[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. 28/2016-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 5
th
July, 2016
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of “Purified Terephthalic Acid” including its
variants “Medium Quality Terephthalic Acid” and “Qualified Terephthalic Acid” (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) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act),
originating in, or exported from, the People’s Republic of China, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia and
Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated
authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/8/2015-DGAD, dated the 12th
November, 2015, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the
12th November, 2015, had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the
imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries;
And, whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods with effect
from 10
th
December, 2015 vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Finance (Department of Revenue), No.60/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 10th December,
2015, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(i) vide number G.S.R. 952 (E), dated the 10th December, 2015;
And, whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification
No.14/8/2015-DGAD, dated the 9th June, 2016, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part I, Section 1, dated the 9th June, 2016, while confirming the preliminary findings dated the
12th November, 2015, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from subject countries below its normal
value, resulting in dumping;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the subject goods
from the subject countries;
(iii) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject
countries,
and has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the
subject goods originating in, or exported from the subject countries;
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 tariff item 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
S.
No.
Tariff
item
Description
of goods
Country of
origin
Country of
export
Producer Exporter Amount
Unit of
measure
ment
Curren
cy
(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
BP Zhuhai
Chemical
Company Ltd.,
China PR
BP Asia Ltd.
Hong Kong
95.70
Metric
Tonne
US$
2.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
People’s
Republic of
China
People’s
Republic of
China
Any combination other than S.
No.1 above
97.60
Metric
Tonne
US$
3.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
People’s
Republic of
China
Any country
other than those
subject to anti-
dumping duty
Any Any 97.60
Metric
Tonne
US$
4.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Any country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
dumping
duty
People’s
Republic of
China
Any Any 97.60
Metric
Tonne
US$
5.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Indonesia Indonesia
PT BP
Petrochemicals,
lndonesia
BP Asia Ltd.,
Hong Kong
83.08
Metric
Tonne
US$
6.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Indonesia Indonesia
Any combination other than S.
No.5 above
168.76
Metric
Tonne
US$
7.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Indonesia
Any country
other than those
subject to anti-
dumping duty
Any Any 168.76
Metric
Tonne
US$
8.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Any country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
lndonesia Any Any 168.76
Metric
Tonne
US$
dumping
duty
9.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Taiwan Taiwan
China
American
Petrochemical
Co. Ltd.,
Taiwan
BP Asia Ltd.,
Hong Kong
136.72
Metric
Tonne
US$
10.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Taiwan Taiwan
Formosa
Chemicals &
Fibre
Corporation,
Taiwan
Formosa
Chemical &
Fibre
Corporation
Taiwan,
Dinowic Pte
Ltd.,
Singapore
Methyl Co.
Ltd., Taiwan,
ltochu
Corporation
Japan
85.87
Metric
Tonne
US$
11.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Taiwan Taiwan
Any combination other than S.
No.9 and 10 above
153.60
Metric
Tonne
US$
12.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Taiwan
Any country
other than those
subject to anti-
dumping duty
Any Any 153.60
Metric
Tonne
US$
13.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Any country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
dumping
duty
Taiwan Any Any 153.60
Metric
Tonne
US$
14.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
lran lran Any Any 102.86
Metric
Tonne
US$
15.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
lran
Any country
other than those
subject to anti-
dumping duty
Any Any 102.86
Metric
Tonne
US$
16.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Any country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
dumping
duty
lran Any Any 102.86
Metric
Tonne
US$
17.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Malaysia Malaysia Any Any 98.48
Metric
Tonne
US$
18.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Malaysia
Any country
other than those
subject to anti-
dumping duty
Any Any 98.48
Metric
Tonne
US$
19.
2917
36 00
Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Any country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
dumping
duty
Malaysia Any Any 98.48
Metric
Tonne
US$
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of five
years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of imposition of the
provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 10th December, 2015, and shall be payable in Indian
currency:
Provided that the said anti-dumping duty shall not be levied for the period commencing
from the date of the lapse of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 10th June, 2016 upto
the preceding day of the publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purpose 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.354/285/2015-TRU (Pt.-I)]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
