India is poised to impose an anti-dumping duty on recordable DVDsimported from Vietnam, citing predatory pricing.
India's Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties made afinal finding on July 2 that Vietnamese exporters were sellingrecordable discs, including DVD-R and DVD-RW discs, below normal prices,setting the stage for an imposition of duties.
Theanti-dumping duty would be imposed three months after this finalfinding, according to Vietnam's Competition AdministrationDepartment.
The dumping margin for the products wasset at 64.09 percent, subjecting the products to a tariff of 50.51 USDfor each 1,000 units.
An anti-dumping investigation onrecordable discs originating from Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysiawas initiated in May 2009 on the recommendation of India's OpticalDisc Manufactures Welfare Association.
The Indianwatchdog group has decided to impose a duty of 35.92 USD per 1,000 unitson Malaysian products and 25.98 USD per 1,000 units on Thai products.
Ritek Vietnam Co Ltd was the only Vietnamese exporter tocollaborate with the authorities during the investigation process. Thecompany will have to pay a duty of only 29.75 USD per 1,000 units.
"Only Vietnam has a separate tariff rate for anenterprise," said a representative of the Competition AdministrationDepartment, emphasising the importance of enterprises co-operating withauthorities during these investigations. "This can help them get morefavourable decision," she said.
While the duty wouldaffect Vietnamese DVD exports to India, exporters could stillrestructure their export markets to minimise the impact, she added.
Vietnamese companies exported nearly 57.6 million discs toIndia in 2008-09, accounting for 12.1 percent of market share in thecountry.
This is the fourth anti-dumping case inwhich India has ruled against Vietnamese products since Vietnamjoined the World Trade Organisation in 2007. India imposedanti-dumping tariffs on recordable compact discs (CD-R) and compactfluorescent lamps bulbs from Vietnam in 2008 and on cotton fabric in2009./.
India's Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties made afinal finding on July 2 that Vietnamese exporters were sellingrecordable discs, including DVD-R and DVD-RW discs, below normal prices,setting the stage for an imposition of duties.
Theanti-dumping duty would be imposed three months after this finalfinding, according to Vietnam's Competition AdministrationDepartment.
The dumping margin for the products wasset at 64.09 percent, subjecting the products to a tariff of 50.51 USDfor each 1,000 units.
An anti-dumping investigation onrecordable discs originating from Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysiawas initiated in May 2009 on the recommendation of India's OpticalDisc Manufactures Welfare Association.
The Indianwatchdog group has decided to impose a duty of 35.92 USD per 1,000 unitson Malaysian products and 25.98 USD per 1,000 units on Thai products.
Ritek Vietnam Co Ltd was the only Vietnamese exporter tocollaborate with the authorities during the investigation process. Thecompany will have to pay a duty of only 29.75 USD per 1,000 units.
"Only Vietnam has a separate tariff rate for anenterprise," said a representative of the Competition AdministrationDepartment, emphasising the importance of enterprises co-operating withauthorities during these investigations. "This can help them get morefavourable decision," she said.
While the duty wouldaffect Vietnamese DVD exports to India, exporters could stillrestructure their export markets to minimise the impact, she added.
Vietnamese companies exported nearly 57.6 million discs toIndia in 2008-09, accounting for 12.1 percent of market share in thecountry.
This is the fourth anti-dumping case inwhich India has ruled against Vietnamese products since Vietnamjoined the World Trade Organisation in 2007. India imposedanti-dumping tariffs on recordable compact discs (CD-R) and compactfluorescent lamps bulbs from Vietnam in 2008 and on cotton fabric in2009./.
