PROTECTIVE MEASURES BY U.S. AGAINST INDIAN STEEL

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RAJYA SABHA

Embassy of India, Washington intimated in April 2003 that US producers have complained about the surge in India's export of stainless steel products to the USA and have demanded that Indian stainless steel long products should be brought under the safeguard measures. The US side also raised this issue during the recent visit of the Union Commerce & Industry Minister to U.S.A.

The concerns of the US have been brought to the notice of the industry for appropriate action. Till date the US administration has not invoked safeguard measures against import of stainless steel items from India on the basis of recent complaints from its domestic industry. Protective measures taken earlier by the US administration continue.

This information was given by the Minister for Steel Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.