President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the Anti-Dumping Duties (Amendment) Bill 2025, according to the President Secretariat Press Wing.
“Following his approval, the duties will be effective from July 1, 2020. The bill was sent to the President after being adopted by the National Assembly and Senate,” the press release said on Sunday.
It added that the bill was approved to provide legal clarity regarding the imposition of anti-dumping duties on projects funded by Chinese grants. The decision for this amendment was made during the progress review meeting of Gwadar projects in October 2022.
Anti-dumping duties are special tariffs on imports sold below fair value, aimed at restoring fair competition and protecting the domestic industry from injury.
The amendment to the Anti-Dumping Duties Act, gives retrospective effect to exemptions from anti-dumping duties for products imported under foreign grant-in-aid projects. It specifies that the exemptions introduced in 2022 will apply from July 1, 2020.
The change addresses duties charged during FY 2020–21 and 2021–22 on imports for the Pak-China Friendship Hospital and New Gwadar International Airport, both funded through Chinese grants.
Read: Duty on Galvalume steel imposed
The Ministry of Commerce had moved the amendment in 2024. It was approved by the Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases in January 2025, ratified by the federal cabinet, and later passed by Parliament.
Duty on Galvalume steel imposed
Previously, the National Tariff Commission (NTC) levied a 40.47% anti-dumping duty on Galvalume steel.
The commission has affirmed in its decision that the product was being used to undermine the original anti-dumping measures. T
The NTC has concluded Pakistan’s first-ever anti-circumvention investigation for trade remedy enforcement. This matter also involved circumvention of anti-dumping duties on galvanised steel through imports of Galvalume – a product that was slightly modified.
Circumvention refers to the exporters or importers who attempt to avoid anti-dumping or countervailing duties by making minor modifications to a product.
They route it through third countries or slightly change its composition to retain its essential commercial purpose. The domestic industry (International Steels and Aisha Steel Mills) had challenged it in the NTC through legal firms. In 2017.
Pakistan imposed anti-dumping duties on galvanised steel coils and sheets imported from China by imposing tariffs ranging from 6.09% to 40.47%.
Pakistan extended these duties in 2022 after a sunset review. The authorities concerned noted continued dumping and injury to the domestic industry during a review.
