[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. 36/2014-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 25th July, 2014
G.S.R. (E). -WHEREAS in the matter of 'Purified Terephthalic Acid' (PTA) including its variants - Medium Quality Terephthalic
Acid (MTA) and Qualified Terephthalic Acid (QTA) (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff item 2917
36 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from the People's Republic
of China, European Union, Korea RP and Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and imported into India,
the designated authority in its preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide
notification No. 14/7/2013-DGAD dated 19th June, 2014, has come to the conclusion that -
(a) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below their normal value thus resulting in the
dumping ;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the subject goods from the subject countries;
(c) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports from the subject countries.
AND WHEREAS, the designated authority in its aforesaid findings, has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping
duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries and imported into India, in order to remove injury
to the domestic industry;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51
of 1975), read with rules 13 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
preliminary 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 Tariff Item of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and
produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), when exported from the country as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (5), by the exporter 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 indicated 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
Table
Sl.No.
Tariff
Item
Description
of goods
Country of originCountry of exportProducer Exporter AmountUnitCurrency
(1)(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)(9)(10)
1
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
People's Republic of
China
People's Republic
of
China
Any Any 62.82
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
2
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
People's Republic of
China
Any country other
than those subject to
anti -dumping duty.
Any Any 62.82
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
3
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Any country other
than those subject
to anti -dumping
duty.
People's
Republic of
China
Any Any 62.82
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
4
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Korea RP Korea RP
Samsung General
Chemical Co Ltd
Samsung C&T29.86
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
5
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Korea RP Korea RP
Taekwang
Industrial Co Ltd
Taekwang
Industrial Co
Ltd
19.05
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
6
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Korea RP Korea RP
Any combination
other than Sl.No 4
and 5 above
117.09
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
7
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Korea RP
Any country other
than those subject to
anti -dumping duty.
Any Any 117.09
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
8
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Any country other
than those subject
to anti -dumping
duty.
Korea RP Any Any 117.09
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
9
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Thailand Thailand
Indorama
Petrochem Ltd
Indorama
Petrochem Ltd
27.49
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
10
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Thailand Thailand
TPT
Petrochemicals
Public Limited
TPT
Petrochemicals
Public Limited
27.49
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
11
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Thailand Thailand
Any combination
other than Sl.No 9
and 10 above
99.51
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
12
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Thailand
Any country other
than those subject to
anti -dumping duty.
Any Any 99.51
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
13
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Any country other
than those subject
to anti -dumping
duty.
Thailand Any Any 99.51
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
14
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
European UnionEuropean Union Any Any 23.75
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
15
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
Any country other
than those subject
to anti -dumping
duty.
European Union Any Any 23.75
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
16
2917
36
00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid.
European Union
Any country other
than those subject to
anti -dumping duty.
Any Any 23.75
Metric
Tonnes
United
States
Dollar
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period not exceeding six months (unless revoked,
amended or superseded earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Gazette of India 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, under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and the relevant
date for 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.354/95/2014 -TRU]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
