Anti-dumping duty on narrow woven fabrics
The product is "narrow woven fabric having pile weave, made up of man-made fibres, used as a fastening-tape. The major uses of narrow woven fabrics are in industries such as garment, surgical and orthopaedic apparatus manufacturing, shoes and footwear manufacturing, luggage/bags manufacturing, toys, automobile upholstery and various other industrial garments. On a written complaint from Sky Industries Ltd, Mumbai, the Designated Authority set off a preliminary probe and found that these goods have been exported to India from China and Taipei below its normal value, causing material injury to domestic industry in the process.
In its probe, the Authority held that dumped imports from these countries rose markedly in volume by 3,532. Even export prices decreased substantially during the whole period under probe and have undercut domestic industry prices on an average by 10 times.
The government acting on the recommendations of the Designated Authority has imposed an Ant Dumping duty on narrow woven fabric originating in or exported from China and Taipei. This duty will be initially for a period of six months till 13.8.2005.
Notification No. , dated 14-2-2005