Hanoi (VNA) - India has commenced an anti-dumping investigation against certain types of textiles imported from China, Thailand, and Vietnam, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Competition Administration Department announced on May 14.
The Indian Association of Synthetic Fibre Industries filed an application to commence the investigation on May 6 with the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties under India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The application alleges dumping of fully-drawn or fully-oriented yarn, spin-draw yarn and polyester flat-yarn.
Known generally as fully-drawn yarn (FDY), the products are used as raw materials in the production of apparel, household textile products and industrial textiles.
The Indian Association of Synthetic Fibre Industries claimed the dumping of FDY from the three countries named in the application onto the Indian market exposed the domestic industry to injury.
Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association chairman Le Quoc An expressed surprise at the Indian allegation, saying that Vietnam’s FDY exports to India were insignificant at only about 5 million USD yearly.
With a far larger export market for FDY in the Middle East, An said, Vietnam’s FDY exports would not be significantly impacted by the Indian investigation.
For the purposes of the investigation, the Indian Association of Synthetic Fibre Industries proposed Taiwan be treated as a third-party market economy for determining normal value of FDY for China and Vietnam.
The proposed investigation would cover the period from October 1, 2006, to September 30, 2007, but the alleged period of injury extends back to April 2004.-Enditem
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