Another Five Years of Anti-dumping Duty on Sodium Cyanide from China PR, European Union, Japan and Korea RP Notified for Five Years

· Complainants: Hindustan Chemical Company and United Phosphorous Ltd

[Notification No. 10/2024-Customs (ADD) dated 27 June, 2024]

Seeks to impose Anti-dumping duty on imports of Sodium Cyanide originating in or exported from China PR, European Union, Japan and Korea RP

G.S.R.---(E).- Whereas in the matter of “Sodium Cyanide” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under heading 2837 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, European Union, Japan and Korea RP (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification F. No. 6/03/2023-DGTR, dated the 28th March, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28th March, 2024, has come to the conclusion that,

(i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries at dumped prices;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from 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 an anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from the 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 (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act 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 heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the country 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 calculated at the rate as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), of the said Table, namely:-

TABLE

S.No.	Heading	Description of Goods	Country of Origin	Country of Export	Producer	Duty ($/Metric Tonne)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
1	2837*	Sodium Cyanide, regardless of its form	China	Any country including China	Hebei Chengxin Co. Ltd.	286
2	-do-	-do-	China	Any country including China	Any producer other than mentioned in SN (1) above.	554
3	-do-	-do-	Any country other than China, EU, Japan and Korea	China	Any producer other than mentioned in SN (1) above.	554
4	-do-	-do-	European Union	Any country including European Union	Lučební závody Draslovka a.s. Kolín	13
5	-do-	-do-	European Union	Any country including European Union	Any producer other than mentioned in SN (4) above.	230
6	-do-	-do-	Any country other than China, EU, Japan and Korea	European Union	Any producer other than mentioned in SN (4) above.	230
7	-do-	-do-	Japan	Any country including Japan	Any producer	447
8	-do-	-do-	Any country other than China, EU, Japan and Korea	Japan	Any producer	447
9	-do-	-do-	Korea RP	Any country including Korea RP	Any producer	413
10	-do-	-do-	Any country other than China, EU, Japan and Korea	Korea RP	Any producer	413

* The Customs classification is indicative only and is not binding on the scope of the product under consideration.

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 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 Act.

[F.No. CBIC- 190354/81/2024-TO(TRU-I)-CBEC]