India has imposed an anti-dumping duty on imports of flax or linen fabric having a flax content of more than 50 per cent and exported from China or Hong Kong. This duty would be effective for a period of five years from August 12, 2015.

An anti-dumping duty of $0.75 per meter on flax or linen fabric having a flax content of more than 50 per cent has been imposed on goods originating in and exported from China. For fabric originating in or exported from Hong Kong, this duty would be applicable at $0.63 per meter.

The justification is that flax or linen fabrics with more than 50 per cent flax content are exported from China and Hong Kong below their normal value, resulting in dumping, which is likely to cause injury to the domestic industry.

Anti-dumping duty on flax or linen fabric having a flax content of more than 50 per cent was first imposed in December 2009. Subsequently, a review was carried out as a subsidiary company of Aditya Birla Nuvo filed a petition seeking continuation of the duty on such fabric imports from China and Hong Kong.