On 05 August the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) published a notice of its final determination of the sunset review of the anti-dumping duty on unframed glass mirrors originating in or imported from India.
On 19 June 2015 Itac notified the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) industry that unless it made a substantiated request indicating that the expiry of the anti-dumping duty against imports of unframed glass mirrors originating in or imported from India would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury, the antidumping duty on the subject product originating in or imported from India would expire on 03 March 2016.
A response to the Commission’s sunset review questionnaire was received from PG Building Glass, a division of PG Group (Pty) Ltd, being the only producer for the subject product in the Sacu.
The investigation was initiated after Itac considered that prima facie information had been submitted to indicate that the expiry of the anti-dumping duty would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and the recurrence of material injury. No properly documented responses were received from any interested party. Using the best information available, Itac made a final determination that the expiry of the anti-dumping duty would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and the recurrence of injury.
Itac therefore recommended to the trade and industry minister that the anti-dumping duty on unframed glass mirrors originating in or imported from India be maintained.
The minister approved Itac’s recommendation; the detailed reasons for its decision are set out in Commission’s Report No. 530.