Indian Customs rescinds soda ash anti-dumping duty on 9 countries
The Dollar Business Bureau The CBEC in its recent notification no’s 55 and 56 issued on Dec 21 has rescinded the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of soda ash from 9 countries. This step has been taken though the final findings of the investigation were challenged in the High Court of Gujarat and the court is yet to give its final verdict. Soda ash is generally used in commercial, domestic and laboratory uses or more simply used in the production of various types of glass (flat glass, container special packaging glass, fibreglass for insulation and other glass products) alkali products, detergents and soaps. India imports soda ash from China (P.R), EU, Kenya, Pakistan, Iran, Ukraine, U.S.A, Turkey and Russia. In its notification the CBEC ...
Government mulls withdrawal of anti-dumping duties on imported soda ash
The Dollar Business Bureau The government is considering the withdrawal of anti-dumping duties imposed on the import of soda ash sourced from the US, China, Pakistan and other countries. Soda ash, also called Disodium Carbonate (Na2CO3), is mainly used in the manufacturing of detergent, soap and float glass products. To protect the domestic producers and suppliers of the chemical, the finance department had in July 2012 imposed anti-dumping duties ranging from $2.3 per tonne to $38.79 a tonne of import of the product for five years. The duty was imposed after the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping (DGAD) had found that soda ash was imported from China, the US, Pakistan, Iran, Ukraine, Kenya and European Union countries at below its normal rate. ...
