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India To Investigate Anti-dumping of Vinyl Tiles from Vietnam

On January 24th, 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India (Directorate General of Trade Remedies) has issued initiation of anti-dumping investigation of imports of “Vinyl Tiles other than in roll or sheet form” originating in or exported from China PR, Taiwan and Vietnam (Case No. AD (OI) -16/2021). Ministry of Commerce and Industry received the allegations that the dumping of the product under consideration from the mentioned countries above is materially retarding the establishment of the domestic industry in India.




According to the Initiation notification, the product under consideration for the present investigation is “Vinyl Tiles, other than in roll or sheet form” under the following HS codes: 39181090, 39181010, 39189010, 39189020 and 39189090. However, is only indicative and not binding on the scope of the product under consideration in the present investigation. The period of investigation will be applied for the duration from October 1st, 2020 to September 30th, 2021.

According to the affirmation, imported products originating in or exported from the mentioned countries has no significant differences in the products produced by the domestic industry. As per the practice of the authority, the PCN methodology would be decided post initiation after inviting comments from all the interested parties. The interested parties may provide their comments/suggestions for the finalization of PCNs for the purpose of this investigation within 15 days from the date of the initiation of this investigation.

Accordingly, on the basis of proving that the conditions about dumping of the product under consideration originating in or exported from the mentioned countries and prove the damages cause from the causality alleged dumping in accordance with regulations. The Authority initiates an investigation to determine the existence, degree and effect of any alleged dumping in respect of the product under consideration originating in or exported from the mentioned countries and to recommend the amount of anti-dumping duty.

Besides, the relevant parties can send the submission within “confidential” or “non-confidential” and make a mark at the top of each page. The Authority may accept or reject the request for confidentiality on examination of the nature of the information submitted. If the Authority is satisfied that the request for confidentiality is not warranted or if the supplier of the information is either unwilling to public, it may disregard such information.

Therefore, the relevant parties should submit the investigate information to Designated Authority in India 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice as per Rule 6(4) of the Anti-Dumping Rules.

The relevant parties could consult with international trade dispute lawyers in Vietnam whom work with Indian counterparts for assistance in responding to India authorities.


If Client needs any more information or request for legal advice or potential dispute regarding trade remedies measures including, anti-dumping, countervailing duty and safeguard measures or international trade dispute matters, our competition, anti-dumping, and countervailing duty lawyers in Vietnam of International trade and tax practice at ANT Lawyers, a law firm in Vietnam always follow up anti-dumping cases and its development to update clients on regular basis.

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