Gujarat exports raw material dyes to China
The Dollar Business Bureau Gujarat’s dyes and intermediates industry is getting benefitted due to the Chinese government's crackdown on its chemical manufacturers. Earlier, vinyl sulphone which is the main intermediate in dye-manufacturing was regularly imported from China. But now, chemical companies from Gujarat are exporting vinyl sulphone to China in huge quantities. According to the new President of Gujarat Dyestuff Manufacturers' Association (GDMA) Bhupendra Patel, chemical companies from the state have exported over 1,000 tonnes of vinyl sulphone to China in the previous year. India has exported such a huge quantity of this chemical for the first time to its competitor in the chemical sector, he said. Currently, there is limited availability of vinyl sulphone in China as a large chemical manufacturing plant ...