The Director-General of Anti-Dumping (DGAD) has found China, S. Korea and Singapore figuring among prominent countries in anti-dumping investigations.

This was revealed in a written reply given by the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, to a question raised in the Rajya Sabha by Mr Parimal Nathwani on Wednesday.

Mr Nathwani, Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, is also the Group President, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).

In a release here on Thursday, Mr Nathwani said the DGAD initiated 275 anti-dumping investigations into cases involving 42 countries/territories from 1992 until March 31. All 27 European countries were considered as one territory. Measures in respect of 112 cases were in force until December 31, 2011.

Mr Scindia stated that major product categories on which anti-dumping duty were levied included chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, fibres/yarns, steel and other metal products and consumer goods.

During the last three fiscals, the number of anti-dumping cases initiated were 15, 15 and 8, respectively. Duty was imposed in 11 cases in 2009-10 and four cases were closed. In 2010-11, duty was imposed in 13 cases and two cases were closed.

The other countries which figured in the anti-dumping cases during last three years were Israel, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, the UAE, Russia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, the European Union, Norway, Pakistan, Ukraine, South Africa, Kenya, Iran and the US.

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