[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. 20/2016-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 27
th
of May, 2016
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 15/26/2014-
DGAD, dated the 16th March, 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 Coumarin (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff item 2932 20 10
of 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 People’s Republic
of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), imposed vide notification of the
Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 12/2012-
Customs (ADD), dated the 8th February, 2012, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 77(E), dated the 8th
February, 2012;
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 22nd March, 2016 vide notification of the Government of India, in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 08/2015-Customs (ADD), dated the 7th
April, 2015, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
vide number G.S.R 266(E), dated the 7th April, 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. 15/26/2014-DGAD, dated the 2nd March, 2016, in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that –
(i) the subject goods has been exported to India from the subject country below normal
value during the period of investigation (POI) despite the anti-dumping duty in force;
(ii) during the POI and post POI, although dumping has continued and dumping margin
determined is positive, it has not caused injury to the domestic industry;
(iii) Chinese prices to third countries are dumped prices and if the product under
consideration is imported in to India at the said prices, in the event of revocation of
the anti-dumping duty, such imports are likely to cause injury to the domestic
industry.
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, falling under the said tariff item of the
First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column
(2), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and
produced by the producer as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), when exported
from the country as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), by a exporter as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), imported into India, an anti-dumping duty
at a rate which is equivalent to difference between the amount mentioned 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 and the landed value of imported goods in like currency as per like unit of measurement.
Table
S.
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. 2932
20 10
Coumarin
of all types
People’s Republic
of China
People’s
Republic of
China
Any Any 14.02 Kg. US
Dollar
2. 2932
20 10
Coumarin
of all types
Any country other
than People’s
Republic of China
People’s
Republic of
China
Any Any 14.02 Kg. US dollar
3. 2932
20 10
Coumarin
of all types
People’s Republic
of China
Any country
other than
People’s
Republic of
China
Any Any 14.02 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,-
(a) “landed value” means the assessable value as determined under the Customs Act, 1962 (52
of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties levied under sections 3,3A, 8B, 9 and
9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975;
(b) 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. 354/22/2010-TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
