India Initiates First Sunset Review Investigation on TDI from the EU, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Taiwan

On December 30, 2024, India’s Ministry of Commerce announced that it will conduct the first sunset review investigation of anti-dumping duties on Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) with an isomer ratio of 80:20 originating from or imported from the EU, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Taiwan, based on the application from Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited. The dumping investigation period is set from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, totaling 15 months, while the injury investigation period covers April 2020 to March 2021, April 2021 to March 2022, April 2022 to March 2023, and April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.

Interested parties must submit relevant information to the investigating authorities via email (to dd19-dgtr@gov.in, dd18-dgtr@gov.in, adv11-dgtr@gov.in, and adg16-dgtr@gov.in) within 30 days from the date of filing.

Reviewing the background of previous anti-dumping investigations, on January 31, 2020, the Indian Ministry of Commerce initiated an anti-dumping investigation on TDI with an isomer ratio of 80:20 originating from or imported from the EU, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Taiwan, based on an application from Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited. On September 4, 2020, the Ministry made a positive preliminary ruling. Subsequently, on December 2, 2020, the Indian Finance Ministry’s Tax Bureau issued Notification No. 43/2020-Customs (ADD), deciding to impose a temporary anti-dumping duty for 6 months on the products from the aforementioned countries and regions. On January 28, 2021, the Ministry made a positive final ruling, and on April 27, 2021, the Finance Ministry’s Tax Bureau issued Notification No. 28/2021-Customs (ADD), deciding to impose anti-dumping duties retroactively from December 2, 2020, with specific duty amounts as follows: Covestro Deutschland AG and Borsod Chem Zrt from the EU at $221.04/ton and $102.05/ton, respectively, other EU producers at $264.96/ton; Sadara Chemical Company from Saudi Arabia at $217.55/ton, other Saudi producers at $344.33/ton; UAE producers at $368.20/ton, and Taiwanese producers at $274.39/ton. This measure is effective for 5 years, expiring on December 1, 2025.

The products involved in this sunset review investigation are defined the same as in the original anti-dumping investigation, namely "Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) with an isomer content of 80:20." TDI is an organic compound with the molecular formula CH3C6H3(NCO)2. Among the six possible isomers, 2,4-TDI (CAS: 584-84-9) and 2,6-TDI (CAS: 91-08-7) are commercially significant. 2,4-TDI is produced in pure form, while TDI is generally sold as mixtures of 80/20 and 65/35 isomers. The products considered in this investigation involve TDI with an isomer content of (80:20).