Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 2018 · As enacted · Part I · Anti-Dumping Duties
29. Gathering information
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Upon the initiation of an investigation, the
Director-General shall send questionnaires to any person, he believes, may have information relevant to the investigation, including domestic producers, importers, exporters and foreign producers.
The Director-General shall grant the exporters and foreign producers to whom the questionnaire is sent, a period of not less than thirty seven days for reply, beginning from the date on which the questionnaire was sent to the respondent or transmitted to the appropriate diplomatic or official representative of the exporting country. The Director-General shall give due consideration to any request for an extension of the time granted to reply and shall grant such an extension whenever practicable, upon good cause shown, taking into consideration the time limits set for the conclusion of the investigation.
The Director-General may disregard any reply to a questionnaire that is not submitted within the time provided, or in the form in which it was requested to be sent.
The Director-General may, during the course of an investigation, request for further information from parties interested in the form of supplementary questionnaires, or written requests for clarification or additional information.
Such requests shall state the date by which reply should be forwarded, taking into consideration sufficient time that may be required to send a meaningful reply.
Any party interested may on its own initiative, submit in writing, any information it considers relevant to the investigation, which shall be considered by the Director-General, unless such consideration would be unduly burdensome or would disrupt the timely progress of the investigation.
The Director-General shall base his assessments of dumping, injury and causal link on data relating to defined periods, which shall —
in the case of dumping, generally cover a period of not less than six months and not more than twelve months preceding the date of initiation of the investigation for which data is available; and
in the case of injury, generally cover a period of thirty six months.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (6), the
Director-General may where appropriate, determine a shorter or longer period as the case may be, in the light of available information regarding the Sri Lankan industry, and the nature of the investigated product.