Govt may impose anti-dumping duty on import of certain steel products from 4 nations

03 Jul 2019 Evaluate

The government is likely to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of certain kinds of steel products from the EU, Japan, the US and South Korea, as the commerce ministry has started an investigation into an alleged dumping of the item following complaints from domestic players. Commerce ministry's investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated the probe as it has found evidence of dumping of ‘coated/plated tin mill flat rolled steel products’ from these countries.

The DGTR in its notification has said that the authority accordingly initiates an investigation into the alleged dumping, and consequent injury to the domestic industry to determine the existence, degree and effect of alleged dumping. If it would established that dumping is impacting domestic players, it would recommend imposition of a certain amount of anti-dumping duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the injury to the domestic industry.

The final call to impose the duty would be taken by the Finance Ministry. Two firms including Tinplate Company of India have filed an application for imposition of anti-dumping duty on the imports. The product under consideration is mainly used for packaging of both edible and non-food items. The period of investigation covers January-December 2018. However, for the purpose of injury investigation, the period will also cover the data for the 2015-18 period. The purpose of anti-dumping duty is to eliminate injury caused to the domestic industry by the unfair trade practices.

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