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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-27012025-260499
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 25] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2025/ MAGHA 4, 1946
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Directorate General of Trade Remedies)
TERMINATION NOTIFICATION
New Delhi,the 23rd January,2025
(CASE No. ADD (OI) – 33/2024)
Subject: Termination of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Para Nitrotoluene (PNT)
originating in or exported from the European Union.
F. No. 6/35/2024-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'), Deepak Nitrite Limited (hereinafter
referred to as the 'applicant') has 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. 6/35/2024-DGTR dated 30th September 2024, 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.
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. 6/35/2024-DGTR dated 30th
September 2024, published in the Gazette of India - Extraordinary, initiating the anti - dumping
investigation concerning imports of the subject goods.
5. The Authority post-initiation sent a copy of the initiation notification to the Delegation of the
European Union to India, the known producers/ exporters, the known importers/users, the applicant
company as well as the 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 embassies of the subject countries 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
countries and importers/users responded to the Authority by filling the exporter questionnaire
responses and the legal submission.
9. A list of all the interested parties was uploaded on the DGTR's website along with the request
therein to 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 11th Jan. 2025, has withdrawn its petition and has
requested for termination of the investigation citing that:
“Under instructions from the petitioner, we hereby withdraw the present application under Rule 14
of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti- Dumping Duty on Dumped
Articles and for Determination of Injury) 1995 Rules. The petitioner requests you to please treat the
application withdrawn and terminate the present investigations.”
D. EXAMINATION BY THE AUTHORITY
11. The said request made by the applicant company, 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 petition by the applicant company and its 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 petition made by the applicant company, i.e., Deepak
Nitrite Limited and Rule 14(a) of the Anti-dumping Rules, 1995 the Authority hereby terminates
the anti-dumping investigation initiated vide Notification F. No. 6/35/2024-DGTR dated 30th
September 2024 concerning the imports of “Para Nitrotoluene (PNT)” originating in or exported
from the European Union.
DARPAN JAIN, Designated Authority