TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF
INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification
No. 23/2015-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 27th May, 2015
G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of Purified Terephthalic Acid including its
variants- Medium Quality Terephthalic Acid (MTA) and Quality Terephthalic Acid (QTA)
(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2917 36 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, the People’s Republic of China, European Union,
Korea RP and Thailand, 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.
14/7/2013-DGAD, dated the 19th June, 2014, had recommended imposition of provisional anti-
dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from, the People’s
Republic of China, European Union, Korea RP and Thailand and imported into India;
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid preliminary findings of the designated
authority, the Central Government had imposed the provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject
goods, originating in, or exported from, the People’s Republic of China, European Union, Korea RP
and Thailand vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department
of Revenue), No. 36/2014-Customs (ADD), dated the 25th July, 2014, published in Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R 541(E), dated the 25th
July, 2014;
And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 vide notification No. 14/7/2013-DGAD, dated the 7th April,
2015, has come to the conclusion that-
(a) the volume of imports from the People’s Republic of China and European Union is
below de minimis level, therefore, imports from the People’s Republic of China
and European Union have been excluded from the purview of the anti-dumping
investigation;
(b) the investigation is with respect to import of subject goods, originating in or
exported from Korea RP and Thailand (hereinafter referred as the subject
countries) only;
(c) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries below its
normal value thus resulting in the dumping;
(d) the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the subject
goods from the subject countries;
(e) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports from the subject
countries,
and has recommended imposition of the definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods,
originating in, or exported from, the subject countries, 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 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), exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry
in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as
specified 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
Sl.
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 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Korea RP Korea RP Samsung
General
Chemical
Co Ltd
Samsung
C&T
27.32 MT US
Dollar
2 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Korea RP Korea RP Taekwang
Industrial
Co Ltd
Taekwang
Industrial
Co Ltd
23.61 MT US
Dollar
3 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Korea RP Korea RP Any combination other
than Sl.No 1 and 2 above
78.28 MT US
Dollar
4 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Korea RP Any country
other than
those countries
subject to anti -
dumping duties
Any Any 78.28 MT US
Dollar
5 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Any country
other than
those countries
Korea RP Any Any 78.28 MT US
Dollar
Note: Purified Terephthalic Acid includes its variants- Medium Quality Terephthalic Acid
(MTA) and Quality Terephthalic Acid (QTA)
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of five
years (unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier) from the date of imposition of the
provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 25th July, 2014, and shall be payable 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.354/95/2014-TRU]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
subject to anti -
dumping duties
6 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Thailand Thailand Indorama
Petrochem
Ltd
Indorama
Petrochem
Ltd
45.43 MT US
Dollar
7 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Thailand Thailand TPT
Petrochemi
cals Public
Limited
TPT
Petrochemi
cals Public
Limited
45.43 MT US
Dollar
8 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Thailand Thailand Any combination other
than Sl.No 6 and 7 above
62.55 MT US
Dollar
9 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Thailand Any country
other than
those countries
subject to anti -
dumping duties
Any Any 62.55 MT US
Dollar
10 2917 36 00 Purified
Terephthalic
Acid
Any country
other than
those countries
subject to anti -
dumping duties
Thailand Any Any 62.55 MT US
Dollar
