Commerce Ministry recommends imposition of anti-dumping duty on Chinese ofloxacin

19 Aug 2022 Evaluate

In order to guard domestic players from cheap imports from the neighbouring country, the commerce ministry has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty on Chinese ofloxacin -- a medicine used to treat certain infections -- for five years, after concluding in its probe that the product has been exported at dumped prices into India, which impacted the domestic industry.

The commerce ministry's arm DGTR (Directorate General of Trade Remedies) had conducted the probe following a complaint from Aarti Drugs about the dumping and initiation of the investigation. The recommended duty ranges between $0.53 per kilogram and $7.03 per kilogram. The finance ministry takes the final call to impose these duties.

The imposition of anti-dumping duty is permissible under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime. The duty is aimed at ensuring fair trading practices and creating a level-playing field for domestic producers vis-a-vis foreign producers and exporters.

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