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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.53/2016-Customs (ADD)

New Delhi, the 25
th
November, 2016

G.S.R. (E). – Whereas in the matter of “Low Ash Metallurgical Coke” (hereinafter
referred to as the subject goods) falling under sub-heading 2704 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, Australia 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.14/9/2015-DGAD, dated the 20
th
October, 2016, has
come to the conclusion that–

(i) the dumped imports of subject goods from subject countries increased significantly in the Period
of Injury as compared to the base year 2011-12;
(ii) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below normal values, the
dumping margins are positive and significant;
(iii) the domestic industry suffered material injury on account of subject imports from the subject
countries;
(iv) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject
countries,

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 sub-heading 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
Sl.
No
Sub-
heading
Description of goods Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amou
nt
Unit of
measure
ment
Curre
ncy
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

1. 2704 00 Low Ash Metallurgical
Coke excluding
Metallurgical Coke
with ash content in
excess of 18%.
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Any Any 25.20 Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
2. 2704 00 Low Ash Metallurgical
Coke excluding
Metallurgical Coke
with ash content in
excess of 18%.
People’s
Republic
of China
Any
country
other than
subject
countries
Any Any 25.20 Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
3. 2704 00 Low Ash Metallurgical
Coke excluding
Metallurgical Coke
with ash content in
excess of 18%.
Any
country
other than
subject
countries
People’s
Republic
of China
Any Any 25.20 Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
4. 2704 00 Low Ash Metallurgical
Coke excluding
Metallurgical Coke
with ash content in
excess of 18%.
Australia Australia Any Any 16.29 Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
5. 2704 00 Low Ash Metallurgical
Coke excluding
Metallurgical Coke
with ash content in
excess of 18%.
Australia Any
country
other than
subject
countries
Any Any 16.29 Metric
Tonne
US
Dollar
6. 2704 00 Low Ash Metallurgical
Coke excluding
Metallurgical Coke
with ash content in
excess of 18%.
Any
country
other than
subject
countries
Australia Any Any 16.29 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 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.354/193/2016-TRU]




(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India