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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. 23/2016-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 06
th
June, 2016

G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, the Designated Authority, vide notification No. 15/2/2015-DGAD dated
the 13th April, 2015, 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 Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE (hereinafter
referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff item 3904 61 00 of Chapter 39 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 Russia (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification of the
Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 57/2010-Customs, dated the 3rd
May, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number
G.S.R. 373(E), dated the 3rd May, 2010;

And whereas, the Central Government had extended the period of imposition of anti-dumping duty on
the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country upto and inclusive of the 2nd May, 2016
vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.
17/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 1st May, 2015, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R 350(E), dated the 1st May, 2015;

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. 15/2/2015-DGAD, dated the 12th April, 2016, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1, has come to the conclusion that –

(i) there is continued dumping of the subject goods from the subject country, causing injury to the
domestic industry;
(ii) the dumped imports from the subject country continue to cause injury to the domestic industry; and
(iii) dumping of the subject goods from the subject country is likely to continue / intensify should the
antidumping duty be revoked,
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating
in, or exported from 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 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, specification of which is
specified in column (4), falling under tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, specified in
the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries specified in the corresponding entry in
column (5), exported from the countries specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), produced by the
producers specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), exported by the exporters specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8) and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to
the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column (9), in the currency specified in the corresponding
entry in column (11) and as per unit of measurement specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) of the
said Table, namely:-

Table
Sl.
No.
Tariff
Item
Description of
goods
Specifi
cation
Country of
origin
Country of
export
Producer Exporter Amount Unit Curren
cy
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1. 3904 61
00
Polytetrafluoroethyl
ene (PTFE)
Any Russia Russia Any Any 739.77 MT US
Dollar
2. 3904 61
00
Polytetrafluoroethyl
ene (PTFE)
Any Russia Any other
than Russia
Any Any 739.77 MT US
Dollar
3. 3904 61
00
Polytetrafluoroethyl
ene (PTFE)
Any Any other
than
Russia or
People’s
Republic
of China
Russia Any Any 739.77 MT 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. 354/106/2004-TRU (Pt.-I)]


(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India