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This notification imposes anti-dumping duty on imports of "Liquid Epoxy Resins" originating in or exported from China PR, Korea RP, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Thailand, into India.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) issued Notification No. 33/2025-Customs (ADD) (G.S.R. 851(E)) on November 17, 2025, imposing anti-dumping duty on "Liquid Epoxy Resins" (LER) imported into India. This action follows the final findings of the designated authority, detailed in notification No. 06/24/2024-DGTR dated August 18, 2025, which concluded that LERs originating in or exported from China PR, Korea RP, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Thailand were exported to India at a price below normal value, causing material injury to the domestic industry and undercutting its prices. The duty is levied under sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), 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 subject goods fall under tariff items 3907 30 10 and 3907 30 90. Specific anti-dumping duty rates, payable in USD per MT, vary by country of origin, country of export, and producer: for China PR, rates are USD 37/MT for Jiangsu Kumho Yangnong Chemical Co., Ltd and Nantong Xingchen Synthetic Material Co., Ltd., and USD 258/MT for other producers; for Korea RP, rates are USD 286/MT for Kukdo Chemical Co., Ltd., USD 184/MT for Kumho P&B Chemicals Inc., and USD 483/MT for other producers; for Thailand, rates are USD 119/MT for Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Limited and USD 331/MT for other producers; for Saudi Arabia, the duty is USD 175/MT for any producer; and for Taiwan, the duty is USD 115/MT for any producer. LER is defined with CAS number 25068-38-6 and EU's REACH CAS number 1675-54-3, having an equivalent weight of less than or equal to 250 g/eq, excluding epoxy resins in solid, semi-solid, solution or waterborne form, and excluding blended, modified, and brominated solvent epoxy resins. The duty is effective for five years from the notification's publication date in the Official Gazette and is payable in Indian currency, with the applicable exchange rate determined by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), based on the date of presentation of the bill of entry under section 46 of the said Act.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-17112025-267740 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No.765] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 17th November, 2025 No. 33/2025-Customs (ADD) G.S.R. 851(E).— Whereas, in the matter of "Liquid Epoxy Resins" (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff item 3907 30 10 and 3907 30 90 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, Korea RP, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and Thailand (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 06/24/2024-DGTR, dated the 18st August, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 18st August, 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 countries 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 +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | S.N.| Tariff | Description | Country | Country of | Producer | Amount | Unit | Currency | | | item | | of origin | export | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 1 | 3907 30 | Liquid | China | Any | Jiangsu Kumho | 37 | MT | USD | | | 10 | Epoxy | PR | country | Yangnong | | | | | | and | Resins* | | including | Chemical Co., Ltd | | | | | | 3907 30 | | | China PR | | | | | | | 90 | | | | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 2 | -do- | -do- | China | Any | Nantong Xingchen | 37 | MT | USD | | | | | PR | country | Synthetic Material | | | | | | | | | including | Co., Ltd. | | | | | | | | | China PR | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 3 | -do- | -do- | China | Any country | Any producer other | 258 | MT | USD | | | | | PR | including | than (1) and (2) | | | | | | | | | China PR | above | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 4 | -do- | -do- | Any | China PR | Any | 258 | MT | USD | | | | | country | | | | | | | | | | other | | | | | | | | | | than | | | | | | | | | | China | | | | | | | | | | PR, | | | | | | | | | | Korea | | | | | | | | | | RP, | | | | | | | | | | Saudi | | | | | | | | | | Arabia, | | | | | | | | | | Taiwan | | | | | | | | | | and | | | | | | | | | | Thailand | | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 5 | -do- | -do- | Korea | Any country | Kukdo Chemical | 286 | MT | USD | | | | | RP | including | Co., Ltd. | | | | | | | | | Korea RP | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 6 | -do- | -do- | Korea | Any country | Kumho P&B | 184 | MT | USD | | | | | RP | including | Chemicals Inc. | | | | | | | | | Korea RP | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 7 | -do- | -do- | Korea | Any country | Any producer other | 483 | MT | USD | | | | | RP | including | than (5) and (6) | | | | | | | | | Korea RP | above | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 8 | -do- | -do- | Any | Korea RP | Any | 483 | MT | USD | | | | | country | | | | | | | | | | other | | | | | | | | | | than | | | | | | | | | | China | | | | | | | | | | PR, | | | | | | | | | | Korea | | | | | | | | | | RP, | | | | | | | | | | Saudi | | | | | | | | | | Arabia, | | | | | | | | | | Taiwan | | | | | | | | | | and | | | | | | | | | | Thailand | | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 9 | -do- | -do- | Thailand | Any country | Aditya Birla | 119 | MT | USD | | | | | | including | Chemicals | | | | | | | | | Thailand | (Thailand) Limited | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 10 | -do- | -do- | Thailand | Any country | Any producer other | 331 | MT | USD | | | | | | including | than (9) above | | | | | | | | | Thailand | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 11 | -do- | -do- | Any | Thailand | Any | 331 | MT | USD | | | | | country | | | | | | | | | | other | | | | | | | | | | than | | | | | | | | | | China | | | | | | | | | | PR, | | | | | | | | | | Korea | | | | | | | | | | RP, | | | | | | | | | | Saudi | | | | | | | | | | Arabia, | | | | | | | | | | Taiwan | | | | | | | | | | and | | | | | | | | | | Thailand | | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 12 | -do- | -do- | Saudi | Any country | Any | 175 | MT | USD | | | | | Arabia | including | | | | | | | | | | Saudi | | | | | | | | | | Arabia | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 13 | -do- | -do- | Any | Saudi | Any | 175 | MT | USD | | | | | country | Arabia | | | | | | | | | other | | | | | | | | | | than | | | | | | | | | | China | | | | | | | | | | PR, | | | | | | | | | | Korea | | | | | | | | | | RP, | | | | | | | | | | Saudi | | | | | | | | | | Arabia, | | | | | | | | | | Taiwan | | | | | | | | | | and | | | | | | | | | | Thailand | | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 14 | -do- | -do- | Taiwan | Any country | Any | 115 | MT | USD | | | | | | including | | | | | | | | | | Taiwan | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ | 15 | -do- | -do- | Any | Taiwan | Any | 115 | MT | USD | | | | | country | | | | | | | | | | other | | | | | | | | | | than | | | | | | | | | | China | | | | | | | | | | PR, | | | | | | | | | | Korea | | | | | | | | | | RP, | | | | | | | | | | Saudi | | | | | | | | | | Arabia, | | | | | | | | | | Taiwan | | | | | | | | | | and | | | | | | | | | | Thailand | | | | | | +-----+---------+---------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------+----------+------+----------+ * Liquid Epoxy Resins (LER), having CAS number 25068-38-6 and EU's REACH regulations CAS number 1675-54-3, where the equivalent weight of LER is limited to =< 250 g/eq; excluding epoxy resins in solid, semi-solid, solution or waterborne form, and excluding blended and modified LERs, as well as brominated solvent epoxy resin. 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-190349/48/2025-TRU Section-CBIC] DHEERAJ SHARMA, Under Secy.

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