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. 36 /2011-Customs
New Delhi, 18
th
April, 2011
G.S.R. (E). - Whereas in the matter of imports of Acetone [hereinafter referred to as the subject goods], falling under sub-
heading 2914 11 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from,
Thailand and Japan (hereinafter referred as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its
preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/31/2009-DGAD, dated the 16th February, 2010, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part I, section 1, dated the 16th February, 2010, had come to the conclusion that -
(a) the subject goods had been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value;
(b) the domestic industry had suffered material injury;
(c) the injury had been caused by the dumped imports from subject countries;
and had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported
from, the subject countries;
And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed
provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods vide notification No. 45/2010-Customs, dated the 9
th
April, 2010,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 309(E), dated the 9
th
April, 2010;
And whereas, the designated authority, in its final findings vide notification No. 14/31/2009-DGAD dated the 19
th
January,2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, section 1, dated the 19
th
January,2011, had come to the
conclusion that-
(a) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject countries below its associated normal value,
thus resulting in dumping of the product;
(b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury in respect of the subject goods;
(c) the material injury has been caused by dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject countries;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said
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 definitive anti- dumping duty 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 country specified in the corresponding entry in
column (4), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer
specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column
(7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated 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
Sl.
No
Sub
heading
Description
of goods
Country of origin Country of exportProducerExporter Amount
Unit of
measurement
Currency
(1)(2)(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)(9) (10)
1.
2914
11 00
AcetoneThailand Thailand
M/s PTT
Phenol
Company
Limited,
Thailand
M/s PTT Phenol
Company
Limited,
Thailand
NilMT USD
2.
2914
11 00
AcetoneThailand Thailand
M/s PTT
Phenol
Company
Limited,
Thailand.
M/s PTT Public
Company Ltd.
NilMT USD
3.
2914
11 00
AcetoneThailand Thailand
M/s PTT
Phenol
Company
Limited,
Thailand.
Mitsui & Co.
Ltd., Japan
(MBK) OR
Mitsui & Co.
(Asia Pacific)
Pte. Ltd.,
Singapore
NilMT USD
4.
2914
11 00
AcetoneThailand Thailand
Any
combination
other than at
Sl.no.1 to3
above.
85.85 MTUSD
5.
2914
11 00
AcetoneThailand
Any other than
Singapore,
USA,South
Africa, EU,Korea
RP, Taiwan and
Japan
Any Any 85.85MT USD
6.
2914
11 00
Acetone
Any other than
Singapore,USA,South
Africa, EU,Korea RP,
Taiwan and Japan
Thailand Any Any 85.85MT USD
7.
2914
11 00
AcetoneJapan Japan
Mitsui
Chemicals
Inc. Japan
Mitsui & Co.
Ltd., Japan
(MBK) & Mitsui
& Co. (Asia
Pacific) Pte.
Ltd., Singapore
NilMT USD
8.
2914
11 00
AcetoneJapan Japan
Any
combination
other than at
Sl.no.7
above.
94.96 MTUSD
9.
2914
11 00
AcetoneJapan
Any other than
Singapore, USA,
South Africa,
EU,KoreaRP
Taiwan and
Thailand
Any Any 94.96MT USD
10.
2914
11 00
Acetone
Any other than
Singapore, USA,
South Africa,
EU,KoreaRP Taiwan
and Thailand
Japan Any Any 94.96MT USD
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended
earlier) from the date of imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, that is, the 9
th
April, 2010, 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 Customs Act.
[F.No.354/25/2010 -TRU]
(Sanjeev Kumar Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
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