The levy will be on synchronous digital hierarchy, or SDH, transmission equipment, a standard technology for digital telephone networks, the ministries of commerce in India and China said in separate statements posted on their websites.
ZTE Corp will need to pay a duty of 236 per cent and Huawei Technologies 50 per cent, said the December 11 statement on the internet site of the Chinese ministry.
According to the Indian government statement, Fibrehome Telecommunication Technologies will have to pay 236 per cent and Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co 29 per cent, while equipment exported from China by Israel's ECI Telecom will attract a duty of 93 per cent.
India's Directorate-General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties had on April 21 initiated investigations on imports of SDH equipment originating in or exported from China and Israel, following a complaint by India's Tejas Networks that the importers were undercutting their prices, leading to pressure on local manufacturers.
The Indian commerce ministry had in September said preliminary findings showed the domestic industry had suffered material injury due to “dumping” of SDH transmission equipment and therefore it recommended a provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports.
Source : theaustralian.com.au