China Hit Again: Govt Slaps Extra Duty on Plastic Processing Machinery Imports:

China Hit Again: Govt Slaps Extra Duty on Plastic Processing Machinery Imports

The Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) released a notification on June 26, 2025, announcing the imposition of anti-dumping duty on Plastic Processing Machinery (PPM) or Injection Moulding Machines manufactured in or exported from China and Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) in India. The notification stated that the designated authorities conducted a thorough investigation on the matter and found strong evidence of:

• The subject goods have been exported to India from the subject countries at dumped prices.
• The domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of dumped imports from subject countries.
• The material injury has been caused to the domestic industry by the dumped imports of subject goods from the subject countries.

The report was published as notification No. 06/09/2024-DGTR, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1.

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