The Finance Ministry has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on 'electronic calculators' from China.

The anti-dumping duty--which ranges from $0.28 per piece to $1.22 per piece-- will be valid for a period of five years.

An electronic calculator is a small and portable electronic device used for performing arithmetic operations and certain other mathematical functions.

Simple numeric operations include basic arithmetic such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Complex mathematical functions include exponential operations, roots, logarithms, trigonometric functions, and hyperbolic functions, etc.

The petition seeking anti-dumping duty on 'electronic calculators of all types' was filed by Ajanta Ltd.

The anti-dumping duty will however not apply to calculators with attached printers (printing calculators), calculators with ability to plot charts and graphs (graphing calculators) and programmable calculators.

srivats.kr@thehindu.co.in

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