the world trade organisation (wto) has informed that india has launched a safeguard investigation to determine whether increased imports of unwrought aluminium is causing a threat or is adversely impacting the prospects of the domestic industry.
according to wto, india notified the commitee on safeguards that initiated on 7 april a safeguard investigation on "not-alloyed ingots of unwrought aluminium."
a safeguard investigation seeks to determine whether increased imports of a product are causing, or is threatening to cause, serious injury to a domestic industry.
during a safeguard investigation, importers, exporters and other interested parties may present evidence and views and respond to the presentations of other parties.
a wto member may take a safeguard action (i.e. restrict imports of a product temporarily) only if the increased imports of the product are found to be causing, or threatening to cause, serious injury.
