CBIC Imposes Additional Duty on Pretilachlor: Read Notification

The Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) has released official notification [17/2025-Customs (ADD)] dated June 19, 2025, regarding the matter of “Pretilachlor in any of its forms and its intermediate-2, 6-Diethyl-n-(2-propoxy ethyl) Aniline (also known as PEDA)” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tax items 2921 42 50, 2921 42 90, 2922 19 11, 2922 19 12, 2922 19 19, 2922 19 90, 2922 2990, 3808 91 93, 3808 91 99, 3808 93 91, 3808 93 99, 3808 99 11, 3808 99 12, 3808 99 91, 3808 99 92, and 3808 99 99 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act). The ministry has imposed an anti-dumping duty on “Pretilachlor in any of its forms and its intermediate–2, 6-Diethyl-n-(2-propoxy ethyl) Aniline (also known as PEDA)” originating in or exported from China PR and imported into India.

Dumping is a practice where goods are exported in foreign markets at a price lower than their normal value, even below their cost of production.

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) conducted a deep investigation regarding the matter of whether “Pretilachlor in any of its forms & its intermediate–2, 6-Diethyl-n-(2-propoxy ethyl) Aniline (also known as PEDA)” should be dumped in India at unfairly low prices, which is harming the Indian manufacturers or not. After ending the investigation, DGTR issued its final findings in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, section, dated March 21, 2025 [No. 6/31/2023-DGTR] with the following conclusions:

(i) The subject goods, i.e., “Pretilachlor in any of its form & its intermediate-2, 6-Diethyl-n-(2-propoxy ethyl) Aniline (also known as PEDA),” 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 the selling price of the domestic industry and is undercutting the prices of the domestic industry.

And in the end, it recommended imposing anti-dumping duty on “Pretilachlor in any of its forms & its intermediate–2, 6-Diethyl-n-(2-propoxy ethyl) Aniline (also known as PEDA),” originating in or exported from the subject country and imported into India in order to remove injury to the domestic industry.

In response to the above recommendation, the Central Government considers the final findings released by the DGTR and imposes anti-dumping duty on subject goods in exercise of its powers offered under 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.

Refer to the official notification for complete information.