Whereas, in the matter of import of "Toluene Di-Isocyanate (TDI) (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2929 10 20 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from China PR, Japan and Korea RP (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings No.14/36/2016-DGAD dated the 28th March, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28th March, 2017, has come to the provisional conclusion that-

(i) The product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value, resulting in dumping;

(ii) The domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping in respect of the subject goods; and

(iii) The material Injury to the domestic industry has been caused due to dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject countries,

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the 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-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 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 preliminary 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 tariff item of the First Schedule to the said 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), and 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), exported by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate

equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency as

specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and per unit of measurement as specified in

the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table:-

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2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period not exceeding six months (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be paid 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 Customs Act.

(Ruchi Bisht)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.