Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), a body under the Union commerce ministry, has recommended the imposition of anti-dumping duties on Chinese viscose rayon filament yarn (above 75 deniers)—a widely used man-made textile fibre, according to a government notification issued on Monday.The proposed duties include $386 per metric tonne for Xinxiang Chemical Fibre Co Ltd, $667 for Jilin Chemical Fiber Co., and $518 for Yibin Hiest Fibre Limited Corporation and related exporters. Other producers would face a duty of $1,071 per metric tonne, the notification stated.The move comes days after the DGTR initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of ethyl chloroformate from China. The probe followed a complaint by domestic manufacturer Paushak, which alleged that the chemical was being sold in India at “unfairly low prices,” impacting local industry.Also Read: India opens anti-dumping probe into ethyl chloroformate imports from ChinaThe DGTR’s findings indicated that dumped imports from China had risen significantly, undercutting domestic prices and causing material injury to Indian producers.The duties, if approved by the Ministry of Finance, will be imposed on yarn imports for a period of five years.Paushak’s complaintIn its complaint, Paushak—a Gujarat-based company that describes itself as India’s largest specialty phosgene-based chemical manufacturer—alleged that imports from China had caused “material injury” to domestic producers.The firm also claimed to be the country’s sole producer of ethyl chloroformate, accounting for India’s entire output of the chemical.The DGTR said it would examine whether the product was being dumped in the Indian market and whether anti-dumping duties were necessary to offset the alleged injury to the domestic industry.Ethyl chloroformateEthyl chloroformate is an organic chemical intermediate widely used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Given its importance to these sectors, any anti-dumping duty could have wider downstream implications.If the DGTR’s recommendations are approved, they could raise input costs for drugmakers and agrochemical firms, even as they provide protection to domestic producers.The body’s preliminary assessment indicated that the dumping margin was above the de minimis threshold, suggesting significant price undercutting by Chinese exporters—one of the key factors examined in anti-dumping cases.The investigation covered the period from October 2024 to September 2025.(With Reuters inputs)
