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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.24/2018-Customs (ADD)


New Delhi, the 7
th
May, 2018

G.S.R._____(E).- Whereas, in the matter of import of ‘Jute Products’ namely, Jute Yarn/Twine
(multiple folded/cabled and single), Hessian fabric, and Jute sacking bags (hereinafter referred
to as the subject goods) falling under Tariff Headings 5307, 5310, 5607 or 6305 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 Bangladesh and Nepal (hereinafter referred to as
subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority, vide its final findings in
notification No. 14/19/2015-DGAD, dated the 20
th
October, 2016, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 20
th
October, 2016 had 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 profitability return on
investments and cash flow;
(iv) injury to domestic industry has been caused by dumped imports;

and had recommended continued imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of
the subject goods originating in, or exported from, the subject countries;
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. 01/2017-
Customs (ADD), dated the 5
th
January, 2017, published vide number G.S.R. 11(E) in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 5
th
January, 2017;
And whereas, M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. (Producer/Exporter) and M/s SMP International,
LLC, USA (Exporter/ Trader) 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. 7/7/2018-
DGAD dated the 27
th
March 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section I, dated the 27
th
March, 2018, 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 Bangladesh by M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. (Producer/Exporter)
and M/s SMP International, LLC, USA (Exporter/ Trader) 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 Bangladesh by M/s. Roman Jute Mills Ltd. (Producer/Exporter) and M/s SMP
International, LLC, USA (Exporter/ Trader) and imported into India, from the date of initiation
of the said review.

[F.No.354/211/2016-TRU]

(Mohit Tewari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India