[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. 17/2024-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 27th September, 2024
G.S.R. ...(E).-Whereas, in the matter of “Isobutylene-Isoprene Rubber (‘IIR’)” (hereinafter referred to as the subject
goods), falling under tariff item 4002 31 00 of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975)
(hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from People’s Republic of China,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and United States of America (hereinafter referred to as subject countries) and
imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings, vide notification F. No. 06/05/2023-DGTR,
dated the 29th June, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 30th
June, 2024, has come to the conclusion, inter alia, that-
(i) The Authority has adopted a Product Control Number (PCN) methodology and notified the same.
The methodology has been applied to ensure that the imported and domestic product comparison is fair, the
dumping margin and injury margin are determined by undertaking such fair comparison. The PCN
methodology was developed after due opportunity to all interested parties and taking into account submissions
and comments offered by various interested parties; and the dumping margin is positive and significant;
(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury as a result of the dumped goods from the subject
countries;
(iii) the investigation has not shown that any other factor could have caused injury to the domestic
industry;
and has recommended imposition of an anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in,
or exported from the subject country 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 1975 (51 of 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, 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), which are 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.
no.
Tariff Item Description Country of Origin Country of
Export
Producer Amount Unit Currency
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 4002 31 00 Isobutylene-
Isoprene
Rubber
China Any country,
including China
Any 325 MT USD
2 -do- -do- Any country other
than China,
Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore
China Any 325 MT USD
and the United
States of America
3 -do- -do- Russia Any country,
including Russia
Any 931 MT USD
4 -do- -do- Any country other
than China,
Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore
and the United
States of America
Russia Any 931 MT USD
5 -do- -do- Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Jubail
Petrochemical
Company
594 MT USD
6 -do- -do- Saudi Arabia Any country,
including Saudi
Arabia
Any producer
other than (5)
653 MT USD
7 -do- -do- Any country other
than China,
Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore
and the United
States of America
Saudi Arabia Any 653 MT USD
8 -do- -do- Singapore Singapore ExxonMobil
Asia Pacific Pte
Ltd
1047 MT USD
9 -do- -do- Singapore Any country,
including
Singapore
Any producer
other than (8)
1152 MT USD
10 -do- -do- Any country other
than China,
Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore
and the United
States of America
Singapore Any 1152 MT USD
11 -do- -do- United States of
America
United States of
America
ExxonMobil
Product
Solutions
Company
781 MT USD
12 -do- -do- United States of
America
Any country,
including the
United States of
America
Any producer
other than (11)
859 MT USD
13 -do- -do- Any country other
than China,
Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore
and the United
States of America
United States of
America
Any 859 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, 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 Customs Act.
[F. No. 190354/101/2024-TRU]
(Amreeta Titus)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
