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What is dumping?
Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8752, otherwise known as the Anti-Dumping Act of 1999,
which amended Section 301 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended,
provides protection to a domestic industry which is being injured, or is likely to be injured, by
the dumping of products imported into or sold in the Philippines.
R.A. 8752 was signed on August 12, 1999 and took effect on September 4, 1999.
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A protest may be filed by, or on behalf of, the domestic industry, in writing and
embodied in a notarized form.
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Petitions found to be meritorious under R.A. 8752 are subject to a Filing Fee of
Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) and Legal Research Fund Fee of Two Hundred
Pesos (P200.00), per case.
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Who else, aside from the domestic industry, may initiate an anti-dumping
investigation?
The Commission shall submit within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from
receipt of the case its Final Report of Findings and decision to the DTI Secretary (in the case
of industrial goods) or to the DA Secretary (in the case of agricultural products) for the
issuance of the appropriate Department Order.
The step-by-step procedure for petitions under R.A. 8752 is shown below: