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Measures to Improve Balance of Trade

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..... Measures to Improve Balance of Trade
News and Press Release
Dated:- 24-7-2017

Based on the applications filed by the domestic industry (DI) for imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports from various countries including China PR, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand etc., Directorate General of Anti-dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD) initiated anti-dumping investigations on imports from various .....

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..... countries. The details are as given below: (as on 14.07.2017) S.No. Country No. of Initiations since 01.01.2012 1. China PR 62 2. Indonesia 11 3. Malaysia 11 4. Thailand 10 5. Other countries 129 Total 223 From time to time, DGAD receives applications from domestic producers for imposition of anti-dumping duty on various products. After detailed investigations, preliminary/ .....

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..... final findings are issued by DGAD based on which, Department of Revenue imposes provisional/definitive anti-dumping duties. As on 14.7.2017, anti-dumping duty is in force in 141 cases (country wise-277 cases) and 54more cases (country wise-131 cases)have been initiated. Product category wise details of cases is given below:- (as on 14.07.2017) S.No. Product Category No. of cases in which dut .....

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..... y is in force No. of Cases initiated 1. Chemical and Petrochemicals 67 (143) 30 (71) 2. Electrical and electronic items and accessories 06 (09) 00 (00) 3. Fibre Boards 03 (10) 01 (04) 4. Fibres and Yarn 12 (25) 07 (26) 5. Glass and Glassware 07 (12) 01 (02) 6. Machinery Items 05 (09) 01 (01) 7. Pharmaceutical 13 (14) 02 (02) 8. Rubber or Plastic products 07 (09) 04 .....

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..... (08) 9. Steel and other metals 17 (38) 03 (08) 10. Other Products 04 (08) 05 (09) Total 141 (277) 54 (131) Figures in bracket denote No. of cases country wise. Note: In many cases, a single notification/investigation involves multiple countries. Details of the trade deficit with China during the last three years and the current year upto April 2017 are given below:- Bilateral Trade .....

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..... between India and China 2014-15 to 2016-17 and the current year Value in US$ Billion S.No. Financial Year Trade Deficit with China 1. 2014-15 48.47 2. 2015-16 52.69 3. 2016-17 51.08 4. 2017-18 (April, 2017)* 4.92 (Source: DGCI&S) *Provisional Efforts are being made to increase overall exports by diversifying the trade basket with emphasis on manufactured goods, services, resolu .....

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..... tion of market access issues and other non-tariff barriers. This is done through bilateral meetings and institutional dialogues. Indian exporters are encouraged to participate in major trade fairs in China to show-case Indian products. Further, many measures have been taken to overcome the overall trade deficit. These include implementation of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) and Serv .....

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..... ices Exports from India Scheme (SEIS), implementation of NiryatBandhu Scheme, Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade (SWIFT) clearance project as part of 'Ease of doing Business', Interest Equalization Scheme in pre and post shipment credit, Special Advance Authorization Scheme, Trade Infrastructure for Export Promotion (TIES) Scheme etc. The Foreign Trade Data Dashboard-Trade Analytics h .....

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..... as been launched on 10.10.2016. It aims at providing easy access to India's export/import and balance of trade data in visual analytic format to all the stakeholders including public. It provides an overview of India's trade dynamics for last five years. This information was given by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today
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