<p>The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under the Commerce Ministry, has said that there is no need for an applicant seeking a probe for anti-dumping or safeguard or countervailing duties to file a hard copy of the application.</p>.<p>In a trade notice, the directorate said that in the wake of lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak, it has become essential to make "temporary" changes in the investigation process to facilitate interested parties to apply for and participate in probes as well as enable officers to conduct investigations.</p>.<p>As a temporary measure, it said for filing of applications, "there shall be no necessity of filing of a hard copy (or paper copy) of the application or any supporting document".</p>.<p>It said that the applications may be signed, scanned and emailed with supporting documents to 'ad11-dgtr@gov.in'.</p>.<p>For filing of submissions for the ongoing investigations, the DGTR said interested parties should file questionnaire responses, submissions and any other communication by email.</p>.<p>Oral hearings/consultations would be held through video conferencing, it added.</p>.<p>Since it would not be possible for the investigation teams to undertake on-site visits to verify the information provided by interested parties, all parties should ensure provision of all supporting data/information in respect of the submissions made, it said.</p>.<p>"This trade notice shall be valid till June 30," it added.</p>.<p>The DGTR had earlier launched an online system -- ARTIS -- for filing anti-dumping applications by domestic industry with an aim to facilitate speedy resolution of dumping issues.</p>.<p>The directorate, investigation arm of the ministry, deals with anti-dumping duty, safeguard duty, and countervailing duty.</p>.<p>These duties are trade remedy measures, provided under an agreement of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to its member countries.</p>.<p>They are used to provide a level playing field to domestic industry in case of dumping of goods, significant increase in imports and subsidised imports.</p>.<p>In 2018-19, DGTR had initiated 24 anti-dumping (both fresh and review) investigations and issued final findings in 50 such cases.</p>.<p>During the same fiscal, it started five countervailing duty probes, while one safeguard measure investigation was also finalised during the period. </p>
<p>The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under the Commerce Ministry, has said that there is no need for an applicant seeking a probe for anti-dumping or safeguard or countervailing duties to file a hard copy of the application.</p>.<p>In a trade notice, the directorate said that in the wake of lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak, it has become essential to make "temporary" changes in the investigation process to facilitate interested parties to apply for and participate in probes as well as enable officers to conduct investigations.</p>.<p>As a temporary measure, it said for filing of applications, "there shall be no necessity of filing of a hard copy (or paper copy) of the application or any supporting document".</p>.<p>It said that the applications may be signed, scanned and emailed with supporting documents to 'ad11-dgtr@gov.in'.</p>.<p>For filing of submissions for the ongoing investigations, the DGTR said interested parties should file questionnaire responses, submissions and any other communication by email.</p>.<p>Oral hearings/consultations would be held through video conferencing, it added.</p>.<p>Since it would not be possible for the investigation teams to undertake on-site visits to verify the information provided by interested parties, all parties should ensure provision of all supporting data/information in respect of the submissions made, it said.</p>.<p>"This trade notice shall be valid till June 30," it added.</p>.<p>The DGTR had earlier launched an online system -- ARTIS -- for filing anti-dumping applications by domestic industry with an aim to facilitate speedy resolution of dumping issues.</p>.<p>The directorate, investigation arm of the ministry, deals with anti-dumping duty, safeguard duty, and countervailing duty.</p>.<p>These duties are trade remedy measures, provided under an agreement of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to its member countries.</p>.<p>They are used to provide a level playing field to domestic industry in case of dumping of goods, significant increase in imports and subsidised imports.</p>.<p>In 2018-19, DGTR had initiated 24 anti-dumping (both fresh and review) investigations and issued final findings in 50 such cases.</p>.<p>During the same fiscal, it started five countervailing duty probes, while one safeguard measure investigation was also finalised during the period. </p>