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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDI NARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification
No. 12/2016-Customs (ADD)

New Delhi, the 29
th
March, 2016

G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of ‘Glazed/Unglazed Porcelain/Vitrified tiles in
polished or unpolished finish with less than 3% water absorption’ (hereinafter referred to as
the subject goods) falling under heading
6907, 6908 or 6914 of the First Schedule to the
Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in or exported from the China PR,
(hereinafter referred to as the subject country), and imported into India, the designated authority
in its preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section
1,
vide notification No. 14/14/2014-DGAD dated the 11
th
March, 2016, has come to the
conclusion that –
(a)
the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country below normal
value;
(b)
the domestic industry has suffered injury on account of import of the subject goods
from the subject country;
(c)
the injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject
country.

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on 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-section (2) of section 9A of
the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), read with rules 13 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
preliminary 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 heading 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), 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 the exporter as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (7), imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to
the amount as indicated 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, namely:-

Table

S.
N.
Headi
ng
Description of goods
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Pro
duc
er
Ex
por
ter
Duty
amou
nt
Uni
t
Curren
cy
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1.
6907,
6908,
6914
Glazed/Unglazed
Porcelain/Vitrified tiles in
polished or unpolished finish
with less than 3% water
absorption
China
PR
China PR Any Any 1.37
Squ
are
Me
ter
US
Dollar
2.
6907,
6908,
6914
Glazed/Unglazed
Porcelain/Vitrified tiles in
polished or unpolished finish
with less than 3% water
absorption
China
PR
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
dumping
duty
Any Any 1.37
Squ
are
Me
ter
US
Dollar
3.
6907,
6908,
6914
Glazed/Unglazed
Porcelain/Vitrified tiles in
polished or unpolished finish
with less than 3% water
absorption
Any
country
other
than
those
subject
to anti-
dumpin
g duty
China PR Any Any 1.37
Squ
are
Me
ter
US
Dollar
 
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period not
exceeding six months (unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from the date of
publication of this notification in the Gazette of India 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, under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and the relevant date for
determination of the rate of exchange shall be the date of presentation of the bill of entry under
section 46 of the said Act.

[F. No. 354/24/2016 – TRU]



(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India