ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The government has yet to establish an appellate tribunal to meet the requirements of the anti-dumping ordinance for any aggrieved party seeking revision of National Tariff Commission (NTC) decisions, an official source in the commerce ministry told Dawn on Friday.

Under section 64 of anti-dumping ordinance, promulgated on December 22, 2000, it was binding on the government to establish an appellate body to entertain cases of aggrieved party seeking review of the commission’s decision.

They say that in order to implement the anti-dumping law in letter and spirit, it is vital for the government to set up the tribunal at the earliest. This, they say, would help ease the troubles of the manufacturers who are facing dumping in the market.

According to industrial sources, the government has yet to take action against the tin plate and calcium carbide dumping in Pakistan’s market.

To this effect, the government had already received two applications from the two leading industries of the country alleging tinplate dumping by a friendly country in the Africa and calcium carbide by a friendly country in the east.

The one applicant Sidiq Sons, tinplate manufacturer, to this effect approached the NTC, demanding immediate action against the tinplate dumping, which according to the applicant causing injury to its production.

He said that the tinplate was imported at a price below the actual cost of the tinplate into Pakistan. The tinplate was used by the can manufacturers for packing foods and other materials.

On the other hand, Sino Pak Industries, filed an application with the NTC alleging the calcium carbide dumping in Pakistan’s market.

The calcium carbide is used in many industries in preparations of various gases particularly used in the preparation of the acetylene gas for wielding purposes.

Calcium carbide imported by local importers in the domestic market at a dumping prices, they added.

The government had promulgated an ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to imposition of anti-dumping duties to offset such dumping on December 22, 2000. Similarly, another ordinance was promulgated to amend and consolidate the law relating to imposition of countervailing duties to offset subsidies on January 3, 2001.

Recently, commerce ministry also pin pointed footwear dumping in Pakistani market.