The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) vide Case No. AD-OI (15/2023) and notification no. F. No. 6/16/2023-DGTR has initiated the suo moto anti-dumping investigation on the imports of fasteners Originating in or exported from China PR.
Representations have been received from “Apt Tools and Machinery Indian Pvt. Ltd.” (ATM) and “Northern India Screw Manufacturers and Traders Association” (Association), before the Designated Authority (Authority) stating that the Indian producers of fasteners (“subject goods” or the “product under consideration”) are being injured due to the significant volume of imports of the subject goods from China PR at dumped prices.
ATM and the Association have requested the Authority to take cognizance of the matter, and have requested the Authority to initiate an anti-dumping investigation against the imports of the subject goods from the subject country and to recommend the imposition of an anti-dumping duty. ATM claims to have the support of 29 domestic producers, whereas the Association claims to be representing about 150 domestic producers.
The Authority took cognizance of the information provided by the Indian producers of fasteners in accordance with Rule 5(4) of Customs Tariff (Identification Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules 1995, as amended from time to time (“Rules” or “AD Rules”) and the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 ( “Act”).
All communication should be sent to the Designated Authority via email at email addresses dd11-dgtr@gov.in and ddl6-dgtr@gov.in with a copy to adg14-dgtr@gov.in and adv13-dgtr@gov.in. It must be ensured that the narrative part of the submission is in searchable PDF/MS-Word format and data files are in MS-Excel format.
The known producers/exporters in the subject country, the government of the subject country through its embassy in India, and the importers and users in India who are known to be associated with the subject goods are being informed separately to enable them to file all the relevant information within the time limits mentioned in this initiation notification. All such information must be filed in the form and manner as prescribed by this initiation notification, the AD Rules, 1995, and the applicable trade notices issued by the Authority. 19.
Any other interested party may also make a submission relevant to the present investigation in the form and manner as prescribed by this initiation notification, the AD Rules, 1995, and the applicable trade notices issued by the Authority within the time limits mentioned in this initiation notification.
Any party making any confidential submission before the Authority is required to make a non-confidential version of the same available to the other interested parties. The Interested parties are further directed to regularly visit the official website of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (https://www.dgtr.gov.in/) to stay updated and apprised with the information as well as further processes related to the investigation.
Any information relating to the present investigation should be sent to the Designated Authority via email at email address dd11-dgtr@gov.in and dd16-dgtr@gov.in with a copy to adg14-dgtr@gov.in and adv13-dgtr@gov.in within 30 days from the date on which the non-confidential version of the documents filed by the domestic industry would be circulated by the Designated Authority or transmitted to the appropriate diplomatic representative of the exporting country as per Rule 6(4) of the AD Rules.
If no information is received within the stipulated time limit or the information received is incomplete, the Authority may record its findings based on the facts available on record and in accordance with the AD Rules, 1995.
In case any interested party refuses access to and otherwise does not provide necessary information within a reasonable period or within the time stipulated by the Authority in this initiation notification, or significantly impedes the investigation, the Authority may declare such interested party as non-cooperative and record its findings based on the facts available and make such recommendations to the Central Government as it deems fit.
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