India Launches Anti-Dumping Inquiries into Chinese Glycine and Plastic Resin Imports

India has started anti-dumping investigations into imports of a chemical called glycine coming from China. Avid Organics filed an application asking for this probe. Glycine is used as a medicine ingredient and a flavor enhancer. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies will look at data spanning from 2022 to 2025 for this investigation. If the probe finds that cheap imports have harmed local makers, the directorate will suggest putting extra duties in place, while the Finance Ministry holds the final power to approve them. Global trade pressures and excess factory output in China have led to worries about cheap goods flooding Indian markets. Separately, Indian authorities have also opened an inquiry into plastic resin imports. Companies named DCW Limited, Epigral Limited, and Lubrizol Advanced Materials India stated that existing anti-dumping taxes on CPVC resin from China and South Korea are being dodged. They claim goods are being routed through Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand instead. Trade data shows imports from these transit nations grew sharply without a clear business reason, which weakens the safety measures put in place for local producers. Both India and China belong to the World Trade Organisation, which sets the global rules for applying such protective trade measures.