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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.10/2017-Customs (ADD)

New Delhi, the 24
th
March, 2017

G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, in the matter of import of 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane or
R-134a (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under the tariff item 2903 39 19
of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in or exported
from People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), the
designated authority, vide its final findings in notification No.15/23/2014-DGAD, dated the
30
th
May, 2016, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the
30
th
May, 2016, had come to the conclusion that -

(i) there was continued dumping of the subject goods from the subject country;
(ii) imports were significantly undercutting the prices of the domestic industry and were
depressing the domestic prices;
(iii) the financial performance of the domestic industry had deteriorated and the dumped
imports from the subject country continued to cause injury to the domestic industry;
(iv) dumping of the subject goods from the subject country was likely to continue if the
current anti-dumping duty ceased,
and had recommended continued imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports
of the subject goods originating in, or exported from, the subject country.
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed an anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, vide,
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No.30/2016-Customs (ADD), dated the 11
th
July, 2016, published vide number G.S.R.
675(E) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the
11
th
July, 2016;

And whereas, M/s. Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd., People’s Republic of
China (Producer or Exporter), M/s Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Products Co., Ltd, People’s
Republic of China (Exporter) and M/s Jiangsu Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd, People’s
Republic of China (Producer) have requested for review in terms of rule 22 of the Customs
Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles
and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in respect of exports of the subject goods made
by them, and the designated authority, vide new shipper review notification No.15/22/2016-
DGAD, dated 27
th
February, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, dated the 27
th
February, 2017, has recommended provisional assessment of all
exports of the subject goods made by the above stated parties till the completion of the review
by it;

Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of rule 22 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 recommendation of the designated authority, hereby orders that
pending the outcome of the said review by the designated authority, the subject goods, when
originating in or exported from the subject country by M/s. Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind.
Co., Ltd., People’s Republic of China (Producer or Exporter), M/s Zhejiang Sanmei
Chemical Products Co., Ltd, People’s Republic of China (Exporter) and M/s Jiangsu Sanmei
Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd, People’s Republic of China (Producer) and imported into India, shall
be subjected to provisional assessment till the review is completed.

2. The provisional assessment may be subject to such security or guarantee as the proper
officer of customs deems fit for payment of the deficiency, if any, in case a definitive anti-
dumping duty is imposed retrospectively, on completion of investigation by the designated
authority.

3. In case of recommendation of anti-dumping duty after completion of the said review
by the designated authority, the importer shall be liable to pay the amount of such anti-
dumping duty recommended on review and imposed on all imports of subject goods when
originating in or exported from the subject country by M/s. Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind.
Co., Ltd., People’s Republic of China (Producer or Exporter), M/s Zhejiang Sanmei
Chemical Products Co., Ltd, People’s Republic of China (Exporter) and M/s Jiangsu Sanmei
Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd, People’s Republic of China (Producer) and imported into India, from
the date of initiation of the said review.
[F.No.354/24/2010-TRU (Pt.-3)]




(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India