[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. 22/2016-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 31
st
May, 2016
G.S.R. (E). –Whereas, in the matter of ‘Methyl Acetoacetate’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under Chapter 29 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 United States of
America and the People’s Republic of China (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 number 14/7/2014-DGAD, dated the 1st April, 2016, has come to the conclusion
that –
(i) the subject goods has been exported to India from the subject countries below normal values;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from the subject
countries;
(iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject
countries;
and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of 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-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, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the
description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff items 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 (4), and exported from the countries specified in the
corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producers specified in the corresponding entry in column
(6), exported by the exporters specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and imported into India, an
anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the
currency specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement specified in the
corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-
Table
Sl.
No.
Tariff Item Description of
goods
Country of
origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amount Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1. 2914 69 90,
2915 39 10,
2915 39 40,
2915 39 90,
2918 30 40
2918 30 90,
2933 19 90,
2941 00 90
or
2918 99 00
Methyl
Acetoacetate
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Qingdao
Double-
Peach
Specialty
Chemicals
(Group)
Co.,
Ltd.
Qingdao
Double-
Peach
Specialty
Chemical
s
(Group)
Co.,
Ltd.
0.353 Kg US Dollar
2. 2914 69 90,
2915 39 10,
2915 39 40,
2915 39 90,
2918 30 40
2918 30 90,
2933 19 90,
2941 00 90
or
2918 99 00
Methyl
Acetoacetate
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Nantong
Acetic Acid
Chemical
Co.,
Ltd.
Nantong
Tianhong
Internati
onal
Trade
Co., Ltd.
0.277 Kg US Dollar
3. 2914 69 90,
2915 39 10,
2915 39 40,
2915 39 90,
2918 30 40
2918 30 90,
2933 19 90,
2941 00 90
or
2918 99 00
Methyl
Acetoacetate
People’s
Republic
of China
People’s
Republic
of China
Any combination other
than the combinations
specified above
0.404 Kg US Dollar
4. 2914 69 90,
2915 39 10,
2915 39 40,
2915 39 90,
2918 30 40
2918 30 90,
2933 19 90,
2941 00 90
Methyl
Acetoacetate
People’s
Republic
of China
Any Any Any 0.404 Kg US Dollar
or
2918 99 00
5. 2914 69 90,
2915 39 10,
2915 39 40,
2915 39 90,
2918 30 40
2918 30 90,
2933 19 90,
2941 00 90
or
2918 99 00
Methyl
Acetoacetate
Any
country
other than
the subject
countries
People’s
Republic
of China
Any Any 0.404 Kg US Dollar
6. 2914 69 90,
2915 39 10,
2915 39 40,
2915 39 90,
2918 30 40
2918 30 90,
2933 19 90,
2941 00 90
or
2918 99 00
Methyl
Acetoacetate
United
States of
America
United
States of
America
Eastman
Chemical
Company
Eastman
Chemical
Ltd,
Singapor
e
0.243 Kg US Dollar
7. 2914 69 90,
2915 39 10,
2915 39 40,
2915 39 90,
2918 30 40
2918 30 90,
2933 19 90,
2941 00 90
or
2918 99 00
Methyl
Acetoacetate
United
States of
America
Any Any Any 0.293 Kg US Dollar
8. 2914 69 90,
2915 39 10,
2915 39 40,
2915 39 90,
2918 30 40
2918 30 90,
2933 19 90,
2941 00 90
or
2918 99 00
Methyl
Acetoacetate
Any
country
other than
the subject
countries
United
States of
America
Any Any 0.293 Kg 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 calculation of
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. 354/297/2015-TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
