Anti-Dumping Duty on imports of 1,1,1,2- Tetrafluoroethane or R-134a from China

 Seeks to impose anti dumping duty on imports of “1,1,1,2- Tetrafluoroethane or R-134a” originating in or exported from China

The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, by Notification No. 36/2025-Customs (ADD) dated 24 December 2025, imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) classified under tariff item 2903 45 00, originating in or exported from China PR and imported into India. Acting on the final findings of the designated authority dated 26 September 2025, the Central Government accepted that the subject goods were dumped at prices below normal value, causing material injury to the domestic industry through price undercutting, as the landed import price was below domestic selling prices. Accordingly, anti-dumping duty has been imposed as the difference between the landed value and specified reference prices, producer-wise, in USD per metric tonne, applicable where the landed value is lower than the reference amount. The duty applies for five years from publication, payable in Indian currency, with exchange rates determined under section 14 of the Customs Act.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 36/2025-Customs (ADD) | 24th December, 2025

G.S.R. 919(E).— Whereas, in the matter of “1,1,1,2- Tetrafluoroethane or R-134a” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2903 45 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 China PR (hereinafter referred to as the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings, vide notification F . No.6/30/2024 – DGTR, dated the 26^th September 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 26^th September 2025, has come to the conclusion that-

i. the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject country at a price below normal value, thus resulting in dumping;

ii. the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping in respect of the subject goods;

iii. the landed price of imports is below the level of selling price of the domestic industry and is undercutting the prices of the domestic industry, and has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject country 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 the tariff 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, the anti-dumping duty as the difference between the landed value of the subject goods as described in column (3) of the duty table below and the reference amount indicated in column (7) of the duty table appended below, provided the landed value is less than the value indicated in column (7). If the landed value is more than the value indicated in column (7), the anti-dumping duty will not be applicable; in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit of measurement(UOM) as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the said Table, namely :-

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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 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-190349/70/2025-TRU Section-CBIC]
DHEERAJ SHARMA, Under Secy.