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Total investigations initiated against India (1.1.1995 –31.3.2019*)

ADD Investigation CVD Investigation Safeguard Total
Investigation

235 86 308 629

* Source: Estimated Data

9.3 Trade remedy action against India over last investigations. There is a declining trend during the
two decades show that safeguard investigations recent years in ADD & CVD investigations against
are in lead in terms of number of cases initiated India, however safeguard initiations have increased
followed by ADD investigations and then CVD during 2018.

9.4 To strengthen the efforts for defending the cases 9.6 As for Countervailing investigations, India was
initiated against exports from India, the Department target of 86 initiations against which, around 52
had established a CVD Cell on 01.04.2016 in erstwhile measures were imposed during the period 1995 to
DGAD with an aim to defend CVD investigations 31.03.2019. The member countries initiated 10 Cases
initiated by WTO member countries against exports (including 4 original initiations and 6 review
from India. This was necessitated in view of trade investigations) of CVD against India during 2018-19,
protectionism being adopted by many economies as the case wise list is annexed at Annexure-VI. USA has
well as raising concerns over the increasing use of initiated the highest number of five cases (3 original
trade remedial measures by other member countries. investigations and 2 review investigations) against
The Cell has now been restructured into Trade India followed by European Union (3 review
Defence Wing (TDW). TDW is the nodal point for investigation and 1 duty refund review). China has
defending Indian exports against the trade remedy also initiated one original CVD investigation against
investigations initiated by other countries. India during the year 2018-19. The cases were duly
represented by DGTR defending the allegations
9.5 The WTO member countries have so far initiated against the different schemes/programmes of
235 Anti Dumping investigations against India from Government of India/State Governments. All efforts
1992 till 31.3.2019 against which the measures were made to ensure compliance with requirements
imposed were 135. India was a target of 8 original within the prescribed timelines. This was possible due
investigations during 2018-19 in addition to reviews, to a detailed framework being put in place and
as detailed in the list at Annexure V. The Directorate documented in the Manual of Operating Practices,
is putting in place the infrastructure to extend which is also available on the website of DGTR for the
support to Indian producer exporters through Indian benefit of Indian Exporters and all other
Embassies/High Commission and monitoring of stakeholders. It may be added here that the numbers
progress of ADD cases as well. of investigations against India as mentioned above

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