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7. Considerable progress has been made in development of e-system wherein the domestic
industry and exporters would be able to electronically file petition / response even from remote
locations. This would also enable online monitoring of status of ongoing trade remedial
investigations. The new system (likely to be launched shortly) will reduce the need to visit DGTR
Office by the interested parties, thereby saving time and cost for all stakeholders.

8. DGTR also initiated steps to bring about requisite amendments in Anti-Dumping Rules
1995, Countervailing Duty Rules 1995 and Safeguard Rules 1997, in response to the need to
insert missing provisions of WTO Agreements and feedback received from the stakeholders.
Stakeholder consultation has since been completed and it is expected that Directorate may
notify the amended Rules in 2019-20.

9. I would like to acknowledge the contribution of all officers and staff of DGTR who have
worked as a team towards enhancing the credibility of the organization. This is a long drawn
process and more work remains to be done to consolidate the gains that have been made in the
past year.

10. I take this opportunity to congratulate the publication team for coming out with this
Annual Report and thank officers of IBEF who extended invaluable support in designing the cover
page and layout of this publication.

11. I hope all stakeholders will find this Report useful.

New Delhi ( Sunil Kumar )
04 April 2019
Additional Secretary &
Director General