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India has extended the deadline for Bangladesh to submit its questionnaire responses in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation concerning the imports of jute goods from Bangladesh.
The Department of Commerce under the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry issued a notification on November 12, granting an extension for Bangladesh to respond to the investigation.
The original deadline for Bangladesh to submit its responses was November 7. However, the time frame proved insufficient for Bangladesh's Ministry of Commerce and the exporters concerned, prompting the government to request an additional 30 days to complete the process.
In response to this request, India decided to extend the deadline until November 21.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh's Ministry of Commerce has sent a follow-up letter to New Delhi, requesting a formal consultation to be organised in the third week of November, seeking to retroactively comply with the pre-initiation requirements of the investigation.
The investigation by India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) for a new countervailing duty adds another significant trade barrier to the vital jute sector of Bangladesh.
The sector has long faced challenges in accessing the Indian market as India has been maintaining strict anti-dumping duties (ADD) on jute products from Bangladesh. These duties were extended in December 2022 and reviewed in mid-2025.
Since 2017, Bangladesh's jute exports to India have been subject to significant anti-dumping tariffs.
In March 2018, India initiated an anti-circumvention investigation on the import of jute sacking cloth from Bangladesh. Subsequently, the Indian finance ministry imposed an increased duty on Bangladesh's sacking bags in June 2019.
In September 2021, the DGTR conducted a sunset-review investigation and recommended extending the ADD on jute goods imported from Bangladesh. The Indian finance ministry implemented this recommendation, extending the duty on December 30, 2022.
On January 5, 2017, Indian finance ministry imposed anti-dumping duties on jute products from Bangladesh for five years, with rates ranging from $6.03 to $351.72 per tonne.
These duties were imposed amid allegations of dumping jute products such as yarn, twine, sacking bags, and hessian fabrics in the Indian market.
Such tariff barriers have continued following the Sunset Review conducted in 2022.
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