In an attempt to check cheap import from flooding the domestic market, India is likely to impose anti-dumping duty of $1.04 per kg on import of ceramic table and kitchenware from China.
The Directorate General of Anti- Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD), under the commerce ministry, in its preliminary findings, has concluded that the products were exported to India by Chinese firms below their normal value. It also said that the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to the dumping of ceramic table and kitchenware, excluding knives and toilet items from China. It added that the authority considers it necessary and recommends imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of these goods.
The All India Pottery Manufacturers' Association (AIPMA) and the Indian Ceramic Society had filed the application for the anti-dumping probe. In the financial year 2015-16, total import of the products from China has spiked to 10,160 tonnes from 5,519 tonnes in 2012-13. Meanwhile, the purpose of anti-dumping duties, in general, is to eliminate injury caused to the domestic industry by the unfair trade practices of dumping so as to re-establish a situation of open and fair competition in the market, which is in the general interest of the country.