
Corp. Ltd
M/s Hotung
Chemical
Corp. and
M/s Sharpinv
est
International
Ltd.
23.78
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
2.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
M/s
Jiangsu
Jintung
Chemical
Corp. Ltd
M/s Jiangsu
Jintung
Chemical
Corp. Ltd.
147.11
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
3.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Any combination other
than at S.No.1 and 2
above.
147.11
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
4.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
People’s
Republic
of China
Any
country
other
than
those
subject
to anti-
dumping
duty
Any Any 147.11
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
5.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Any
country
other
than
those
subject
to anti-
dumping
duty
People’s
Republic
of China
Any Any 147.11
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
6.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Qatar Qatar
M/s
SEEF
Limited
M/s Qatar
Chemical and
Petrochemical
Marketing
and
Distribution
Company
(Muntajat)
Q.J.S.C.,
Qatar
46.49
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
7.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Qatar Qatar
M/s
SEEF
Limited
M/s Qatar
Chemical and
Petrochemical
Marketing
and
Distribution
Company
(Muntajat)
Q.J.S.C.,
Qatar
and M/s
Renish
Petrochem
FZE (Trader)
46.49
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
8.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Qatar Qatar
Any combination other
than at S.No. 6 & 7
above.
300.22
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
9.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Qatar
Any
country
other
than
those
subject
to anti-
dumping
duty
Any Any 300.22
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
10.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Any
country
other
than
those
subject
to anti-
Qatar Any Any 300.22
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
dumping
duty
11.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Iran Iran Any Any 71.8
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
12.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Iran
Any
country
other
than
those
subject
to anti-
dumping
duty
Any Any 71.8
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
13.
3817
00 11
Linear
Alkyl
Benzene
Any
country
other
than
those
subject
to anti-
dumping
duty
Iran Any Any 71.8
Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
2. 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
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.354/208/2016-TRU (Pt. - 1)]
(Mohit Tiwari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
