India initiates anti-dumping duty probe against aluminium foil imports from China, 3 others

NEW DELHI: India has initiated anti-dumping duty probe against certain kinds of aluminium foil imported from China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Hindalco Industries, Raviraj Foils and Jindal India Ltd have filed the application claiming injury resulting from the alleged dumping in the form of increased volume of dumped imports in absolute terms and in relation to production and consumption, price undercutting and price suppressing effect on the domestic industry.

The product under consideration is Aluminium Foil 80 micron and below such as cigarette foil and home foil, among others.

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) said it has initiated an investigation to “determine the existence, degree and effect of any alleged dumping in respect of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject countries and to recommend the amount of anti-dumping duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the injury to the domestic industry”.


The period of investigation for the present investigation is April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. The injury investigation period will cover FY17-FY20.