Anti-dumping
Duty on Methyl Acetoacetate from China Continue for Five More Years
[Customs Notification No. 31 (ADD) dated 29th
May 2021]
Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification
No. 7/40/2020-DGTR, dated the 30th September, 2020, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, had initiated a review in the matter
of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Methyl Acetoacetate’
(hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under Chapter 29 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), imposed vide notification
of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
No. 22/2016-Customs (ADD), dated the 31st May, 2016, published in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide
number G.S.R. 566(E), dated the 31st May, 2016.
And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping
duty on import of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the
subject country, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide
notification No. 7/40/2020-DGTR, dated the 3rd May, 2021, in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, has come to the conclusion that-
(i) imports from the subject country in relation to
total imports, demand and production continued to be significant despite
anti-dumping duty in existence and the dumping and injury margins determined
for the period of investigation are positive;
(ii) the imports without adding the existing
anti-dumping duty are undercutting the prices of the domestic industry;
(iii) the excess capacity in the subject country is
likely to increase and the landed value of imports is below the net selling
price of the domestic industry in the period of investigation;
(iv) there is likelihood of dumping of the subject
goods from the subject country and consequent injury to the domestic industry
in the event of cessation of the current antidumping duty that is in force on
the import of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject
country;
and has recommended continued imposition of
anti-dumping duty on the subject goods, originating in or exported from the
subject countries.
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 23 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 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), and
imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), as per unit of measurement
as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) and in the currency as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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S. No. |
Tariff item |
Description of goods |
Country of origin |
Country of export |
Producer |
Duty amount |
Unit of measurement |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
1. |
2914 69 30, 2914 69 90, 2915 39 10, 2915
39 40, 2915 39 99, 2918 30 40, 2918 30 60, 2918 30 90, 2918 99 30, 2918 99
90, 2933 19 92 or 2933 19 99
|
Methyl Acetoacetate |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Nantong Acetic Acid Chemical Co.,
Ltd. |
0.277 |
Kg |
USD |
|
2. |
2914 69 30, 2914 69 90, 2915 39 10, 2915
39 40, 2915 39 99, 2918 30 40, 2918 30 60, 2918 30 90, 2918 99 30, 2918 99
90, 2933 19 92 or 2933 19 99
|
Methyl Acetoacetate |
China PR |
Any country including China PR |
Any other than at Sl. No. 1. |
0.404 |
Kg |
USD |
|
3. |
2914 69 30, 2914 69 90, 2915 39 10, 2915
39 40, 2915 39 99, 2918 30 40, 2918 30 60, 2918 30 90, 2918 99 30, 2918 99
90, 2933 19 92 or 2933 19 99
|
Methyl Acetoacetate |
Any other than China PR |
China PR |
Any |
0.404 |
Kg |
USD |
[08-ADD/30.04.2025 – HS Code Substituted]
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this
notification 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 paid 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. CBIC-190354/31/2021-TO(TRU-I)-CBEC]