India made a final anti-dumping ruling on Chinese aluminum foil
March 26, 2025
On March 20, 2025, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India issued a notice to make a definitive anti-dumping ruling on Aluminium Foil originating in or imported from China with a thickness of no more than 80 microns, and proposed to impose anti-dumping duties on China's products involved for a period of five years, with a tax of 479-721 US dollars/ton. Details of taxation are shown in the attached table. The products involved include 5-micron aluminum foil for capacitors with a width of less than 500 mm and a purity of 99.35 percent, and aluminum foil with a thickness between 5.5 microns and 80 microns. The case involves products under Indian Customs codes 76071110, 76071190, 76071910, 76071991, 76071992, 76071993, 76071994, 76071995, 76071999, 76072010 and 76072090. The following products are not subject to taxation in this case: 1. Aluminum foil with a thickness of less than 5.5 microns for non-capacitors. 2. Aluminum foil with thickness below 5 microns and from 5 microns to 5.5 microns for capacitors. 3. Ultra-lightweight conversion aluminum foil with a thickness of 5.5 microns to 7 microns is used for insulation, spice packaging, thermal fluid line covering and tea packaging. 4. Etched or formed aluminum foil for electrolytic capacitors. 5. Aluminum composite panels for facade cladding and signage applications. 6. Cover with aluminum foil. 7. Aluminum foil for beer bottles. The aluminum foil has a thickness of 10.5 microns, a rough surface and empty holes, whether printed or not. 8. Aluminum manganese silicon alloy and/or coated aluminum manganese silicon alloy. 9. Aluminum foil tape. 10. Color coated aluminum foil. 11. Polyurethane coated aluminum foil.
On March 21, 2024, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notice saying, Indian companies Hindalco Industries Ltd., Shyam Sel & Power Ltd., Shree Venkateshwara Electrocast Pvt. Ltd., Ravi Raj Foils Ltd., GLS Foils Product Pvt. Ltd. And LSKB Aluminium Foils Pvt. Ltd. To initiate an anti-dumping investigation into aluminum foil originating in or imported from the PRC. On August 28, 2024, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry made a positive preliminary ruling on the case. On March 17, 2025, the Tax Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of India issued Circular No. 02/2025-Customs(ADD), imposing provisional anti-dumping duties of US $619-873 / ton for a period of six months on aluminum foil of a thickness not exceeding 80 microns originating in or imported from China.
