India Orders Provisional Assessment of Chinese Insoluble Sulphur Imports Amid Anti-Absorption Review:

The Central Government has ordered provisional assessment of imports of Insoluble Sulphur from China while an anti-absorption review is underway. The decision has been notified by the Ministry of Finance through Notification No. 13/2026-Customs (ADD) dated 3 July 2026.

Imports of Insoluble Sulphur from China and Japan were already facing anti-dumping duty after the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) had found that the products were being dumped in the Indian market at unfairly low prices. The government has imposed anti-dumping duty on the basis of DGTR recommendation through a notification on March 7, 2025.

Later on March 20, 2026, the DGTR started an anti-absorption review on imports from China. Such a review is carried out where there is evidence that exporters or importers may have shifted the anti-dumping duty rather than have it raise the price of the product and therefore, diminish the impact of the duty.

Anti-dumping duty on imports of Insoluble Sulphur from China and Japan was already imposed by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) after it concluded that these products were being dumped in the Indian market at unfairly low prices. The DGTR has recommended the government to impose anti-dumping duty through a notification dated June 6, 2025.

Later on March 20, 2026, the DGTR started an anti-absorption review on imports from China. This kind of a review is done when there is evidence that exporters or importers may have passed on the anti-dumping duty instead of the duty increasing the price of the product and thus reducing the effect of the duty.