DGTR recommends anti-dumping duty on Chinese electrical steel imports for 5 years

23 Sep 2025 Evaluate

With an aim to safeguard 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 imports of cold rolled non-oriented electrical steel from China. In its final findings, the DGTR has concluded that the product has been exported to India at a price below the normal value, resulting in dumping. The recommended duty on certain Chinese firms is $223.82 per tonne, while on a few others $414.92 per tonne. 

Meanwhile, the final decision to impose anti-dumping duty on cheap imports is taken by finance ministry. Countries conduct anti-dumping probes to determine whether the domestic industries have been hurt because of a surge in cheap imports. Besides, they impose these duties under the multilateral regime of the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a countermeasure.

The anti-dumping is aimed at ensuring fair trading practices and creating a level-playing field for domestic producers vis-a-vis foreign producers and exporters. India has already imposed anti-dumping duty on several products to tackle cheap imports from various countries, including China.

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