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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. 71/2021 -Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 17
th
December, 2021
G.S.R.---(E).- Whereas, in the matter of “Sodium Hydrosulphite” (hereinafter referred to as the
subject goods), falling under headings 2831 and 2832 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 People’s
Republic of China and Korea RP (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. 6/35/2020-DGTR, dated the 14
th
September, 2021, has come to the conclusion that imposition
of anti-dumping duty is required to offset the injury to the domestic industry caused by the dumped imports of
subject goods from the subject country and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on
imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country and imported into India;
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 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), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount specified in the
corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) and as
per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely :-
Table
SN Heading Description of
goods
Country of
origin
Country of
export
Producer Amount Currency Unit
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 2831 and
2832
Sodium
Hydrosulpite
China PR Any
country
including
China PR
Any 440 USD MT
2 2831 and
2832
Sodium
Hydrosulpite
Any
country
other than
China PR
and Korea
RP
China PR Any 440 USD MT
3 2831 and
2832
Sodium
Hydrosulpite
Korea RP Any
country
including
Korea RP
Any 300 USD MT
4 2831 and
2832
Sodium
Hydrosulpite
Any
country
other than
China PR
and Korea
RP
Korea RP Any 300 USD MT

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, the rate of exchange applicable for the 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. CBIC-190354/242/2021-TO(TRU-1)-CBEC]


(Rajeev Ranjan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.