India has marginally hiked the anti-dumping duty on dry pencil cells imported from China.
In its final findings, the Directorate General on Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) in the commerce department, proposed to fix anti-dumping duty on AA dry cell batteries to the difference between $74.75 per 1,000 pieces and the landed value of imports, from China, per 1,000 pieces.
In the preliminary investigations, notified on January 24 this year, the DGAD had fixed the anti-dumping duty as the difference between $75.25 per 1,000 pieces and the landed value of imports (from China) per 1,000 pieces.
Dry cell was the first consumer goods item to be slapped with anti-dumping duty. It was also the first instance when the DGAD decided to investigate dumping suo motu.
In the final findings issued on July 13, DGAD said dry cells were imported from China below their normal value which resulted in a material injury to the Indian industry and was being threatened with further injury.
The designated authority also said that as a result of significant price undercutting, the volume of imports was increasing which resulted in an increase in China
