DGTR suggests imposition of anti-dumping duty on chemical imported from China, Malaysia, Vietnam

27 Aug 2020 Evaluate

With an aim to guard domestic players from cheap inbound shipments, the commerce ministry's investigation arm -- Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty for five years on 'choline chloride', a chemical imported from China, Malaysia and Vietnam. The DGTR has recommended duty in the range of $94 per tonne to $315 per tonne after conducting a probe on alleged dumping of Choline Chloride in all forms by these countries, following a complaint by a domestic manufacturer.

The chemical is used in animal feed and the oil and gas sector. The finance ministry will take the final call to impose the levy. Jubilant Life Sciences filed an application for imposition of anti-dumping duty on the imports from these three countries. According the DGTR, ‘The authority recommends imposition of anti-dumping duty...so as to remove the injury to the domestic industry’. It said the product has been exported to India from these countries below its normal value, resulting in dumping and due to this, the domestic industry has suffered material injury.

In international trade parlance, dumping happens when a country or a firm exports an item at a price lower than the price of that product in its domestic market. Dumping impacts the price of that product in the importing country, hitting margins and profits of domestic manufacturing firms. According to global trade norms, a country is allowed to impose tariffs on such dumped products to provide a level-playing field to domestic manufacturers. The duty is imposed only after a thorough investigation by a quasi-judicial body, such as DGTR in India.

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