20. Negligible import volumes and de minimis dumping margins

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 and section 19 of this Act, the Director-General shall not initiate an investigation, where from information available to the

Director-General, he determines that —

imports of the allegedly dumped product from that country into Sri Lanka represent less than three per centum of total imports of the allegedly dumped and like product in Sri Lanka, unless imports of the allegedly dumped product from countries under investigation, which individually account for less than three per centum of the imports of the allegedly dumped and like product in Sri Lanka, collectively account for more than seven per centum of imports of the allegedly dumped and like product in Sri

the dumping margin is less than two per centum, expressed as a percentage of the export price.