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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. 21/2024-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 22
nd
October, 2024
G.S.R. …(E).- Whereas, in the matter of “Sulphur Black” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods),
falling under tariff items 3204 11 96, 3204 12 18, 3204 19 11, 3204 19 25,3204 19 58, 3204 19 64, 3204 19 67,
3204 19 79 or 3204 90 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 China PR (hereinafter referred to as the
subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification F. No.
6/08/2023-DGTR, dated the 7
th
August, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
dated the 7
th
August, 2024, has, inter alia, come to the conclusion that-
(i) the product under consideration has been exported to India at a price below normal value, thus
resulting in dumping;
(ii) the dumping of the subject goods has resulted in material injury to the domestic industry in
India;
(iii) the landed price of imports is below the level of selling price of the domestic industry and is
undercutting the prices of the domestic industry,

and has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or
exported from the subject country and imported into India, 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 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), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and
as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the said Table, namely :-


TABLE
Sl.
No.
Tariff item Description
Country
of Origin
Country of
Export
Producer Amount Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1.
3204 11 96,
3204 12 18,
3204 19 11,
3204 19 25,
3204 19 58,
3204 19 64,
3204 19 67,
3204 19 79 or
Sulphur Black China PR China PR Shandong
Dyeriyarn
Ecochem
Co., Ltd.
271 MT USD

3204 90 00
2.
-do- -do- China PR Any
country,
including
China PR
Any
producer
other than
Shandong
Dyeriyarn
Ecochem
Co., Ltd.
389 MT USD
3.
-do- -do- Any
country
other
than
China PR
China PR Any 389 MT USD
Note: The Customs classification is only indicative and is not binding on the scope of the present investigation.
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 publication of this notification in the Official Gazette
and shall be payable in Indian currency.
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. CBIC-190354/156/2024-TRU Section-CBEC]

(Amreeta Titus)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India