[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. 26/2021-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 27
th
April, 2021
G.S.R.---(E).- – Whereas, in the matter of ‘l-Phenyl-3-Methyl-5-Pyrazolone’
(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff heading 2933 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) and imported into India, the designated authority in its
preliminary findings vide notification No. 6/32/2019-DGTR, dated the 13
th
April, 2020,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 13
th
April, 2020,
had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject
goods, originating in, or exported from the subject country.
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 9
th
June, 2020 vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 13/2020-Customs (ADD), dated the 9
th
June, 2020,
published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide
number G.S.R. 363(E), dated the 9
th
June, 2020.
And, whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No.
6/32/2019-DGTR, dated the 28
th
January, 2021, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28
th
January, 2021, while confirming the
preliminary findings, dated the 13
th
April, 2020, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) there is substantial increase in imports of subject goods from the subject country in
absolute terms as well as in relation to its production & consumption in India, during
the period of investigation as compared to the previous year;
(ii) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country
below the normal value;
(iii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;
(iv) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the
subject country;
and has recommended imposition of definitive 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
heading 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 equal to the difference between the amount as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (7) and the landed value of the goods, 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), provided that the landed
value is less than the amount indicated in column (7) of the said Table, namely:-
Table
S. No. Tariff
heading
Description
of goods
Country of
origin
Country
of export
Producer Amount Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1. 2933 1-phenyl-3-
methyl-5-
pyrazolone
China PR China PR Any
4.89 Kg USD
2. 2933 1-phenyl-3-
methyl-5-
pyrazolone
China PR Any,
other than
China PR
Any 4.89 Kg USD
3. 2933 1-phenyl-3-
methyl-5-
pyrazolone
Any, other
than China
PR
China PR Any 4.89 Kg USD
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 9
th
June, 2020, 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 9
th
December, 2020,
upto the preceding day of the publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
Explanation 1.- 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) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Act), 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.
Explanation 2.- The landed value of imports for the purpose of this notification shall be the
assessable value as determined by the customs under the Customs Act and applicable level of
custom duties except duties levied under sections 3, 8B, 9, 9A of the Customs Tariff Act.
[F.No. 354/52/2020-TRU]
(Rajeev Ranjan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
