'Action only against smuggled Chinese goods'

NEW DELHI, DEC. 6. India today said it would take necessary steps to check the illegal entry of cheap Chinese goods even as Beijing expressed ``serious concern'' over the recent anti-dumping measures initiated by New Delhi.

``We will take all steps to check illegal trade from China. But we can't prevent entry of low-cost Chinese goods if they are coming through proper channels,'' the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Omar Abdullah, said. The Government could only take preventive measures against Chinese goods smuggled through the borders and Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai ports, he said at the inauguration of the Engineering and Commodities Fair here at Pragati Maidan.

``The Government can enforce printing of maximum retail price in case of China-imported goods or can put the products under the Bureau of Indian Standards for quality checks, but cannot stop sale of cheap products through legal means,'' he said.

- PTI

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