DGTR

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) is the integrated national investigating authority for trade remedy measures in India. It was created on May 17, 2018 by merging the erstwhile Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD), Directorate General of Safeguards (DGS), and the Safeguards (Quantitative Restrictions) function of the Department of Commerce. Housed in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the DGTR investigates and recommends measures on three WTO-compliant tracks: anti-dumping duties (Article VI GATT 1994 and the Anti-Dumping Agreement), countervailing duties on subsidised imports (Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures), and safeguards on injurious import surges (Agreement on Safeguards). DGTR can recommend provisional duties for up to six months and definitive duties valid for up to five years, subject to sunset reviews. Final imposition is by the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance through a customs notification.

• 1 Created May 17, 2018 by merging DGAD, DGS, and Safeguards (QR) functions
• 2 Located in Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
• 3 Three WTO-aligned tracks: anti-dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguards
• 4 Provisional duties up to 6 months; definitive duties up to 5 years subject to sunset review
• 5 Imposition is by Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance — DGTR only recommends
• 6 India is among the top users of anti-dumping measures globally; China is the most frequent target
• 7 Critical sectors: steel, chemicals, fibres, solar PV, met coke, and pharmaceuticals

DGTR's May 2026 recommendation of anti-dumping duty (USD 42.95-128.80 per tonne) on metallurgical coke from China, Indonesia, Colombia, Japan, and Russia became a flashpoint as the Ministry of Steel pushed for dilution to protect downstream user industries.