Anti-dumping duty imposed on 2 Chinese goods
On steel, India has imposed up to $$415 per tonne duty for five years and on gas, up to $5,251 per tonne duty slapped for five years
India has imposed anti-dumping duty on two Chinese goods -- a refrigerant gas and certain kinds of steel products, during the month so far to guard domestic players from cheap imports from the neighbouring country.
These duties were imposed as these products -- cold-rolled non-oriented electrical steel and 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane or R-134a -- were exported to India from China at below normal prices.
On steel goods, India has imposed $223.82 per tonne on certain Chinese firms, while on few others $415 per tonne was imposed for five years, according to a finance ministry notification. On the gas, up to $5,251 per tonne was slapped for five years.
As per a separate notification, The government said it had imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of "Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch" exported from Vietnam. It is widely used in plastic industry.
