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TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification
No. 37 /2014-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 8th August, 2014
G.S.R. (E). - Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 15/1009/2012-DGAD dated 23rd March, 2013,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, had initiated a review in the matter of continuation of anti-
dumping duty on imports of sodium nitrite (hereinafter referred to as subject goods) falling under heading 2834 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 the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification of the Government
of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 49/2008-Customs, dated the 11th April, 2008, published in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 284 (E), dated the 11th April, 2008;
And whereas, the Central Government had extended the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported
from the subject country upto and inclusive of the 10th April, 2014 vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of
Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 4/2013-Customs (ADD), dated the 10th April, 2013, published in Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R 214 (E), dated the 10th April, 2013;
And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the
subject country, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification No. 15/1009/2012-DGAD, dated 12th
May, 2014, in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) the product under consideration continues to be imported at the dumped prices from the subject country;
(ii) the domestic industry continues to suffer material injury on account of dumped imports;
(iii) the material injury to the domestic industry on account of dumping of subject goods is likely to continue if the anti dumping
duties from subject country are revoked,
and has recommended continued imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from
subject country.
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 23 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
DescriptionCountry of origin Country of export ProducerExporterAmountUnitCurrency
(1)(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)(8)(9)(10)
1.2834 10
Sodium
Nitrite
European Union European Union Any Any3.00MT
US
Dollar
2.2834 10
Sodium
Nitrite
European Union
Any country other than
subject country
Any Any3.00MT
US
Dollar
3.2834 10
Sodium
Nitrite
Any country other than
subject country
European Union Any Any3.00MT
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.354/24/2002-TRU (Pt.-I)]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India