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Confidentiality

NCV documents should be an exact copy of CV but blanked and summarised
depending upon information for which confidentiality is claimed. It is the discretion
of DA to accept or reject the confidentiality claim. In case the DA is not satisfied
with the reasons for claiming confidentiality and if the interested party is unwilling
to disclose the information, the same shall not be taken on record.

7.6.5. Trade Notice No. 1/2017 dated 8th December 2017, provides the following
terms and conditions to be complied with by the interested parties for obtaining the
transaction-wise import data from DGCI&S:

(i) The information obtained from DGCI&S shall only be used for purpose of an
investigation.
(ii) The data shall not be used for any other purpose: commercial or otherwise.

(iii) The data shall not be published or shared with any third party.

(iv) The applicant shall inform the DGTR and DGCI&S about the actual usage of
information.

7.6.6. For the above purpose, a declaration shall be given to DGTR and also to
DGCI&S. The data from DGCI&S is on an actual usage basis and therefore shall not
be placed in the public file.

7.6.7. Trade Notice No. 01/2018 dated 2 January 2018 provides for Non-
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confidential import data in an Anti-dumping investigation. Any request for DGCI&S
data for making application for AD/CVD investigation shall be made to the
nominated official in the Directorate.

7.6.8. Trade Notice No. 07/2018 dated 15 March 2018 provides for streamlining
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the Anti-dumping and Countervailing duty investigation process regarding obtaining
and sharing import data pertaining to investigation with interested parties.

7.6.9. The recent Trade Notice No. 10/2018 dated 07.09.2018 provides the most
comprehensive instructions and guidelines for all the interested parties to deal with
the concept of confidentiality while filing submissions and responses

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