G/ADP/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.10  
 
4 May 2021  
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Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAW S AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 18.5 OF THE AGREEMENT  
INDIA 
Supplement  
The following communication, dated  and received  on 3 May 2021, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of India.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 18.5 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement 
on Tariffs and Trade 1994, India hereby notifies the amendments to its Anti -Dumping Rules, namely, 
"Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessm ent and Collection of Anti -Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles 
and for Determination of Injury) Amendment Rules, 2021". The amendment rules were notified vide 
Government of India's Notification No.10/2021 -Customs (N.T) dated 1st February , 2021. Copy of the 
same is attached.  
The amendment is also available in the public domain and can be accessed at http://www.cbic.gov.in  
at the following weblink:  
https://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/notifications/notfns -2021/cs -
nt2021/csnt10 -2021.pdf  
This supplements India's earlier notification .1 
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1 G/ADP/N/1/IND/2/Suppl. 9. G/ADP/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.10  
 
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 [TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION  3, 
SUB-SECTION (i)]  
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
MINISTRY OF FINANCE  
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)  
Notification No. 10/2021 -Customs (N.T.)  
New Delhi, the 1st February, 2021  
G.S.R. .… (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section (6) of section 9A and 
sub-section  (2) of section 9B of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government 
hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment 
and Collection of Anti -dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules,  
1995, namely: - 
1. Short title and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Customs Tariff (Identification, 
Assessment and Collection of Anti -dumping Duty  on Dumped Articles and for Determination of 
Injury) Amendment Rules, 2021.  
(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules , they shall come into force on the 2nd February,  2021.  
2. In the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti -dumping Duty on  Dumped 
Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, - 
(a) in rule 5, - 
(i) after sub -rule (3), the following sub -rule shall be inserted, namely: - 
"(3A) The period of investigation shall, - 
(i) not be more than six months old as on the date of initiation of investigation;  
(ii) be for a period of twelve months normally and for reasons to be recorded in 
writing, the designated authority may consider a minimum of six months or 
maximum of eighteen months.";  
(ii) in sub -rule (4), for the words "Collector of Customs", the words "Principal Commissioner 
of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be," shall be substituted;  
(b) in rule 22, the Explanation shall be omitted;  
(c) with effect from the 1st day of July, 2021, in rule 23, - 
(i) in sub -rule (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: - 
"Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in rule 17, such review shall be 
completed at least three months prior to expiry of the anti -dumping duty under 
review.";  
(ii) for sub-rule (3), the following sub -rule shall be substituted, namely: - 
"(3) Subject to sub -rule (2), the provisions of rules 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19 and  
20 shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case of review.";  G/ADP/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.10  
 
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 (d) in rule 26, after sub -rule (4), the  following sub -rule shall be inserted, namely: - 
"(4A) The Central Government may, on recommendation of the designated authority, resort 
to provisional assessment of the imports of the article alleged to be circumventing an 
anti-dumping duty in force and m ay ask a guarantee from the importer, till the time a decision 
under sub -rule (3) of rule 27 is taken by the Central Government.";  
(e) with effect from the 1st day of July, 2021, in rule 28, in sub -rule (2), the following proviso 
shall be inserted, namely:  - 
"Provided that such review shall be completed at least three months prior to expiry of the duty 
under review."  
[F.No.334/02/2021 -TRU] 
(Rajeev Ranjan)  
Under Secretary to the Government of India  
Note: - The principal rules were published vide notification number 2/1995 -Customs (N.T), dated the 
1st day of January, 1995, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub -section (i), 
vide number G.S.R. 1(E), dated the 1st day of January, 1995 and were last amended vide notification 
number 9/2020 -Customs (N.T), dated the 2nd February, 2020, vide number G.S.R. 73(E), dated the 
2nd February, 2020.  
 
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