On March 29, 2024, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notice saying that in response to the application submitted by Indian domestic enterprises, the anti-dumping interim review investigation of aluminum foil with a thickness of less than or equal to 80 microns originating in or imported from Thailand was launched. To examine the need to re-determine anti-dumping duties on products imported from Thailand. The case involves products under Indian Customs codes 76071190, 76072090, 76072010, 76071110, 76071999, 76071991, 76071995, 76071910, 76071994, 76071993 and 76071992. The dumping investigation period in this case is from October 2022 to September 2023 (12 months), and the injury investigation period is from April 2019 to March 2020, April 2020 to March 2021, April 2021 to September 2022, and October 2022 to September 2023.
Interested parties in the case should submit relevant information to the investigating authorities by E-mail (jd12-dgtr@gov.cn, ad12-dgtr@gov.in, adv11-dgtr@gov.in) within 30 days from the date of filing the case.
On June 20, 2020, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notice saying that in response to the application submitted by Indian domestic enterprises, anti-dumping investigations were launched on aluminum foil with a thickness of less than or equal to 80 microns originating in or imported from China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The products under investigation are aluminum foil, whether or not printed or backed with paper, cardboard, plastic or similar materials, with a thickness of 80 microns or less (tolerance allowed). On June 18, 2021, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry made a final affirmative anti-dumping ruling on the case. On September 16, 2021, the Tax Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of India issued circular No. 51/2021-Customs(ADD), which decided to impose anti-dumping duties on aluminum foil of a thickness of 80 microns or less originating in or imported from China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand for a period of five years, among which, China's rates ranged from $398.45 / MT to $976.99 / mt, Indonesia's from $422.28 / mt, Malaysia's from $850.45 / MT, and Thailand's from $93.53 / mt to $339.93 / mt. This circular shall take effect on the date of publication in the Official Gazette. The products involved are products under the Indian Customs Code 7607. The following products are not subject to anti-dumping measures in this case: Aluminum foil of Chinese origin with thickness of 5.5 microns to 80 microns, aluminum laminate, ultra light gauge conversion aluminum foil, aluminum foil composite material, aluminum foil for capacitors with width not higher than 500 mm, etched or formed aluminum foil, aluminum-plastic plate, coated aluminum foil, aluminum foil for beer bottles, aluminum manganese silicon alloy and/or coated aluminum manganese silicon alloy, aluminum foil tape, color coated aluminum foil.
