India Imposes 5-Year Anti-Dumping Duty on Plastic Processing Machinery from China, Taiwan

India has imposed anti-dumping duty on plastic processing machines and injection moulding machines imported from China and Taiwan. The duty will be applicable for five years, Department of Revenue said in a notification dated June 26.

The duty has been imposed following the recommendation by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) to protect the domestic industry from unfair trade practices. Anti-dumping investigations are conducted to determine whether domestic industries have been hurt because of a surge in cheap imports. DGTR found that the said goods have been exported to India at dumped prices and the domestic industry has suffered material injury due to these dumped imports.

The products under consideration includes all fully assembled, semi knocked down, and complete knocked down form of plastic processing or injection moulding machines, which have a clamping force not less than 40 tonnes and not more than 1500 tonnes, the notification said.

Excluding the plastic processing and injection moulding machines, India has imposed anti-dumping duty on six Chinese products so far this month in order to protect domestic players from unfairly priced imports. These duties had been levied on—PEDA, which is used in herbicide; Acetonitrile, which is used in the pharmaceutical sector; Vitamin-A Palmitate; Sodium Tertiary Butoxide; decor paper; and Potassium Tertiary Butoxide.

The duties were imposed following recommendations from the DGTR. These duties were also imposed for a period of five years, the notification had said. The duty is imposed to ensure fair trading practices and create a level-playing field for domestic industries.

These steps are part of India’s plans to boost domestic manufacturing and cut imports from China as the country's trade deficit with China widened to $99.2 billion during 2024-25. In the previous fiscal, India's exports to China contracted 14.5% to $14.25bn as against $16.66bn in FY24. The imports, however, rose by 11.5% in FY25 to $113.45bn against $101.73bn in FY24.