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The Association of Man-made fibre Industry of India (AMFII) called on the Indian government to provide a level-playing field to the upstream industry and to ensure that the Indian textile sector does not become fully dependent on imported supplies.
S P Katnauria, secretary general of AMFII told Fibre2Fashion, “Since August 2021, there has been a five fold increase in monthly VSF imports into India. These surging imports at predatory prices are significantly harming the domestic man-made fibre industry. The Chinese backed player has set up large VSF plants in Indonesia to flood the Indian market by taking advantage of the India- ASEAN FTA.”
India’s man-made fibre industry body has urged the government to accept the recommendation of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) to continue anti-dumping duty (ADD) on imports of viscose staple fibre (VSF) from Indonesia. The recommendation was only made by the Indian authority for Indonesian VSF, and not for Chinese supplies.
According to the notification issued in this regard, DGTR has recommended to impose ADD with the specified rates on VSF under HS code 55041010 and 55041090. The authority recommended duty of $0.103 per kg on VSF produced by PT South Pacific Viscose and a duty of $0.512 per kg on VSF produced by PT Asia Pacific Rayon and other producers.
DGTR had initiated sunset review investigation after a notification of February 22, 2021. It had started the examination on the application of AMFII on behalf of Grasim Industries Limited. The authority has recommended to continue ADD on supplies of Indonesia for another five years. However, continuation of anti-dumping duty was not recommended on imports of the product from China.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)
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