[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. 24/2024-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 11
th
November, 2024
G.S.R. …(E).- Whereas, in the matter of “Epichlorohydrin” (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under tariff item 2910 30 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, Korea RP and
Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its
final findings vide notification F. No. 6/15/2023-DGTR, dated the 14
th
August, 2024, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 14
th
August, 2024, has, inter alia, come to the conclusion that-
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India at a price below normal value, thus resulting in
dumping;
(ii) the dumping of the subject goods has materially retarded the establishment of domestic
industry in India;
(iii) the landed price of imports is below the level of selling price of the domestic industry and is
undercutting the prices of the domestic industry,
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.
N.
Tariff
item
Description Country of
origin
Country of
export
Producer Amount Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 2910 30
00
Epichlorohydrin Thailand Thailand AGC
Vinythai
Public
Company
Limited
(AVT)
(Formerly
known as
298 MT USD
Advanced
Biochemicals
(Thailand)
Co., Ltd.)
2 -do- -do- Thailand Any
country,
including
Thailand
Any
producer
other than (1)
327 MT USD
3 -do- -do- Any
country
other than
Thailand,
China PR
and Korea
RP
Thailand Any 327 MT USD
4 -do- -do- Korea RP Korea RP Hanwha
Solutions
Corporation
274 MT USD
5 -do- -do- Korea RP Korea RP Lotte Fine
Chemical
Co. Ltd.
506 MT USD
6 -do- -do- Korea RP Any
country,
including
Korea RP
Any
producer
other than (4)
and (5)
557 MT USD
7 -do- -do- Any
country
other than
Thailand,
China PR
and Korea
RP
Korea RP Any 557 MT USD
8 -do- -do- China PR China PR Jiangsu
Ruixiang
Chemical
Co., Ltd
108 MT USD
9 -do- -do- China PR China PR Ningbo
Huanyang
New
Material Co.,
Ltd.
Nil MT USD
10 -do- -do- China PR Any
country,
including
China PR
Any
producer
other than (8)
and (9)
216 MT USD
11 -do- -do- Any
country
other than
Thailand,
China PR
and Korea
RP
China PR Any 216 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, the 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 Act.
[F. No. CBIC-190354/165/2024-TRU Section-CBEC]
(Amreeta Titus)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India