Anti-dumping Duty of US$ 152.78 Per MT on Sodium Citrate from China to Continue for Another Five Years on Daffodil Pharmachem Complaint

· Sodium Citrate is used as an Emulsifier to Control the Acidity Level in Food

· No Change in the New Anti-dumping Duty from old Duty

· The Current Notification 10/2025-Customs(ADD) dated 8 May, 2025 supersedes Notification No. 8/2020-Customs (CVD) dated 19.05.2020.

[Notification No. 10/2025-Customs (ADD) dated 8 May, 2025]

Seeks to continue imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty on imports of “Sodium Citrate” originating in or exported from China PR

G.S.R...(E).- Whereas, the designated authority, vide notification No. 7/08/2024-DGTR, dated the 30th September, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated 30th September, 2024, had initiated the review in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), and read with rule 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of "Sodium Citrate" (hereinafter referred to as the subject good) falling under tariff item 2918 15 20 of the First Schedule to 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, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 8/2020-Customs (ADD), dated the 19th May, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 302 (E), dated the 19th May, 2020;

And whereas, in the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country, the designated authority in its final finddings, published vide notification No. 7/08/2024-DGTR, dated the 12th February, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-I, Section 1, dated the 12"' February 2025, has come to the conclusion that-

(i) there is continued dumping of the subject goods from the subject countries and the imports are likely to enter the Indian market at dumped prices in the event of cessation of duty;

(i) dumped imports from subject countries are causing injury to the domestic industry;

(iii) the information on record shows likelihood of continuation of dumping and injury in case the anti dumping duty in force is allowed to cease at this stage;

(iv) there is sufficient evidence to indicate that the revocation of the anti-dumping duty at this stage will lead to continuation of dumping and injury to the domestic industry,

and has recommended continued imposition of the anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country, 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 read with rules 18, 20 and 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped 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), No. 8/2020-Customs (ADD), dated the 19th May, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 302 (E), dated the 19"' May, 2020, 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 following Table, falling under tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in colunm (2), originating in the country as specified in the corresponding entry in colunm (4), exported from the country as specified in the corresponding entry in colunm (5), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in colunm (6), an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount as indicated in the corresponding entry in column (7) of the said Table, namely :-

Table

SLNo.	Tariff Item	Description of goods	Country of origin	Country of export	Producer	Duty ($ per MTI
	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
I.	2918 15 20^#	Sodium Citrate*	China PR	Any country including China PR	M/s Shandong Ensign Industry Co., Ltd	96.05
2.	-do-	-do-	China PR	Any country including China PR	M/s Jiangsu Guoxin Union Energy Co. Ltd.	96.05
3.	-do-	-do-	China PR	Any country including China PR	Any other producer other than at SI. No. 1 and 2.	152.78
4.	-do-	-do-	Any country other than China PR	China PR	Any	152.78

# - The customs classification is indicative only and is not binding on the scope of the product under consideration.

*- The description of the goods in the Duty Table above includes the following alternate names namely: - (a) Tri Sodium Citrate; (b) Tri Sodium Citrate dihydrate; (c) Sodium Citrate dihydrate; (d) Tribasic Sodium Citrate; (e) Sodium Citrate Tribasic Dihydrate; (/) Sodium Citrate Dibasic Sesquihydrate; (g) Sodium Citrate Monobasic Bioxtra.

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, 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-190349/9/2025-TRU]