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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-15122025-268503
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I-Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 24, 1947
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
(DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF TRADE REMEDIES)
TERMINATION NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 11th December, 2025
CASE No. ADD (OI) - 21/2025
Subject: Termination of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Para Nitrotoluene (PNT) originating
in or exported from the European Union.
F. No. 6/24/2025-DGTR.-A. INTRODUCTION
1. Having regard to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as amended from time to time (hereinafter referred as
the 'Act') and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment, and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on
Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, as amended from time to time
(hereinafter referred to as the 'Rules'), Aarti Industries Limited (hereinafter referred to as the
'applicant') had filed an application before the Designated Authority (hereinafter referred to as the
'Authority'), for initiation of an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Para Nitrotoluene
(PNT) (hereinafter referred to as the 'product under consideration' or 'subject goods'), originating in or
exported from the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the 'subject country').
2. The Authority, based on prima facie evidence submitted by the applicant, issued a public notice vide
Notification F. No. 6/24/2025-DGTR dated 16th June 2025, published in the Gazette of India -
Extraordinary, initiating the subject investigation in accordance with Section 9A of the Act read with
Rule 5 of the Rules, to determine the existence, degree and effect of any alleged dumping in respect of
the product under consideration originating in or exported from the subject countries and to recommend
the amount of anti-dumping duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the injury to the
domestic industry.
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B. PROCEDURE.
3. The Authority notified the Delegation of the European Union to India about the receipt of the present
anti-dumping application before proceeding to initiate the investigation in accordance with Rule 5(5) of
the Rules.
4. The Authority issued a public notice vide Notification F. No. 6/24/2025-DGTR dated 16th June 2025,
published in the Gazette of India - Extraordinary, initiating the anti - dumping investigation concerning
imports of the subject goods.
5. Post-initiation, a copy of the initiation notification was sent to the Delegation of the European Union to
India, known producers/ exporters in the subject country, the known importers/users in India, the
applicant company as well as the other domestic producers of the subject goods in India as per the
address made available by the applicant and requested them to make their views known in writing
within the prescribed time limit as per Rule 6(2) of the Rules.
6. The Authority provided a copy of the non- confidential version of the application to the known
producers / exporters and to the embassy of the subject country in India in accordance with Rule 6(3) of
the Rules.
7. The Delegation of the European Union to India were requested to advise the exporters / producers from
their country to respond to the questionnaire within the prescribed time limit. A copy of the letter and
questionnaire sent to the producers/ exporters was also sent to them along with the names and addresses
of the known producers / exporters from the subject countries.
8. In response to the initiation notification and intimation, exporters / producers from the subject country
and importers responded to the Authority by filling the exporter and importer questionnaire responses
and legal submissions.
9. A list of all the interested parties was uploaded on the DGTR's website along with the request there into
all of them to email the non-confidential version of their submissions to all other interested parties.
C. REQUEST RECEIVED FROM THE APPLICANT COMPANY.
10. The applicant, through an email dated 26th November 2025, has withdrawn its application and has
requested for termination of the investigation citing that:
"On behalf of the domestic industry, under Rule 14, we hereby withdraw the application in view of
significant market developments in the post investigation period.
We request you to kindly terminate the present investigation"
D. EXAMINATION BY THE AUTHORITY.
11. The said request made by the applicant has been examined. The Authority notes that Rule 14(a) of the
Rules provides that the Designated Authority shall, by issue of a public notice, terminate an investigation
immediately if “it receives a request in writing for doing so from or on behalf of the domestic industry
affected, at whose instance the investigation was initiated."
12. In view of the withdrawal of the application and the request for termination of the investigation, the
Authority does not consider it appropriate to deal with the various issues raised by several interested
parties and hereby terminates this investigation.
E. CONCLUSION
13. In view of the aforesaid withdrawal of the application made by the applicant company, i.e., Aarti
Industries Limited and Rule 14(a) of the Anti-dumping Rules, 1995 the Authority hereby terminates the
anti-dumping investigation initiated vide Notification F. No. 6/24/2025-DGTR dated 16th June 2025
concerning the imports of "Para Nitrotoluene (PNT)" originating in or exported from the
European Union.
AMITABH KUMAR, Designated Authority