India Imposes Anti-Dumping Duty on KTB and STB Imports

The Indian Ministry of Finance has imposed anti-dumping duties on Potassium Tertiary Butoxide (KTB) and Sodium Tertiary Butoxide (STB) imports, effective for five years from June 24, 2025. This action follows an investigation by the designated authority, which concluded that KTB originating from or exported by China PR and the United States of America, and STB from China PR, were being dumped into India. The investigation determined that this dumping caused material injury to the domestic industry through price undercutting. Anti-dumping duty rates for KTB range from USD 929 to USD 1,710 per metric ton, depending on the country of origin and producer. For STB from China PR, a duty of USD 304 per metric ton has been imposed, with an exception for GenChem & GenPharm (Changzhou) Co., Ltd., which faces a NIL duty. These duties are aimed at neutralizing the impact of unfair trade practices and supporting the domestic chemical manufacturing sector.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 20/2025- Customs (ADD) | Dated: 24th June, 2025

G.S.R. 406(E).— Whereas, in the matter of “Potassium Tertiary Butoxide” (hereinafter referred to as “KTB” or “subject goods”) originating in, or exported from China PR and United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the “subject countries”); and “Sodium Tertiary Butoxide” (hereinafter referred to as “STB” or “subject goods”) originating in, or exported from China PR (hereinafter also referred to as the “subject country”) falling under tariff items 29051490, 29051920,29051990 and 29054900 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 6/11/2024-DGTR, dated the 25th March, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, section 1, dated the 25th March, 2025, has, inter alia, come to the conclusion that-

i. the subject goods have been exported to India at a price below normal value, thus resulting in dumping;

ii. the dumping of the subject goods has resulted in material injury to the domestic industry in India;

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 Anti­dumping 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

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-190349/25/2025-TRU Section-CBEC]
DHEERAJ SHARMA, Under Secy.

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
CORRIGENDUM
New Delhi, the 24th June, 2025

G.S.R. 410(E).— In the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 20/2025-Customs (ADD), dated the 24th June, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 406(E), dated the 24th June, 2025, at the page number 6, in the TABLE, in SN 6, in column (2),

for

‘29051490, 29051990,29051990 and 29054900’

read

‘29051490, 29051920,29051990 and 29054900’.

[F. No. CBIC-190349/25/2025-TRU Section-CBEC]
DHEERAJ SHARMA, Under Secy.