GCC countries adopt anti-dumping measures against tile imports from India, China

The GCC Industrial Cooperation Committee approved the recommendations of the GCC Standing Committee for Combating Harmful Practices in International Trade to impose final anti-dumping duties, ranging from 17.6% to 106%, against the GCC imports of tiles from India and China.

The move follows the anti-dumping complaint filed by Saudi Ceramics Co. (SCC) in late 2018 after it was proven that Chinese and Indian exporters practiced dumping, which is banned in the GCC.

According to data compiled by Argaam, the newly adopted measures will be applied as of June 6, 2020.

In addition, SCC filed an anti-dumping complaint to provide a fair, competitive environment to protect the domestic and Gulf products from harmful dumping from the imports of these countries.

Abdulkarim Ibrahim Alnafie, managing director at SCC, said that the measures represented imposing final anti-dumping duties on tile and porcelain imports from India and China for a renewable term of 5 years, which will raise the company’s market share and annual sales.

In November 2018, SCC announced that its anti-dumping complaint against GCC imports from India, China and Spain would be investigated by the GCC Technical Secretariat to Combat Harmful Practices in International Trade.

The complaint was jointly filed by Saudi Ceramic, Al-Fanar Factory and other ceramic producers operating in the Kingdom and the GCC region.

In November 2019, the GCC Technical Secretariat to Combat Harmful Practices in International Trade announced the results of the investigation, showing the industry was affected negatively from Indian and Chinese imports.