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This booklet aims to bring in one place the
issues and the clarifications relating to the
fundamental concepts and procedural provisions of
anti-dumping and other measures. India is firmly
committed to the principle of free and fair trade
among nations, which is the very foundation of the
multilateral trade order established by WTO. While a
giant step has been taken by India towards
establishment of free trade regime with the phasing
out of Quantitative Restrictions on imports, there
is also a need to ensure fair trade. Depending upon
the need, anti-dumping, anti-subsidy countervailing
and safeguard measures have been invoked in the
past.
All these measures are in the nature of trade
remedies, which the domestic industry could take
advantage of subject to the fulfillment of essential
conditions and criteria as mandated under law. The
government has already put in place the requisite
legal and institutional mechanism for administering
these measures. However, various concepts and legal
and operational aspects involved in these schemes
need to be understood in the proper sense and in the
right perspective.
The present booklet has been prepared in the form
of a ready reckoned with the objective of
disseminating information and generating public
awareness on the subject of anti-dumping and allied
measures. It provides a comprehensive explanation of
the anti-dumping law and procedures in India. It is
in the form of answers to commonly asked questions
on various aspects of anti-dumping; the answers seek
to clarify the context and the parameters of the
scheme. I am sure this publication will serve as a
simple guide for anti-dumping law and practice in
India and will be useful to the domestic industry at
large.
Sd/-(Prabir Sengupta)
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Anti Dumping
