On March 3, 2020, the government of Argentina initiated a dumping investigation against exports of certain types of tape metric rulers from the Republic of India, products which are exported to Argentina under MERCOSUR’s Common Nomenclature (N.C.M.) 9017.80.10.
On March 3, 2020, the government of Argentina by means of Resolution No. 23/2020 issued by the Secretariat of Industry, Economy of Knowledge, and Foreign Trade Management, initiated a dumping investigation against exports of tape metric rulers (except those used for tailoring, and non-metal metric rulers of the type used for anatomical measurement purposes) from the Republic of India, products which are exported to Argentina under MERCOSUR’s Common Nomenclature (N.C.M.) 9017.80.10.
The opening of the antidumping investigation was requested by the local manufacturer Mediciones Evel S.A., and pursuant the information submitted by said company, the alleged dumping margin was calculated at 327.77%.
Exporters from the Republic of India, as well as local companies importing the investigated products can appear before the Secretariat of Industry, Economy of Knowledge, and Foreign Trade Management and request the questionnaires to participate in the dumping investigation. Otherwise, questionnaires will be available at https://www.argentina.gob.ar/cnce/cuestionarios as from March 6, 2020.
The Spanish text of the Resolution opening the investigation is available at the following link: https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/226161/20200303
