Commerce Ministry to research, clamp down on dumping, import surges

The Ministry of Commerce has begun utilizing its varied departments such because the #Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) to clamp down on import surges and dumping in #India owing to malpractice by #India’s buying and selling companions. It has additionally begun coordinating with different Ministries on this. 

The DGTR final month initiated anti-dumping investigations on eight completely different product strains originating from a complete of 12 nations or groupings, The Hindu has learnt.  

“In the Department of Commerce, we now have began monitoring the import surges for all commodities now and have began sharing the surge stories with completely different Ministries in order that they’ll additionally monitor at their stage,” Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal mentioned throughout a press briefing. 

“Whenever we discover an uncommon surge, we look at it, and if want be, if we discover {that a} surge is because of a malpractice, in that case we’re additionally utilizing the DGFT to limit it,” he added.

For instance, the DGFT final month restricted the import of the alloys of palladium, rhodium, and iridium containing greater than 1% of gold. 

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According to sources, this was as a result of the federal government discovered that importers had been importing gold — which usually attracts the next import obligation — disguised as alloys of those metals, the import of which was free. 

“We have additionally instructed DGTR, in view of the truth that quite a lot of commerce diversions are taking place all over the world, to have a look at if there’s any import which can be harming the home sector within the nation,” Mr. Barthwal additional mentioned in the course of the press briefing.

The Hindu has learnt that the DGTR in June 2025 launched eight investigations on potential dumping actions. Dumping refers back to the apply of exporting items to different nations — together with to #India — at costs properly beneath their regular charge. 

The DGTR has launched such anti-dumping investigations on the import of a number of industrial chemical substances from #China, #Taiwan, #Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Switzerland and the EU, in addition to forms of glass wool from Egypt and forms of paperboards from Indonesia.