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Vietnam dumps lamps, says India
Vietnamese exporters of compact fluorescent lamps will suffer higher import tariffs in India after the country’s anti-dumping agency ruled that they dumped products.
The Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) said Monday India’s Director General of Anti-dumping and Allied Duties had finalized a lawsuit against Vietnamese exporters of compact fluorescent lamps.
Exporters from China and Sri Lanka were also named in the lawsuit, but only Chinese exporters would face punitive measures along with their Vietnamese counterparts, VCA said.
Chinese exporters will face antidumping tariffs ranging from US$0.364 to $1.908 per unit and Vietnamese exporters between $0.452 and $1.582, according to the Indian authority.
The ruling charged Vietnamese and Chinese exporters of injuring Indian manufacturers and threatening the country’s industry.
Compact fluorescent lamp imports from China increased sharply from 36.32 to 87.86 percent of India’s total lamp import in the 2003-2007 period while Vietnam accounted for 4.46 percent in 2007.
Exporters from Sri Lanka were ruled out of the lawsuit as their products accounted for less than 3 percent of India’s total imports and have yet to injure its industry, the authority said.
India imported 121 million lamps in 2006-2007, according to the director general.
VietNamNet, ThanhNien
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