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[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. 08/2024-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 16
th
May, 2024
G.S.R. …(E).- Whereas, in the matter of “Pentaerythritol” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods),
falling under tariff item 2905 42 90 of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975)
(hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from China PR, Saudi Arabia and
Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its
final findings, vide notification F. No. 06/04/2023-DGTR, dated the 20
th
February, 2024, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 20
th
February, 2024, has come to the conclusion,
inter alia that-
(i) the product under consideration has been exported to India at a price below normal value, thus
resulting in dumping;
(ii) the domestic industry is suffering material injury;
(iii) the material injury suffered by the domestic industry has been caused by the dumped imports
from subject countries,

and has recommended imposition of 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 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
item 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 at the rate equal to the amount as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (7), 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) of the said Table, namely :-

TABLE
S.
No.
Tariff
item
Description
of goods
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer
/exporter
Amount Unit of
measureme
nt
Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1.
2905 42 90 Pentaerythritol China PR Any
country
including
China PR
Any
345.15 MT USD
2.
2905 42 90 Pentaerythritol Any
country
other
China PR Any
345.15 MT USD

than
China PR
3.
2905 42 90 Pentaerythritol Saudi
Arabia
Any
country
including
Saudi
Arabia
Any
300.15 MT USD
4.
2905 42 90 Pentaerythritol Any
country
other
than
Saudi
Arabia
Saudi
Arabia
Any
300.15 MT USD
5.
2905 42 90 Pentaerythritol Taiwan Any
country
including
Taiwan
Any
499.01 MT USD
6.
2905 42 90 Pentaerythritol Any
country
other
than
Taiwan
Taiwan Any
499.01 MT 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 publication of this notification in the Official Gazette
and shall be payable in Indian currency.
Explanation.- 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), 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. CBIC-190354/56/2024-TRU Section-CBEC]

(Nitish Karnatak)
Under Secretary to the Government of India