[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. 23/2018-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 24
th
April, 2018
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of import of ‘Methyl Ethyl Ketone’ or MEK’
(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under Chapter 29 of the First Schedule
to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff
Act), originating in, or exported from China PR, Japan, South Africa and Taiwan (hereinafter
referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its
final findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide
notification No. 14/26/2016-DGAD, dated the 1
st
February 2018, has come to conclusion that-
(i) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject
countries below normal values;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of dumped subject
imports from subject countries;
and whereas, the designated authority has recommended imposition of definitive anti-
dumping duty equal to difference between the amount indicated in column (8) of the table
below and per unit landed value of the subject goods, provided that the per unit landed value
is less than the value indicated in column (8) of the said table.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of
the said 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, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the
designated authority, hereby imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, the
description of which is specified in column (3) of the table below, falling under tariff items of
the First Schedule to the said 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),
and 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, a
definitive anti-dumping duty as the difference between the amount indicated in column (8),
and per unit landed value of the subject goods, provided that the per unit landed value is less
than the value indicated in column (8), and per unit of measurement as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (9), and in the currency specified in the corresponding entry in
column (10) of the said Table:-
Table
S.
No.
Tariff
item
Description
of goods
County
of
origin
County
of
export
Producer Exporter Amount Unit
of
Mea
sure
Cur
renc
y
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
South
Africa
South
Africa
Sasol South
Africa (Pty)
Ltd.
Sasol Middle
East FZCO
1224.36 MT US$
2 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
South
Africa
South
Africa
Any combination other than (1)
above
1224.36 MT US$
3 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
South
Africa
Any Any Any 1224.36 MT US$
4 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Any South
Africa
Any Any 1224.36 MT US$
5 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Taiwan Taiwan TASCO
Chemical
Corporation
Taiwan
Fieldrich
Corporation
(TFC), Taiwan
Fieldrich
Corporation
(TFC) through
Sojitz Asia Pte.
Ltd.
1112.95 MT US$
6 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Taiwan Taiwan Any combination other than (5)
above
1112.95 MT US$
7 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Taiwan Any Any Any 1112.95 MT US$
8 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Any Taiwan Any Any 1112.95 MT US$
9 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Japan Japan Any Any 1065.66 MT US$
10 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Japan Any Any Any 1065.66 MT US$
2. The anti-dumping duty shall imposed be for a period of three 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:
(i) the landed value of imports shall be the assessable value as determined under the Customs
Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties under sections 3, 3A,
8B, 9 and 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975; and
(ii) 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 Act.
[F.No.354/63/2018 –TRU]
(Mohit Tewari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
11 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Any Japan Any Any 1065.66 MT US$
12 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
China China Any Any 1147.06 MT US$
13 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
China Any Any Any 1147.06 MT US$
14 2914 12
00
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone or
MEK
Any China Any Any 1147.06 MT US$
