Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), erstwhile DGAD, had conducted investigations on subsidies on Chinese goods and imposed countervailing/anti-subsidy duty on the following products imported from China as per the provisions under Customs Tariff Act 1975 and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment, and Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995:

S.No.	Product(s)	Date of imposition of countervailing duty	Quantum of duty	Date of expiry of duty
	Castings for wind operated electricity generators	19.01.2016	8.78% to 13.44 % of landed value	18.01.2021
	Certain hot rolled and cold rolled stainless steel flat products	07.09.2017	18.95% of landed value	06.09.2022

Anti-dumping duty is also in force on ‘Castings of wind operated electricity generators’ and on certain grades of ‘Certain hot rolled and cold rolled stainless steel flat products’. The details are:

S.No.	Product(s)	Date of imposition of anti-dumping duty	Quantum of duty	Date of expiry of duty
	Castings for wind operated electricity generators	30.08.2017	6.27% to 35.92 % of landed value	29.08.2022
	Cold rolled flat products of stainless steel	11.12.2015	5.39% to 57.39% of landed value	10.12.2020
	Hot Rolled flat product of Stainless Steel of ASTM grade 304	05.06.2015	US$ 180 to US$ 316 per MT	04.06.2020
	Hot rolled flat products of alloy and non-alloy steel	08.08.2016	US$ 478 to US$ 561 per MT	07.08.2021
	Cold rolled flat products of alloy or non alloy steel	17.08.2016	Nil to US$ 594 per MT	16.08.2021

Anti-dumping duty is in force on following major chemicals imported from China and used in detergents:

S.No.	Product(s)	Date of imposition of duty	Quantum of duty	Expiry date of duty
	Caustic Soda	18.08.2015	US$ Nil to 48.39 Per Dry MT	17.08.2020
	Linear Alkyl Benzene	11.04.2017	US$ 23.78 to 300.22 per MT	10.04.2022
	Zeolite-4A (detergent grade)	13.12.2018	US$ 163.90 to US$ 207.72 per MT	12.12.2023

The Government is aware of the findings of the 145^th parliamentary committee report from Rajya Sabha which came out on 25^thJuly 2018 wherein it was identified that the imports of the Chinese steel have increased by 8 per cent.

DGTR has imposed anti-dumping duty in the range of USD 44.89 to USD 185.51 per MT on straight length bars and rods of alloy steel imported from China. The anti-dumping duty is valid till 17.10.2023. Ministry of Steel has also issued the Quality Control Orders for 53 products to prevent sub-standard steel imports from China and other nations and is closely monitoring the impact of cheap steel imported from China on the domestic industry.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, C. R. Chaudhary, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

Anti-dumping duty protects domestic industry by imposing targeted duties and quality controls on imports from China. DGTR investigated subsidisation and dumping of Chinese imports and imposed countervailing and anti-dumping duties on castings for wind generators, various cold and hot rolled stainless and alloy steel flat products, and detergent chemicals, with duties specified as percentages of landed value or per metric tonne and set for defined durations; the government also reported anti-dumping measures on alloy steel bars and rods and Quality Control Orders by the Ministry of Steel to address substandard imports.