Dumping duty on vitamin C imports from US, Canada
New Delhi: The designated authority in the commerce ministry has extended the imposing of anti-dumping duty on imports of vitamin-C from the US and Canada. This move comes after it was imposed against Japan, China, the European Union and Russia. And it also follows a petition from Sarabhai M Chemicals, a unit of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises, Baroda, alleging dumping of the product by the US and Canada.

The local industry had also provided detailed information to the authority clearly establishing that it had suffered severe injury due to the significant increase in imports of vitamin C in absolute terms from the two countries and the rise in the share of imports from them in relation to demand in India. After considering these representations, the authority concluded that vitamin C originating in the US and Canada has been exported to India below normal value. "This has resulted in dumping because of which the domestic industry has suffered material injury and that the injury has been caused cumulatively by imports from these countries." It therefore considered it necessary to impose definitive anti-dumping duty on the product in question.
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