Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Dumping

1. The act of selling a large quantity of goods at less than fair value. 2. Selling goods abroad at less than the market price at home. See ANTIDUMPING LAW." Dumping involves selling abroad at a price that is less than the price used to sell the same goods at home (the normal' or 'fair' value). To be unlawful, dumping must threaten or cause material injury to an industry in the export market, the market where prices are lower. Dumping is recognized by most of the trading world as an unfair practice (akin to price discri

Dumping Act

A federal antidumping law requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) whenever the Secretary determines that goods are likely to be sold abroad at less than their fair value, so that the USITC can take appropriate action. 19 USCA ยง 1673.

antidumping law

a statute designed to protect domestic companies by preventing the sale of foreign goods at less than fair value, as defined in the statute (for example, at a price below that of the domestic market). see dumping.

antidumping tariff

A tariff equaling the difference between the price at which the product is sold in the exporting country and the price at which the importer will sell the product in the importing country. ( These tariffs are designed to prevent-foreign businesses from artificially lowering their prices and gaining unfair advantages outside their home market. See ANTIDUMPING LAW.