India expected to scrap anti-dumping duty on EPDM imports

02 April 2009 17:11  [Source: ICIS news]

NEW DELHI (ICIS news)--India has launched a formal procedure to scrap the existing anti-dumping duty on ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) imports from the EU, the United States, Brazil and China, a government official said on Thursday.

On 27 March, India’s anti-dumping authority announced its decision to undertake a mid-term review of anti-dumping duty on EPDM following a petition from the All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) and the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA).  

The move came nearly a year after Unimers India Ltd permanently closed the country’s sole EPDM plant on 26 June 2008.

Unimers' subsequent divestment of the 10,000 tonne/year plant at Turbhe, which is near Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra state, has been in litigation initiated by a shareholder. 

The anti-dumping authority said Unimers had confirmed that it had permanently closed its plant in accordance with the country’s Industrial Disputes Act.

“In view of the… circumstances, a review of anti-dumping measures in force is necessary,” the government said. 

India had imposed reference price-based anti-dumping duty in July 2006.

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