India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Cold Rolled Grain Oriented Electrical Steel (CRGO) and Amorphous Metal (AM) originating in or exported from China, Japan, South Korea and Russia, following a petition filed by JSW JFE Electrical Steel Nashik Pvt. Ltd.
The investigation covers CRGO, a flat-rolled silicon alloy steel containing between 0.6pct and 6pct silicon, supplied in coils, sheets or laminations, as well as Amorphous Metal, which is used as an alternative core material in power and distribution transformers. The DGTR noted that although the two products are physically different, they are technically and commercially substitutable for transformer core applications. Amorphous Metal intended for uses other than power transformers and magnesium oxide (MgO)-coated CR steel coils used as CRGO substrate are excluded from the scope of the investigation.
The product under consideration is primarily classified under HS codes 7225.1100, 7226.1100 and 7226.9930 as well as 7225.1920, 7225.1990, 7226.1920, 7226.9910, 7226.1990, 7226.9910, 7226.9920 and 7226.9990.
The period of investigation covers 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, while the injury analysis will examine data for 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 in addition to the POI.
JSW JFE Electrical Steel Nashik, India’s producer of CRGO, filed the application. The DGTR determined that the country’s only other producer, NLMK India Coating Pvt. Ltd., is ineligible to be treated as part of the domestic industry because it is related to Russian producers, as well as NLMK India Service Center Pvt. Ltd., which imports the subject goods from Russia. The authority therefore recognized JSW JFE as the eligible domestic industry for the investigation.
The applicant has requested retrospective anti-dumping duties for up to 90 days prior to any provisional duty, citing past dumping and industry deterioration. The DGTR will consider stakeholder comments before any decision on retrospective measures.
According to the DGTR, the initial findings show that dumping margins are above the minimum threshold. The authority also found that imports from the subject countries increased in both absolute and relative terms, leading to lower prices and reduced profitability for the domestic industry.