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Chapter-5

Actions and Timelines for each stage of Countervailing

Duty Investigations against exports from India

Stage-I: Notice regarding Pre-initiation Consultation

1. Before initiation of CVD Investigation by any WTO member, it is mandatory to hold pre- initiation consultation

with the Government of the exporting country with an aim to arrive at a mutually agreed solution. The Indian
missions abroad i.e. EOI is the nodal point for receiving such communication from the IAs of the importing

countries.

2. IAs vide ‘Note-verbale’ or ‘Letters’ notify the EOI regarding the receipt of a petition from their Domestic

Industry for initiation of CVD Investigation on the Product exported from or originating in India. The IAs also
provide the timelines within which it decides to initiate the CVD investigation. Normally, IAs keep 15-20-days

for arriving at the decision to initiate the CVD investigation. TDW participates in the Pre- initiation
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consultation requested by the IAs. Operating Procedures to be followed by TDW are as outlined below:
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The Operating Procedures are the guiding processes. They are not mandatory and TDW makes endeavours to follow them to the extent possible.

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