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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. 43/2017-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 30
th
August, 2017
G.S.R. (E).- Whereas in the matter of “Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) of 1500 series and 1700
series,” (hereinafter referred to as ‘the subject goods’) falling under sub-heading 4002 19 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 European Union, Korea RP or Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the
subject countries), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification
number 14/10/2015-DGAD, dated the 12
th
July, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part I, Section 1, dated the 12
th
July, 2017, has come to the conclusion that–
i. there is dumping of product concerned from the subject countries;
ii. the dumped imports from the subject countries are suppressing the prices of the domestic industry,
impacting profitability;
iii. manifestation of the aforesaid injury is both in form of material injury as well as material
retardation,
and, whereas, the designated authority has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping
duty on the imports of 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 definitive anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, the description of which
is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under sub-heading of the First Schedule to the
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), exported from the country 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), as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry
in column (9) and in the currency as specified in column (10) of the said Table, namely :-
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Table
Sl.
No
Sub-
headin
g
Description of
goods *
Country
of origin
Country
of export
Producer Exporter Amoun
t (in
USD)
Uni
t
Cur
ren
cy
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
European
Union
European
Union
Synthos
Kralupy
A.S.,
Czech
Republic
Synthos
Kralupy
A.S., Czech
Republic
207.4
9
M
T
US
$
2 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
European
Union
European
Union
Synthos
Dwory 7
Sp.
Z. Oo,
Poland
Synthos
Dwory 7 Sp.
Z. Oo,
Poland
207.4
9
M
T
US
$
3 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
European
Union
European
Union
Any
combination other
than S. No. 1 & 2
266.0
0
M
T
US
$
4 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
European
Union
Any Any Any 266.0
0
M
T
US
$
5 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
dumping
duty
European
Union
Any Any 266.0
0
M
T
US
$
6 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Korea RP Korea RP Kumho
Petrochemi
cal
Co., Ltd
Kumho
Petrochemic
al
Co., Ltd
33.95 M
T
US
$
7 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Korea RP Korea RP Kumho
Petrochemic
al
Co., Ltd
i. Daewoo
International
Corporation,
Korea RP
ii. Daewoo
International
,
Singapore
33.95 M
T
US
$
3
8 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Korea RP Korea RP LG Chem
Ltd, Korea
RP
LG Chem
Ltd, Korea
RP
28.68 M
T
US
$
9 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Korea RP Korea RP LG Chem
Ltd, Korea
RP
i. LG
Chem
America
Inc.;
ii. Hansuk
Chemica
ls Co.
Ltd;
iii. Everlite
Korea
Co. Ltd.;
iv. Hearty
Chem
Corp.;
v. Wonche
m Ltd
28.68 M
T
US
$
10 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Korea RP Korea RP Any combination other
than S. Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9
64.00 M
T
US
$
11 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Korea RP Any Any Any 64.00 M
T
US
$
12 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
dumping
duty
Korea RP Any Any 64.00 M
T
US
$
13 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Any Korea RP Any Any 64.00 M
T
US
$
14 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Thailand Thailand Any Any 243.6
0
M
T
US
$
4
15 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Thailand Any Any Any
16 4002
19
Emulsion
Styrene
Butadiene
Rubber (E-SBR) of
1500 Series
and 1700
Series
Any
country
other than
those
subject to
anti-
dumping
duty
Thailand Any Any
* Styrene Butadiene Rubber of 1900 Series and Solution SBR are excluded from the scope of the
product under consideration.
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be effective 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 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 Act.
[F.No.354/206/2016 –TRU]
(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
