DGTR Simplifies Process to Protect Domestic Industry from Unfair
Trade Practices
Two
Cases of Bilateral Safeguards Filed this Year
[MoC&I Press Release dated 20.11.2019]
Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has recently taken various measures to
protect domestic industry from unfair trade practices. Consequently, the number
of anti-dumping duty cases has risen from 5 in 2016 to 25 up to 1st
November 2019.
Modi Government in Action Mode: In order to provide a level playing field for the
domestic industry and protect it from unfair trade practices in a time bound
manner, the Government has strengthened several trade remedial measures.
Further, the streamlining of anti-dumping investigation
process has reduced the number of days taken for initiating investigation and
has also led to a reduction in the number of cases. This was facilitated due to
trade notice number 03/2018 dated 1st February 2018 regarding
streamlining of anti-dumping investigation process and scrutinizing of
petitions.
Expeditious processing of applications has eliminated the
need for domestic industry to update information and data. DGTR has, for the
first time, initiated two cases of bilateral safeguards this year. No bilateral safeguard case has ever been
initiated in the past.
There has been a reduction in the number of actual days
taken to initiate investigations. Average number of days taken for initiation
of anti-dumping investigations during this year is 32 days as compared to 110
days during 2017 and 259 in 2016.
The steps taken by DGTR has provided a level playing field
for domestic industry and the average number of days taken for initiation of
countervailing duties (CVD) cases during 2019 was 66 days as compared to an
average of 72 days in 2018. The actual average number of days taken for
initiation of global safeguards at present is 61 days as compared to the
standard 75 days earlier.