Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday approved creation of DGTR in Department of Commerce, which will be the apex National Authority for administering all trade remedial measures including anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguard measures.

The DGTR will bring Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied duties (DGAD), Directorate General of Safeguards (DGS) and Safeguards (QR) functions of DGFT into its fold by merging them into one single national entity.

It will also provide trade defence support to our domestic industry and exporters in dealing with increasing instances of trade remedy investigations instituted against them by other countries. 

In the last three years, India initiated more than 130 anti-dumping/countervailing duty/safeguard cases to deal with the rising incidences of unfair trade practices and to provide a level playing field to the domestic industry.

Prabhu expressed satisfaction over creation of DGTR, an issue pending since 1997, and has termed it to be manifestation of vision of Prime Minister to provide a level playing field to our domestic industry.