Annexure 2 - ANNEXURE II

Injury assessment: objective analysis of dumped imports' volume, price effects and causal impact on domestic industry required.

Determination of injury requires objective assessment of dumped imports' volume and price effects and consequent impact on domestic producers, including economic indices like sales, profits, output, market share, productivity and capacity utilisation. A causal link between dumping and injury must be demonstrated, excluding concurrent non-dumping factors. Cumulative assessment of imports from multiple countries is permitted only when specified dumping-margin and import-volume thresholds are met and competitive conditions justify it. Threat findings must be fact-based, showing imminent change through rising import rates, spare export capacity, price-depressing entries, or inventories, and effects should be measured against production of the like article or the narrowest identifiable group.