Illegal Dumping of Goods

The Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD) conducts anti-dumping investigations on the basis of duly substantiated petitions filed by domestic industries with prima-facie evidence of dumping of goods in the country, injury to the domestic industry and causal link between the dumping and injury to the domestic industry. Such petitions submitted by the domestic industries are processed as per the procedure and within the time limits specified under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the rules made there under. During the period from 01.04.2011 to 28.02.2015, 114 number of anti-dumping investigations have been initiated in respect of imports of various products including 12 electronic items (Compact Disc Recordables, Dry Cell Batteries, Electrical Insulators, Recordable Digital Versatile Disc, Solar Cells, Graphite Electrodes of all diameter, USB Flash Drives, Digital Versatile Disc, Electrical Insulators, Calculators, Compact Fluorescent Lamp and Synchronous Digital Transmission Equipment).