India Starts Probe Into Alleged Exports Subsidisation of Aluminium Item by Malaysia
News 18India has initiated a probe into alleged exports subsidisation by Malaysia on an aluminium product, following a complaint by the domestic industry, according to a notification. The commerce ministry’s investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies has started an anti-subsidy investigation to examine whether Malaysia’s subsidy programmes for exports of ‘aluminium primary foundry alloy ingot’ into India are impacting the domestic industry. They have alleged that subsidised imports from Malaysia are causing material injury to the domestic industry and have requested the imposition of countervailing duties on the imports, DGTR has said in a notification. “On the basis of the duly substantiated written application by domestic industry, and having satisfied itself, on the basis of the prima facie evidence, substantiating subsidisation of the subject goods” exported from Malaysia, “the authority hereby initiates an investigation,” it said.