Even though the issue of anti dumping measures taken by India was pointed out in its last Trade Policy Review, India's dependency on the measures has increased during the current review period. Since 2006, India initiated 209 investigations and undertook 207 final measures (as of 31 December 2010), compared with the reported numbers of 176 and 177, respectively, in the last Review. There are concerns that frequent use of anti dumping measures can impose considerable burden on foreign exporters and might lead to unfair trade. Does India have a plan to review and improve its anti dumping policies?
Reply: The purpose of anti dumping duties, in general, is to address the injury caused to the domestic industry by the unfair trade practices of dumping. Anti dumping investigations are carried out strictly as per India's Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and collection of anti dumping duty on dumped articles and for determination of injury) Rules, 1995 as amended and in conformity with the provisions of the WTO Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994.
