On September 29, 2025, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies of India (DGTR) announced the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation (AD) on cold-rolled stainless steel products of grade 300-400 originating or imported from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Details of the case:
Case code: AD(OI) 25/2025
1. Product under investigation:
Cold-rolled flat products of Stainless Steel 300 and 400 series
2. Related HS codes:
721990, 721911, 721912, 721913, 721914, 721921, 721922, 721923, 721924, 721931, 721932, 721932, 721932, 721933, 721934, 721935, 721990, 722011, 722012, 722020, 722090
3. Product Description:
- Austenitic steels are commonly referred to as series 300, with a minimum nickel content of 6%
- Ferritic and martensitic steels are commonly referred to as series 400.
- The range includes those products that have been processed or are being processed after cold rolling, e.g. annealing, quenching, rust removal, stamping, polishing, grinding, mechanical processing, coating, surface painting.
- There can be embossed patterns directly derived from the lamination, such as grooves, burrs, squares, etc. or can be processed after rolling such as embossing rolling, corrugated rolling, forming rolling
- It is possible to trade in a variety of forms, including reels, plates, strips, leaves, discs, circles,…
4. Excluded products:
- Flat Hot Rolled Stainless Steel
- Razor/razor blades (also known as Jindal or JBS blades)
- Coin billet
- Types of Duplex Stainless Steel
- Flat austenitic cold-rolled stainless steels with a maximum nickel content of up to 6% (series 200)
5. Product classification code (PCN):
See details here.
6. Origin of goods:
China, Indonesia, Vietnam
7. Investigation period:
- Dumping investigation period: from April 01, 2024 to March 31, 2025
- Damage investigation period: 2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024 periods and dumping investigation period
8. Obligations of Vietnamese manufacturing/exporting enterprises:
Submit Comments and Responses to Survey Questions to DGTR via email: consultant-dgtr@govcontractor, jd11-dgtr@gov.in; adv11-dgtr@gov.in; dd19-dgtr@gov.in.
Deadline for submission : Within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice of initiation
Note:
- If it fails to submit on time, DGTR may consider the enterprise uncooperative and use unfavorable data to calculate the dumping margin.
- Enterprises can request an extension of the response period by sending a letter requesting DGTR before the end of the period.
Interested parties can register as a stakeholder, submit comments on the case, and follow updates at the DGTR website: https://www.dgtr.gov.in/
9. The Trade Remedies Department recommends:
- Reviewing the situation of exporting products under investigation to India
- Carefully study India’s anti-dumping investigation regulations
- Submit comments on products, PCN codes and related contents on time and in the right format
- Answering the Survey Questionnaire honestly, fully and on time
- Contact and closely coordinate with the Department of Commercial Environment to receive timely information and support
(According to the Trade Remedies Department on October 3, 2025)
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