Khaberni - The Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Supply dealt with a number of cases and complaints related to the protection of national production according to the necessary legal pathways and in line with Jordan's international commitments during the first ten months of the current year.
Five protection cases related to safeguard measures and anti-dumping were handled, which some countries began to investigate on their imports from various countries, including Jordan, in accordance with adopted international legislation. These cases pertained to household tools and construction supplies.
The spokesperson for the ministry, Yanal Al-Barmawi, stated that the ministry received through the Directorate of National Production Protection 16 complaints from local industrial establishments affected by the rise in imports of certain goods or from importing products at dumping or subsidized prices, and these complaints were studied and the recommendations pertaining to them were forwarded to the relevant authorities.
Al-Barmawi added that the ministry also reviewed 221 applications for aluminum profiles import licenses, in addition to providing 3 technical and legal consultations to local industries to help them complete the necessary requirements before formally submitting protection applications, directing some establishments to proceed with filing applications for protective measures and anti-dumping if they wished to do so.
The ministry also sent regular notifications and reports to the World Trade Organization related to the agreements on safeguard measures, anti-dumping, and subsidies.
Furthermore, the ministry began investigation procedures in an anti-dumping case concerning the Kingdom’s imports of solar panels from a particular country, based on local industry allegations that these imports were flooding the domestic market causing material injury to the local industry.
The ministry imposed final safeguard duties on certain safety and protection equipment after determining that they were causing harm to the local industry.
The Directorate of National Production Protection is enhancing areas of cooperation between it and its counterparts in other countries in the field of national production protection (safeguard measures, anti-dumping, and subsidies), having signed several cooperation protocols with countries in this regard.
Jordan joined the World Trade Organization on April 11, 2000, which led to the establishment of the Directorate of National Production Protection as the competent authority to implement agreements and regulations related to the protection of national industries from harmful trade practices such as increased imports or importing at dumping or subsidized prices.
The Directorate of National Production Protection is working to implement these agreements through Jordanian laws and legislation in a manner that allows for the provision of protection and assistance to the local industry and local producers who suffer from damage due to harmful or unfair trade practices represented by increased imports of a certain product to Jordan or importing it at dumping or subsidized prices.
