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Hon'ble CIM, Suresh Prabhu and Hon'ble MoS, C. R. Chaudhary along with the officers of Department of
Commerce on the occasion of release of DGTR publication

consolidate these practices to create an environment of ensure that all stakeholders work in tandem and
uniformity and consistency in procedures. In participate fully in trade remedial investigations
pursuance of this, the following publications, prepared against exports originating from India.
by the officers of DGTR, were released by Shri Suresh
Prabhu, the Hon’ble Commerce & Industry Minister, (iii) A specific e-mail id (publications-
on 17th December, 2018: dgtr@gov.in) was created by the Directorate to
receive suggestions from various stakeholders and
(i) Manual of Operating Practices for Trade regularly update these publications through
Remedy Investigations – As a quasi-judicial body, comments/inputs received in the Directorate.
it is imperative that DGTR works in the most
transparent, objective and uniform manner since its 4. Other Publications of DGTR
findings can be challenged before the Appellate
Tribunal, High Courts and Supreme Court of India as With liberalisation of trade, domestic industry,
well as before the dispute resolution board of WTO. A particularly the MSME sector, became more
manual of operating Practices was prepared for the vulnerable as a result of unfair trade practices.
first time in the history of the Directorate, with a view The trade remedial measures available to the industry
to streamline the investigation processes and systems are complex and legal disciplines and are not always
based on standard methods and best practices. In easy to comprehend by users. Therefore, to sensitise
addition, it contains all the applicable Trade Notices, domestic industry about trade remedy
Instructions and Clarifications issued by the instruments, the Directorate also issued the following
Authority from time to time. The Manual is of great publications:
help to the officers of DGTR in carrying out complex
trade remedial investigations in a more diligent, (i) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - A list of
systematic and uniform manner. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and their answers
were prepared. The FAQs provide replies in simple
(ii) Handbook of Operating Procedures of Trade
Defence Wing – The Trade Defence Wing coordinates
with various stakeholders and ensures that
appropriate responses based on duly substantiated
facts are filed with the respective Authorities
within the stipulated time and in conformity with
well-established WTO norms, procedures and
practices of investigating country (ies). This requires
collection of information from various agencies such as
Export Promotion Councils, Industry Associations,
concerned Departments/Directorates of State
Governments and Central Government. The
handbook lays down the operating procedures to

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