Govt imposes Anti-Dumping Duty on Isopropyl Alcohol import from China

Govt imposes Anti-Dumping Duty (ADD) on Isopropyl Alcohol imported from China PR for 5 years, pursuant to final findings of DGTR vide Notification No. 22/2024-Customs (ADD) | Dated: 22nd October, 2024

On October 22, 2024, the Ministry of Finance issued Notification No. 22/2024-Customs (ADD), imposing an anti-dumping duty on imports of Isopropyl Alcohol from China PR. This action follows the conclusion of a designated authority’s investigation, which found that Isopropyl Alcohol was being exported to India at prices below normal value, causing material injury to the domestic industry. The notification specifies an anti-dumping duty rate of $82 per metric ton for imports from Zhuhai Long Success Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., and $217 per metric ton for other producers or countries. This duty will remain in effect for five years unless revoked or amended. The notification also outlines that the exchange rate applicable for calculating the duty will be determined based on the Government of India’s directives under the Customs Act, 1962.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 22/2024-Customs (ADD) | Dated: 22nd October, 2024

G.S.R. 659(E).—Whereas, in the matter of “Isopropyl Alcohol” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2905 12 20 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) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings, vide notification F. No. 6/09/2023-DGTR, dated the 14^th August, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 14^th August, 2024, has, inter alia, come to the conclusion that-

• the subject goods have been exported to India at a price below normal value, thus resulting in dumping;
• the dumping of the subject goods has resulted in material injury to the domestic industry in India;
• 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 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), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the said Table, namely :-

TABLE

Note: The customs classification is only indicative and is not binding on the scope of the present investigation.

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-190354/159/2024-TRU Section-CBEC]

AMREETA TITUS, Dy. Secy.