To gear up for Make in India, Anti-dumping duty slapped on Chinese kitchenwares

New Delhi, February 26: India has imposed anti-dumping duty on import of ceramic tableware and kitchenware from China to protect domestic producers. Ceramic tableware and kitchenware shipped in from China will attract an anti-dumping duty of 1.04 US Dollar per kg, making the imports expensive.

They had alleged that the goods were being dumped into India and consequently causing injury to the domestic industry.

After a probe, the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the imports.

Based on the recommendations, the revenue department in the finance ministry has slapped the duty.

Earlier, a provisional anti-dumping duty was imposed in June 2017. The final duty has been imposed for five years starting June 2017.

Countries initiate anti-dumping probes to determine if the domestic industry has been hurt by a surge in below-cost imports. As a counter measure, they impose duties under the multilateral WTO regime.