Trade remedy must be user industry sensitive
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Besides technical determinations, imposition of anti-dumping duties must also pass the public interest test In recent months, the Department of Revenue (DoR) has rejected as many as 20 recommendations of the Directorate-General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) to impose provisional or definitive anti-dumping duties, or to extend such duties, without giving any reason. Previously, too, a number of measures have been withdrawn or suspended
suo motu, through Budget announcements of 2020 and 2021, without the recommendation of the DGTR, apparently to protect the interests of the downstream industry.
These unusual actions by the DoR brings into sharp focus the concept of ‘user/public interest’ debates in trade remedy investigations. Indian industry has been raising the issue, saying that a section of large and medium industries has been the perpetual beneficiaries at the cost of a larg
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Daily Monitor
Friday March 12 2021
On Friday last week, Kenya announced a ban on maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania, citing the danger that it presented to its citizens due to high levels of aflatoxin. PHOTO/FILE.
Summary
Government is waiting for official communication following reports that Kenya has lifted the ban on importation of maize from Uganda.
Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde yesterday told Daily Monitor, Kenya had not officially communicated in regard to the ban that had been announced last week .
“They informed us but you have to wait for official communication. It is still informal,” she said in a brief interview.