New Delhi, June 26 -- Any move to impose anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled grain-oriented electrical steel (CRGO) could push up transformer manufacturing costs and slow India's power grid expansion, think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) warned on Friday.

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) initiated an anti-dumping investigation on June 22 against imports of CRGO and amorphous metals from China, Japan, South Korea and Russia, following a complaint by JSW JFE Electrical Steel Nashik Pvt Ltd.

The investigation covers imports from April 2025 to March 2026, while the injury analysis spans 2022-23 to 2024-25.

Duties Could Raise Prices Without Reducing Dependence

GTRI founder Ajay Srivastava said, "The move (initi...