RoDTEP does not violate WTO principles, India to convince US: Official

The RoDTEP scheme came into effect three years ago to refund the embedded non-creditable central, state, and local levies paid on inputs to exporters

India will look to convince the United States (US) that the reimbursements claimed under the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) do not violate the World Trade Organisation (WTO) principles, a senior government official said.

The move comes days after Washington imposed a countervailing or anti-subsidy duty on a few Indian products in retaliation against the RoDTEP scheme introduced for outbound shipments in January 2021.

Countervailing duties are imposed on imported goods to offset the embedded subsidies that exporters of a particular country avail. 

“Concerning the US…since we have a regional cooperation agreement with them, we have