Awareness to help avoid levy of anti-dumping duties

FAISALABAD: Proper awareness can help avoid levy of anti-dumping duties on Pakistan textiles by various countries.

Director, National Tariff Commission (NTC) Dr Imran Zia observed this while addressing a training session for stakeholders at Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) here Saturday.

He reviewed and discussed in detail the situations in which anti-dumping duties were imposed on Pakistani textiles.

He also briefed the managerial staff of the textile exporters about 'SUNSET' reviews of 33 percent anti-dumping duty imposed by Peru in Latin America.

He said that anti-dumping duty was imposed by different countries against Pakistani textiles at different times in the past.

He said that European Union (EU) imposed anti-dumping duty on Pakistani bed linen twice. For the first time, it was imposed for a period of 5 years in 1996 and again from 2004 to 2009.

Similarly, South Africa (SA) imposed duty of 43 percent on bed sheet exports from Pakistan also twice for the same periods.

Again Peru had imposed 33 percent duty in the first period while for the second period a fixed anti-dumping duty of $1.14 had been imposed.

Regarding anti-dumping duty in Peru, he said that period was expiring in 2009 and a SUNSET review of the duty imposed was being undertaken.

He emphasised that this duty has been imposed because of the non compliance of the exporters about questionnaire of Peru authorities.

He stressed that if the exporters cooperated and furnished complete information to the country going to impose anti-dumping duty well in time, the likelihood of removal and avoidance of this duty was greater.

Elaborating, he said that Peru authorities because of non availability of information and lack of feedback from Pakistani exporters surmised the duty of $1.14 based on incorrect information downloaded from website.

Therefore, the need for serious approach and compliance to the questionnaires was imperative, he added.

He also emphasised the proper application and compliance of the rules and regulations of anti-dumping laws with the help of which duty in many cases could be avoided.

Director, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan Naseer Ahmed presided over this training session. App

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