APGMA urges NTC to reconsider methodology in anti-dumping investigation

ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Glass Manufacturers Association (APGMA) has urged the National Tariff Commission (NTC) to reconsider its methodology in the ongoing anti-dumping investigation concerning Soda Ash imports from Türkiye and Kenya, arguing that the Commission has adopted an unjustified profit assumption while calculating the Non-Injurious Price (NIP).

In a representation to the NTC, the APGMA Secretary-General, Dawood-ur-Rasheed, stated that the Commission’s preliminary determination in Anti-Dumping Case No. 69/2025/NTC/SA applied an estimated profit margin of 10 percent of the cost to make and sell, without providing any supporting rationale, methodology, or factual basis.

According to the APGMA, the NTC had historically and consistently adopted a five percent profit margin in previous anti-dumping investigations when constructing the Non-Injurious Price.

The association contends that the sudden adoption of a 10 percent profit rate represents a significant departure from established practice and could materially affect the calculation of injury margins in the current investigation.

In this regard, when contacted, Atif Iqbal, the Executive Director of the Organization for Advancement and Safeguard Industrial Sector (OASIS), confirmed that in the ceramic tiles anti-dumping case, it remained a regular practice of the National Tariff Commission (NTC) that a normal profit margin of five percent was adopted for the purpose of calculating the Non-Injurious Price (NIP) in cases of tiles as well as many other sectors.

The association submitted a comparative record of previous anti-dumping cases, including investigations involving polyester staple fiber, hydrogen peroxide, cold rolled steel coils, PVC flooring, chlorinated paraffin wax, and cefadroxil, where the Commission reportedly used a five percent profit benchmark.

The APGMA noted that the Soda Ash investigation was the first disclosed case in which a higher profit assumption of 10 percenthad been applied.

Dawood emphasized that a reasonable profit rate of five percent, consistent with the Commission’s past practice, would be sufficient to address any alleged injury to the domestic industry while ensuring fairness and transparency in the injury margin calculation process.

He further maintained that the domestic industry had not suffered material injury warranting such an elevated profit assumption.

The APGMA has requested the Commission to review and revise the preliminary determination to ensure consistency with its established precedents and to maintain confidence in Pakistan’s trade remedy framework.

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