In a bid to protect domestic players from below cost imports, the government may impose anti-dumping duty on castings for wind operated power generators made in China.
The Directorate General of Antidumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) which administers the anti-dumping and countervailing measures in India, has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of such products, as it concluded that the products have been exported to India from China at below normal values due to which the domestic industry has suffered material injury.
In its latest notification, DGAD recommended a duty equivalent to the difference between the quantum of anti-dumping duty calculated and the quantum of anti-subsidy duty payable. Earlier, Larsen & Toubro had appealed to DGAD for initiation of anti-dumping probe on imports of a certain type of castings.