India initiates anti-dumping interim review investigation against Chinese aniline

On December 12, 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India issued an announcement that in response to the application submitted by NOCIL Limited, a domestic enterprise in India, an anti-dumping interim review investigation was launched on aniline originating in or imported from China. Review whether it is necessary to continue to impose anti-dumping duties on the product in question. The Indian customs code for the product in question is 29214110. The dumping investigation period in this case was from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, and the injury investigation period was from April 2018 to March 2019, April 2019 to March 2020, April 2020 to June 2021, and July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

Interested parties shall submit relevant information to the investigating authority by e-mail (sent to: jd16-dgtr@gov.in, dd15-dgtr@gov.in, adg16-dgtr@gov.in and adv13-dgtr@gov.in) within 30 days from the date of filing.

On January 24, 2020, India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued an announcement to launch an anti-dumping investigation into aniline originating in or imported from China. On July 29, 2020, India imposed a temporary anti-dumping duty on the products involved in the case on China for a period of six months, which is valid until January 29, 2021. On January 20, 2021, India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued an announcement that it would make an anti-dumping affirmative final ruling on aniline originating in or imported from China. On February 19, 2021, the Directorate General of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance of India issued Circular No. 08/2021-Customs (ADD), deciding to formally impose anti-dumping duties on the products involved in the case in China, with a tax amount of US$36.90/metric ton ~ US$121.79/metric ton. The measures came into force on July 29, 2020 and are valid for 5 years. The Indian customs code of the product in question is 292141.