Anti-dumping duty on flexible slabstock polyol from Saudi Arabia, UAE
April 06, 2021
TN-based Manali Petro had filed petition for anti-dumping duty
The Finance Ministry has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of flexible slabstock polyol from Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Flexible Slabstock Polyol is a polyether and on reaction with catalysts and additives, yields polyurethane foams used in upholstery, mattresses, pillows, boosters, transport seating and packaging.
Tamil Nadu-based Manali Petrochemicals, which accounts for 98 per cent of domestic production of flexible slabstock polyol, had filed the application seeking anti-dumping duty on flexible slabstock polyol imports from Saudi Arabia and UAE.
While the Designated Authority in the Commerce and Industry had on September 1 last year recommended the imposition of anti-dumping duty, the revenue department has imposed the duty on April 5 this year seven months after the recommendation was made by the Designated Authorit
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According to the new DoT directive, from June 15, those holding ISP licenses, including the likes of state-run GAIL, Power Grid and Oil India, can only install equipment from the trusted products list. ISPs would also need to take permission from the designated authority for upgrading existing network.
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The latest move may prove expensive for ISPs. This will increase the cost since ISPs heavily depend on Chinese equipment in some form or another,” said an official.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has brought in the clauses of ‘trusted sources’ and ‘trusted products’ for internet service providers (ISPs) as well by amending their license. ISPs have criticised the move, saying many may have to shut shop as procurement costs could rise substantially as they heavily bank upon Chinese manufacturers for their supplies.
DoT amends ISP licenses on telecom gear use from trusted sources, products lists
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Synopsis With effect from 15 June 2021. the licensee shall only connect Trusted Products in its network, and also seek permission from designated authority for upgradation of existing network utilizing the Telecommunication Equipment, not designated as Trusted Products, it added.
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GAIL, RailTel, Power Grid, Oil India which have ISP licenses can only install equipment from the trusted products list from June 15.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has brought in the clauses of ‘trusted sources’ and ‘trusted products’ for internet service providers (ISP) as well by amending their license. ISPs have criticised the move, saying many may have to shut shop as procurement costs could rise substantially as they heavily bank upon Chinese manufacturers for their supplies.
Trade remedy must be user industry sensitive
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Besides technical determinations, imposition of anti-dumping duties must also pass the public interest test In recent months, the Department of Revenue (DoR) has rejected as many as 20 recommendations of the Directorate-General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) to impose provisional or definitive anti-dumping duties, or to extend such duties, without giving any reason. Previously, too, a number of measures have been withdrawn or suspended
suo motu, through Budget announcements of 2020 and 2021, without the recommendation of the DGTR, apparently to protect the interests of the downstream industry.
These unusual actions by the DoR brings into sharp focus the concept of ‘user/public interest’ debates in trade remedy investigations. Indian industry has been raising the issue, saying that a section of large and medium industries has been the perpetual beneficiaries at the cost of a larg