New Delhi: USA, Brazil and Pakistan have launched anti -dumping measures against India, which is fighting its own battle against low price products that flood the domestic markets.
Business experts suggest that some of these measures may be strategic, signaling a growing wave of business defense action against India and its aim to influence the business negotiations of a new Delh with key partners.
Pakistani anti -dumping accusations against India are particularly incomprehensible because two rivals banned any trade between them.
However, Pakistan has launched an antidumping investigation against India over the export of sulphone acid, which, according to a report by the World Trade Organization released late on Thursday (June 12), uses in production cleaning cleaning, dyes and catalysts.
The WTO document describes in detail the preliminary and final anti -dumping measures implemented by 11 members of the merchant body, including the main economies such as the US, Brazil, Pakistan, Indonesia and the United Kingdom, against different countries. The report is based on the announcements submitted in May pursuant to Article 16.4 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement.
“Such measures reflect the growing wave of business protectionism aimed at shading of the domestic industry,” said Abhash Kumar, business economist and associate professor of the economy at the University of Delhi, referring to anti -dumping accusations against India. “Repeated targeting of Indian products emphasizes that India needs to accept a more active strategy of business defense.”
The Ministry of Trade did not immediately respond to MINT questions about development.
In the middle of business interviews in India-USA
India and the US closed on June 10, the fifth round of personal interviews to streamline tariffs and reduce non -tariff barriers to complete the milestone two -sided trade agreement. However, the new Delhi also approached the WTO above the sharp US tariffs for the export of Indian steel, aluminum and cars.
Washington rejected India’s announcements against the WTO against 25% of the US tariff to steel and aluminum – of which they have increased to 50% since then – as well as 25% obligation for automatic components.
According to Mint report on 10 June, however, the US agreed to discuss both issues with India outside the WTO framework.
According to the WTO report in this case, the US launched a wide set of Indian export investigation in critical sectors.
These include ceramic tiles, cooled mechanical carbon hoses and steel alloy and corrosive steel products that are central to Indian export strategy of production and infrastructure.
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Indian total exports of ceramic products to the US were $ 403.87 million in 2023-24, but according to data from the Ministry of Trade of $ 251.44 million, USD fell to $ 361.44 million.
In the chemical sector, they are struggling to limit Indian origin of epoxy epoxy resins, glycine, melamine and granular polytheterathylene (PTFE).
The US also reported Indian exports of 2.4-D of herbicides and raw honey under the control of antidumping and showed the growing tension over the role of India in global agricultural commodity markets.
The export of Indian original resins to the US increased from $ 358.07 million in FY24 to $ 448.73 million in FY25, while Indian honey exports to the US jumped out of $ 176.29 million to $ 204.58 million.
Pakistani mysterious accusations
Indian challenges are not limited to Washington. Brazil appointed India in the investigation of pre -painted steel and increased concern about competing steel prices from South Asia.
Meanwhile, Pakistan initiated antidumping investigations of sulphonic acid imports from six countries, including India.
This development is particularly mysterious because India banned exports to Pakistan after an attack in Pulwam in 2019 and Pakistan banned all trade in India in August 2019 after India’s decision to cancel Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
With direct imports from India to Pakistan forbidden for almost six years, analysts suggest that the investigation of Islamabad can be focused on Indian sulphone acid in Indian soil entering Pakistan through third countries such as SAE, Singapore or Malaysia.
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“These shipments could be re -mentioned to hide their Indian origin, and to raise concerns in the home industry in Pakistan. It is also possible that the investigation is based on an injury caused by imports that occurred before entering the trade,” said Ajay Srivastava.
“Alternatively, this step could be a strategic aiming to formally question Indian price procedures and lay the foundations for future business negotiations,” he added.
Indian anti -dumping misery
The Indian Business Investigation, General Directorate of the Commercial Resources (DGTR), launched 11 anti-dumping investigations and issued a final finding in 13 cases focused on Chinese products-in FY25.
In the past, India began in 2018 from Brazil’s probe counter -probe into high -speed steel imports. In January this year, DGTR launched antidumping investigations of imports of nylon fiber yarns and sulphenamide accelerators from the US.
“As anti -dumping events grow around the world, including key partners, such as the US, India will use both the statutory rights to the WTO and for the ongoing BTA negotiations to defend its exporters, promote fairer trade rules and solve the protectionist barriers,” the government official said.
However, India did not give any new cases during the May reporting period.
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