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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)
New Delhi, the 25
th
February, 2025
NOTIFICATION
No. 01/2025-Customs (CVD)

G.S.R….(E). -Whereas, in the matter of “Saccharin in all its forms” (hereinafter referred to as the
subject goods) falling under tariff item 2925 11 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 (hereinafter
referred to as the subject country), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, vide notification No. 7/34/2023-DGTR, dated
the 27
th
November, 2024, has inter alia come to the conclusion that the cessation of countervailing duty is likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of subsidization and injury to the domestic industry and has recommended
continued imposition of countervailing duty on imports of the subject goods originating in or exported from the
subject country.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (6) of section 9 of the
Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 20, 22 and 24 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and
Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 and in
supersession of the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
number 2/2019-Customs (CVD), dated the 30
th
August, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 610(E), dated the 30
th
August, 2019, except as respects
things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, 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 items of the First Schedule to the
Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in or exported from the
countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), produced by the producers as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (5), and imported into India, a countervailing duty of an amount as specified in
the corresponding entry in column (6) of the said Table, namely:

Table
S. No. Tariff Item Description of
goods
Country of
Origin/Export
Producer Duty amount as % of
CIF Value
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1. 2925 11 00 Saccharin in all its
forms
China PR Any 20

2. The countervailing 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,
(a) the rate of exchange applicable for the purposes of calculation of such countervailing
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;
(b) “CIF value” means the assessable value as determined under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52
of 1962).

[F. No. CBIC-190354/18/2025-TRU Section-CBEC]

(Amreeta Titus)
Director