India initiates anti-dumping investigation on Chinese tin plate imports

Since several Indian citizens expressed concerns regarding imported Chinese products for food packaging, India has initiated an investigation to determine whether these tin plates are disadvantaged.

The Ongoing Trade Department of the DGTR (General Directorate of Trade Remedies) is investigating the possible dumping of a specific type of tin plate, ranging from 99 mm (401 diameters) to 73 mm (300 diameters), originating or exported from the Asian country.

The Foreign Trade Authority (DGTR) in India has received a request to evaluate the possibility of imposing tariffs on goods produced in China that are imported into the country. According to the complainant, Easy Openends India, dumping would be the cause for its domestic productive sector to suffer serious damages.

The government assured that the evidence presented makes it clear that imports from China have harmed domestic production, generating a negative impact on the industry. The Authority confirmed the application and, after examining the evidence presented on dumping, proceeded to initiate an anti-dumping investigation.

If the Directorate General of National Investigation finds that imports are causing material injury to domestic producers, then it would recommend the imposition of certain anti-dumping duties on such goods.

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for the imposition of tariffs affecting certain industries. This decision is adopted after carrying out dumping verifications to study whether the increase in imports has had a negative influence on imports.

India has taken a decision to deal with the disproportionate amount of goods that are being imported at very low prices in order to cope with the products coming mainly from China. To this end, it has begun to impose anti-dumping duties.