Provisional Anti-dumping
Duty Slapped on Purified Terephthalic Acid from
China, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan
[Customs
Notification No. 60 (ADD) dated 10th December 2015]
Whereas, in the
matter of Purified Terephthalic Acid including its
variants Medium Quality Terephthalic Acid and Qualified
Terephthalic Acid (hereinafter referred to as the
subject goods), falling under tariff item 2917 36 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 the People’s Republic
of China, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as the
subject countries), and imported into India, the designated authority in its
preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I,
Section 1,vide notification number 14/8/2015-DGAD, dated the 12th
November, 2015, has come to the provisional conclusion that
(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from subject
countries below its normal value, thus resulting in dumping;
(ii) the
domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the subject
goods from the subject countries;
(iii) the
material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of subject goods from the
subject countries,
and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports
of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from 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 (2) of section 9A of the
Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 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 preliminary 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), exported by the exporters as
specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), imported into India, an
anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (8) in the currency as specified in the
corresponding entry in column (10) and as per unit of measurement as specified
in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table, namely:-
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Table |
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SNo. |
Tariff item |
Description
of goods |
Country of
origin |
Country of
export |
Producer |
Exporter |
Amount |
Unit |
Currency |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
1. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Peoples
Republic of China |
Peoples
Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
80.13 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
2. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Peoples
Republic of China |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Any |
Any |
80.13 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
3. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Peoples
Republic of China |
Any |
Any |
80.13 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
4. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Indonesia |
Indonesia |
Any |
Any |
76.13 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
5. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Indonesia |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Any |
Any |
76.13 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
6. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Indonesia |
Any |
Any |
76.13 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
7. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Iran |
Iran |
Any |
Any |
108.28 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
8. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Iran |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Any |
Any |
108.28 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
9. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Iran |
Any |
Any |
108.28 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
10. |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Malaysia |
Malaysia |
Any |
Any |
98.15 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
11 |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Malaysia |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Any |
Any |
98.15 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
12 |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Malaysia |
Any |
Any |
98.15 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
13 |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Taiwan |
Taiwan |
Any |
Any |
56.94 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
14 |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Taiwan |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Any |
Any |
56.94 |
MT |
US Dollar |
|
15 |
2917 36 00 |
Purified Terephthalic Acid |
Any country
other than subject to anti-dumping duty |
Taiwan |
Any |
Any |
56.94 |
MT |
US Dollar |
Note: Purified Terephthalic Acid includes its variants- Medium Quality Terephthalic Acid and Qualified Terephthalic
Acid.
2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be
effective for a period not exceeding six months (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 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. 354/285/2015-TRU]