India's Ministry of Finance (MCI) has finalised anti-dumping duties (ADDs) on imports of paste polyvinyl chloride (e-PVC) from China, South Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Taiwan and Thailand.
ADDs on the listed e-PVC export origins will be imposed for a period of five years from 13 June 2024, backdated to the imposition date of initial ADDs. These will be levied for e-PVC imports between 12 December 2024 and 20 March 2025, according to MCI in the Gazette of India on 21 March.
As per the initial anti-dumping investigation, finalised ADDs will be excluded for PVC resin with a K-value below 60, PVC blending resins, co-polymers of PVC paste resin, battery separator resins and the brand "Biovyn" produced by European PVC producer Inovyn.
Most e-PVC producers that were named under the initial anti-dumping investigation face higher finalised ADDs than their original value, except for South Korea's Hanwha Solutions, where ADDs remained at $0/t, and Malaysia's Kaneka Paste, for which ADDs dropped from $317/t to $0/t.
In conjunction with this investigation, Indian authorities are also currently conducting an anti-dumping investigation on e-PVC imports from the EU and Japan.
Argus last assessed e-PVC homopolymer import prices into India at $920-950/t cfr India on 21 March.
E-PVC anti-dumping duties (India) | $/t | |||
Country of export | Country of export | Producer | Initial duty | Final duty |
China | Any | Formosa Industries (Ningbo) | 546 | 595 |
China | Any | Shenyang Chemical | 115 | 248 |
China | Any | Other Chinese producers except above | 600 | 707 |
Any | China | Any | 600 | 707 |
South Korea | Any | Hanwha Solutions | 0 | 0 |
South Korea | Any | Other South Korean producers except above | 41 | 89 |
Any | South Korea | Any | 41 | 89 |
Malaysia | Any | Kaneka Paste | 317 | 0 |
Malaysia | Any | Other Malaysian producers except above | 375 | 516 |
Any | Malaysia | Any | 375 | 516 |
Taiwan | Any | Formosa Plastics | 118 | 247 |
Taiwan | Any | Other Taiwanese producers except above | 168 | 373 |
Any | Taiwan | Any | 168 | 373 |
Thailand | Any | TPC Paste Resin | 195 | 343 |
Thailand | Any | Other Thai producers except above | 252 | 421 |
Any | Thailand | Any | 252 | 421 |
Norway | Any | Any | 328 | 495 |
Any | Norway | Any | 328 | 495 |
Source: India's Ministry of Finance |