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India Opens Chinese Glycine, CPVC Resin Trade Investigations
India is checking whether some products from other countries are being sold too cheaply in its market.
One investigation concerns Glycine from China, which is used in food and medicines.
Avid Organics says these imports have hurt Indian producers.
Another investigation concerns CPVC resin from China and South Korea, which is used in industrial pipes.
Indian companies allege that the resin is being sent through Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand to avoid existing duties.
The trade remedies authority found early evidence that this may be happening.
It will study the evidence before making a recommendation.
India’s finance ministry will decide whether new duties should be imposed.
The investigations are intended to support fair competition and protect domestic industries.
India launched an anti-dumping investigation into Glycine imports from China after a complaint by Avid Organics.
The investigation will examine data from 2022 to 2025 to assess whether dumping harmed India’s domestic industry.
A separate probe examines whether CPVC resin duties on Chinese and South Korean imports were bypassed through Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand.
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies found prima facie evidence of alleged circumvention and dumping in the CPVC resin case.
The DGTR may recommend duties, but India’s finance ministry will make the final decision on imposing them.
- Who
- India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies, Avid Organics, DCW Ltd, Epigral Ltd, and Lubrizol Advanced Materials India are involved; the probes concern imports from China and, for CPVC resin, South Korea.
- What
- India initiated an anti-dumping probe into Glycine imports from China and an anti-circumvention probe into CPVC resin imports linked to China and South Korea.
- Where
- The investigations concern products entering India, with alleged CPVC resin rerouting through Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand.
- When
- The investigations were announced on Tuesday; the Glycine probe will examine data from 2022 to 2025.
- Why
- The probes seek to determine whether cheap imports caused material injury or whether existing anti-dumping duties were bypassed.
Key facts
- Glycine product
- Used as a flavour enhancer and pharmaceutical ingredient.
- Glycine complainant
- Avid Organics, an Indian domestic manufacturer.
- Glycine investigation period
- 2022-2025.
- CPVC resin use
- Used in industrial piping applications.
- Alleged transit countries
- Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand.
- Decision process
- The DGTR may recommend duties; the finance ministry makes the final decision.
- Reported 2025-26 trade deficit
- India’s trade deficit with China was reported at $112.6 billion, compared with $99.2 billion in 2024-25.
Quotes
The DGTR
India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies, which conducts trade-remedy investigations
“Accordingly, the Authority hereby initiates an anti-circumvention investigation ...to determine the existence and effect of the alleged circumvention of the existing anti-dumping duty on the product under consideration...”
rediff.com
“The authority, hereby, initiates an antidumping investigation to determine the existence, degree, and effect of the dumping,”
rediff.com
Sources
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