DGAD introduces new requirements for user industry
DGAD has recently introduced a questionnaire format for user industry in India. It is applicable if a user industry is not related to a producer/exporter of the product under consideration in the country under investigation. This effectively will take care of the public interest related concerns, however, it would be the responsibility of a user industry to participate in an investigation at the early stages by also filing a proper response to the questionnaire. According to the author, this is a good reform brought out by the DGAD and user industry should use this avenue to make effective representations in all anti-dumping investigations. Effective participation by user industry will give the DGAD and other stakeholders involved a holistic view on the requirement of protection to the Indian industry...
Trade Remedy News
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Ratio decidendi
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