India is no longer playing nice when it comes to Beijing’s economic muscle-flexing. In a strong dual-front response to China's trade provocations, the Indian government has imposed anti-dumping duties on six critical chemical imports while also scrambling to respond to a silent but significant squeeze on specialty fertilizers.
With the bilateral trade deficit touching a staggering $99.2 billion, the message from New Delhi is clear: economic sovereignty comes before anything else.
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) recently concluded detailed investigations that confirmed what many domestic producers have long alleged—cheap Chinese chemicals were flooding the Indian market and undercutting local industries. Acting on these findings, the Ministry of Commerce moved fast,
levying duties ranging from $20.87 per kg to over $2,000 per tonne. These tariffs will stay in place for the next five years.
Key Sectors Targeted in Duty Crackdown
The list of chemicals affected reads like a who’s who of industrial essentials. PEDA, critical to herbicide production, now carries duties up to $2,017.9 per tonne. Acetonitrile, a solvent crucial in pharma manufacturing, gets slapped with up to $481 per tonne in duties, while Vitamin A Palmitate—used widely in nutritional supplements—draws a fresh tariff of $20.87 per kg.
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