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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. 8 /2013-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, dated the 18
th
April, 2013

G.S.R. (E). – Whereas, in the matter of Soda Ash (hereinafter referred to as the
subject goods), falling under sub-heading 283620 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, Russia and Turkey (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and
imported into India, the designated authority vide its final findings No. 14/3/2011-DGAD
dated the 9
th
Febuary, 2013, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1,
dated the 9
th
Febuary, 2013, had come to the conclusion that-
(a) the subject goods have entered the Indian market from the subject countries below
associated normal values, thus resulting in dumping of the subject goods;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury in respect of the subject goods; and
(c) the material injury to the domestic industry has been caused due to dumped imports of
the subject goods from the subject countries,
and had recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject
goods, originating in or exported from, the subject countries,
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9A
of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, 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, on the basis of the
aforesaid findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the goods, the description
of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under sub-heading of the First
Schedule to the said 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), and
exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), and
produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), and

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 per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column
(9) of the said Table:-
Table
S. N. Sub-
heading
Description
of goods
Country of
origin
Country of
exports
Producer Exporter Amount Unit of
measurement
Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Russia Russia Any Any
35.99
MT US$
2 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Russia Any country
other than
those
subject to
antidumping
duties
Any Any 35.99 MT US$
3 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Any country
other than
those
subject to
antidumping
duties
Russia Any Any 35.99 MT US$
4
283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Turkey
Turkey
Soda Sanayii
A.S

Soda Sanayii
A.S
18.39 MT US$
5 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Turkey Turkey Soda Sanayii
A.S
Vincom
Commodities
Limited, UK

18.39 MT US$
6 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Turkey Turkey ETI Soda ETI Soda 21.00 MT US$
7 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Turkey Turkey ETI Soda Vincom
Commodities
Limited, UK

21.00 MT US$

8 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Turkey Turkey Any combination other than
mentioned in Sl. No.4 to 7
above
4

t
o

7

a
b
o
v
e

75.16 MT US$
9 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Turkey Any country
other than those
subject to
antidumping
duties

Any Any 75.16 MT US$
10 283620 Disodium
Carbonate
(Soda ash)
Any country
other than those
subject to
antidumping
duties

Turkey Any Any 75.16 MT US$


2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period
of five years (unless revoked, amended and superseded 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
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 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.354/30/2013-TRU]



(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.