[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. 25/2021-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 26
th
April, 2021
G.S.R. ---(E). - Whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on imports of
‘Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)’ falling under the tariff item 3904 61 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, the designated authority, vide its final
findings in notification No. 15/11/2016-DGAD, dated the 23
rd
June, 2017, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 23
rd
June, 2017, had
recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE,
originating in or exported from China PR.
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the
Central Government had imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE)’, originating in or exported from China PR, vide notification of the Government of
India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.36/2017-Customs (ADD),
dated the 28
th
July, 2017, published vide number G.S.R. 966(E) in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 28
th
July, 2017.
And whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No.07/22/2020-DGTR, dated
the 19
th
June, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 dated
the 19
th
June, 2020, in the matter of circumvention of the anti-dumping duty imposed on
imports of ‘Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)’ originating in or exported from China PR, had
initiated an investigation to determine the need for extending the anti-dumping duty imposed
on imports of ‘Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)’, originating in or exported from China PR,
vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue), No. 36/2017-Customs (ADD), dated the 28
th
July, 2017, published vide number
G.S.R. 966(E) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated
the 28
th
July, 2017, to the imports of ‘Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Products’ (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘subject goods’) falling under the tariff headings 3904, 3907, 3910, 3916,
3917, 3918, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3922, 3923, 3924, 3925 and 3926 of the First Schedule to the
Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from China PR (hereinafter referred to as the
subject country) into India.
And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification
No.07/22/2020-DGTR, dated the 27
th
January, 2021, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) there has been a change in pattern of trade in case of subject goods from the subject
country;
(ii) the value addition in converting Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to subject goods is
significantly less than that the prescribed threshold in the Customs Tariff
(Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped
Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the
Anti-dumping Rules);
(iii) imports of subject goods from the subject country are entering at dumped prices;
(iv) the import of subject goods from the subject country has undermined the remedial
effect of existing anti-dumping measure on the imports of Polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE) originating in or exported from China PR,
and has recommended imposition of the existing anti-dumping duty imposed on the
imports of ‘Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)’, originating in or exported from China PR, vide
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No. 36/2017-Customs (ADD), dated the 28
th
July, 2017, published vide number G.S.R.
966(E) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the
28
th
July, 2017, on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1), (1A) and (5)
of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rule 27 of the Anti-dumping Rules, 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 heading 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
S.No. Tariff
heading
Description
of goods
Specifi
cation
Country
of origin
Country
of
export
Producer Exporter Amount Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1. 3904,
3907,
3910,
3916,
3917,
3918,
3919,
3920,
3921,
3922,
Polytetraflu
orethylene
(PTFE)
Products *
Any China PR China
PR
Any Any 2637 MT US Dollar
3923,
3924,
3925,
3926
2. 3904,
3907,
3910,
3916,
3917,
3918,
3919,
3920,
3921,
3922,
3923,
3924,
3925,
3926
Polytetraflu
orethylene
(PTFE)
Products *
Any China PR Any
other
than
Russia
or China
PR
Any Any 2637 MT US Dollar
3. 3904,
3907,
3910,
3916,
3917,
3918,
3919,
3920,
3921,
3922,
3923,
3924,
3925,
3926
Polytetraflu
orethylene
(PTFE)
Products *
Any Any other
than
Russia or
China PR
China
PR
Any Any 2637 MT US Dollar
* includes PTFE Products or Processed PTFE Components, including and not limited to
bush, rod, sheet, tape, tube and thread seal tape.
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective from the date
of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and will be co-terminus with the
anti-dumping duty on Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as levied vide aforesaid notification
No. 36/2017-Customs (ADD), dated the 28
th
July, 2017, published vide number G.S.R.
966(E), dated the 28
th
July, 2017 (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier), and the
anti-dumping duty 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. 354/113/2020-TRU]
(Rajeev Ranjan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
