Skip to main content
India's Trade & Customs Knowledge Base
Live on PostgreSQL About• Contact• Sign in Subscribe
EK EXIMKEY
Export · Import · Customs · DGFT Intelligence
Other

Clause 4

Document type
Other
Dated

Duties of the Director General

Subject to the provisions of these rules, it shall be the duty of the Director General-

  1. to investigate the existence of (serious injury" or "threat of serious injury" to domestic industry as a consequence of increased import of an article into India;

  2. to identify the article liable for safeguard duty;

  3. to submit his findings, provisional or otherwise to the Central Government as to the "serious injury" or "threat of serious injury" to domestic industry consequent upon increased import of an article from the specified country.

  4. to recommend, -
    1. the amount of duty which if levied would be adequate remove the injury or threat of injury to the domestic industry;
    2. the duration of levy of safeguard duty and where the period so recommended is more than a year, to recommend progressive liberalisation adequate to facilitate positive adjustment.

  5. to review the need for continuance of safeguard duty.

Related Content

In This Category

48,405
HS Codes covered
Section to 8-digit product level
37,765
Regulatory documents
DGFT, Customs, Excise, RBI & GST
152,183
Import duty lines
Tariff lines with effective rates
20,499
SION norms
Standard input–output norms