Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) conducts anti-dumping investigations on the basis of a duly substantiated petition filed by the domestic industry (DI) alleging dumping of goods into the country causing injury to the DI. The basic intent of the anti-dumping measures is to eliminate injury caused to the DI by the unfair trade practices of dumping from exports from other countries and to create a level playing field for the DI.

Currently the following anti-dumping investigations on imports of rubber are under progress in DGAD:

(i)   “Polybutadiene Rubber or PBR” originating in or exported from Korea PR, Russia, South Africa, Iran and Singapore vide notification No. 14/40/2016-DGAD dated 16.09.2016 based on the petition filed by M/s Reliance Industries Limited.

(ii)    Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) of 1500 series and 1700 series , originating in or exported from European Union, Korea RP and Thailand vide notification No. 14/10/2015-DGAD dated 14.01.2016 based on the petition filed by M/s Indian Synthetic Rubber Pvt. Limited and Reliance Industries Limited.

(iii)   Certain Rubber Chemicals, namely TDQ & PX-13 originating in or exported from European Union and MOR and MBTS originating in or exported from China PR vide notification No. 15/5/2016-DGAD dated 08.07.2016 based on the petition filed by NOCIL Limited.

This information was given by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

Anti-dumping investigations target rubber imports to address alleged dumping and protect domestic industry through measures. DGAD initiates anti-dumping investigations on petitions by domestic industry alleging dumped rubber imports causing injury, aiming to eliminate injury and restore competitive parity. Current investigations cover Polybutadiene Rubber from multiple exporting countries petitioned by Reliance Industries Limited; Styrene Butadiene Rubber (1500 and 1700 series) from the European Union, Korea RP and Thailand petitioned by Indian Synthetic Rubber Pvt. Limited and Reliance Industries Limited; and specified rubber chemicals (TDQ, PX-13, MOR, MBTS) from the European Union and China PR petitioned by NOCIL Limited under formal DGAD notifications.