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India imposes anti-dumping duty on Chinese refrigerant gas and certain kinds of steel products
Dec-29-2025

In order to protect Indian companies from cheap imports from China, the finance ministry said that the Government has imposed anti-dumping duty on two Chinese goods, a refrigerant gas and certain kinds of steel products, during the month so far. The ministry stated these duties were imposed as these products - cold-rolled non-oriented electrical steel, and 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane or R-134a - were exported to India from China at below normal prices. On steel goods, India has imposed $223.82 per tonne on certain Chinese firms, while on few others $415 per tonne was imposed for five years. On the gas, up to $5,251 per tonne was slapped for five years.

Further, the ministry said India has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of 'Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch' exported from Vietnam. It is widely used in plastic industry. These duties are imposed after the commerce ministry's investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has conducted probes separately for each of these items and recommended the duty.

Governments carry out anti-dumping investigations to determine whether domestic industries have been hurt because of a surge in cheap imports.  As a countermeasure, countries impose these duties under the rules of the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO). The duty is aimed at ensuring fair trading practices and creating a level-playing field for domestic producers compared to foreign producers and exporters. India, China, and Vietnam are members of the WTO.


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