The Department of Trade and Industry has imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty in a form of cash bond of $0.40 cents per kilo of imported mosquito coil from PT Johnson Homes and Hygiene Products of Indonesia.

The order signed last February 15, 2010 by then Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila was only published in a newspaper on Monday. The provisional anti-dumping duty is good for four months and will take effect 15 days from the date of its publication.

In imposing the cash bond, the DTI said its preliminary determination showed “affirmative finding” of the anti-dumping petition filed by the Green Coil Industries Inc., a local producer of mosquito coil commonly known as “katol” as katol.

“As a consequence thereof, the corresponding provisional anti-dumping duty in the form of a cash bond will be imposed for a period of four months from the effectivity of this order on importation of mosquito coils originating from Indonesia,” part of the DTI order reads.

The case will be forwarded to the Tariff Commission for formal investigation to determine whether or not there is a need to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty.

Under anti-dumping case No. 01-2009, Green Coil alleged that mosquito coils are being imported from Indonesia at dumped prices and that as a result thereof causes material injury to the domestic industry producing like product.

The period of investigation for dumping or price difference for this petition covered import transactions for the period of January to December 2008. However, for the injury determination, the period of investigation considered relevant information for three years, 2006 to 2008.

Meanwhile, in a statement SJ Johnson said it was both surprised and extremely disappointed in the DTI saying the decision was not supported by the facts it provided to the DTI.

The Philippines, like all WTO (World Trade Organization) countries, are bound by WTO rules and SC Johnson has observed these rules faithfully and expects that the assessment of this competitor petition be based on WTO mandate for pricing comparisons.

“We are gravely concerned that the information submitted by SC Johnson relative to the case was not considered by DTI. SC Johnson provided DTI with an exhaustive amount of data on the coils in both countries, including on the required discounts, which DTI in fact summarized in an earlier portion of its decision,” the statement said.