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classification of products, issues relating to correct of the Handbook of Operating Procedures of Trade
invoice pricing, finding out alternative data sources for Defence Wing was also handed over to all
better collation and examination of data provided by stakeholders.
user industry were also discussed and thrashed out.
Till date three successful meetings have been organised 10. Training & Capacity Building of DGTR
i.e. on 30th August, 2018; 16th November, 2018 and officers
18th February, 2019.
It is essential for officers of DGTR to be well aware of
8. Outreach Programmes the latest relevant developments in the world as well
as to be adequately acquainted with the practices and
DGTR has taken a great initiative in reaching out to procedures of other WTO member countries.
the Domestic Industry, other stakeholders and Indian
exporters at their doorstep, especially MSMEs, to foster National Workshop on CVD investigations, conducted
awareness amongst them about available trade by Centre for WTO studies in 2018, was attended by
remedial measures. These have been found to be very the officers of DGTR to enhance their technical
well received especially in remote locations. DGTR capability to conduct countervailing and safeguard
Officers explained the rules, procedures and investigations in a fair and efficient manner, in
methodologies for trade remedy measures. These conformity with the WTO rules. There were various
outreach programmes also guide them to take help of brainstorming sessions to discuss and understand the
Trade Defence Wing in DGTR to handle the peculiar issues arising in different investigations
investigations initiated by other countries against conducted by different teams.
India.
A training program of three days was also conducted
DGTR had conducted series of outreach programmes for the staff members to enable them to contribute and
at various locations in the country for the benefit of the assist in the investigations.
domestic manufacturers. Twelve such outreach
programmes were conducted during 2018-19 in 11. Stake holder Consultations conducted
various cities namely, Vadodara, Goa, Chandigarh, by DGTR
Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam, Bangalore, Ludhiana,
Chennai, Pune, Surat, Dahej and Kanpur. The Indian Anti-Dumping and Anti-Subsidy Rules
were formulated more than two decades ago. In a
9. Conference on Trade Remedies dynamic global economic environment, there is a need
to constantly review the laws/statutes/ regulations for
First ever conference on the Trade Remedial updating them in order to keep pace with the changing
Measures was organized on 06th February, 2019. The times. Though some minor amendments were made in
conference was inaugurated by the Commerce the past, there was a need to have a comprehensive
Secretary. The focus of the conference was to sensitize look at the existing rules. There were long standing
the stakeholders regarding current scenario of the demands from various sectors of the industry to revisit
trade remedial measures initiated by our trading the existing structure of rules and regulations.
partners against Indian exports/exporters and the
problems faced by Trade Defence Wing in preparation Hence, DGTR took one more step in way of becoming
of the response of Government of India while more transparent and responsive trade remedial
defending the cases. The officials from different investigation by conducting Stakeholder
Ministries/ Departments of Central Government, Consultations to review the existing Laws/Rules etc.
State Governments, Regional Authorities of DGFT, Stakeholders and Academicians, who are a goldmine
and representatives of Export Promotion Councils of experience in this field, were called upon to give
attended the conference. During the conference a copy their views on draft Amendments. Discussions were
held on each and every aspect and process of notifying
Amendments to Rules has commenced.

12. Streamlining of the trade remedial
i n v e s t i g a t i o n - A l i g n m e n t w i t h
international best practices:

Since the inception of DGTR, continuous steps have
been taken to improve and strengthen the procedures
and practices. Investigation process follows pre-
determined Rules and practices which have developed
during the course of time. In pursuance of the
objective to bring in further improvement, several

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