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China to impose anti-dumping duty on cypermethrin

from India

China’s commerce ministry said Table 2: Top-10 destinations for following preliminary fi ndings of
on January 7 that it will impose anti- cypermethrin technical exports dumping.
dumping duty (ADD) on cypermethrin from India
imported from India starting January 8, Country Quantity, On May 7, 2024, the Chinese
Table 1: ADDs for Indian tonnes authorities initiated an ADD investiga-
agrochemical companies Nigeria 4,436 tion on imports of cypermethrin from
Company Dumping China 3,176 India. The investigation follows an
application lodged on April 2, 2024
margin Bangladesh 2,187 by Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Co.
Gharda Chemicals Ltd. 75.7% Thailand 1,731 Ltd. on behalf of the Chinese industry.
UPL Ltd. 170.0% UAE 1,705
The rate of duty on imports from
Tagros Chemicals India 50.0% Brazil 1,697 India ranges from 50-170%, depending
Pvt. Ltd. Indonesia 1,017 on the company.
Meghmani Organics Ltd. 62.8% Saudi Arabia 963
Bharat Rasayan Ltd. 62.8% Colombia 944 Cypermethrin is an insecticide used
Heranba Industries Ltd. 62.8% Russia 919 in agriculture and sanitation for con-
trolling pests on crops such as cotton,
Other Indian companies 170.0% Total exports 32,428 vegetables, corn, and fl owers.

Aether Industries gets GPCB nod to resume operations

at plant hit by fi re

Surat-based speciality chemicals
fi rm, Aether Industries Ltd., has in-
formed that it has received approval
from the Gujarat Pollution Control
Board (GPCB) to fully resume opera-
tions at its ‘Manufacturing Facility II’,
which was shut down following a fi re
incident in November 2023.

The fi re at the site in Sachin GIDC,
which followed an explosion in a large
tank after leakage of infl ammable
chemicals stored in it, claimed seven
lives and injured over 20 labourers.

The closure order by GPCB, ini- facility’s reopening marks the end of facility at 100 percent capacity, subject
tially issued on November 29, 2023, a 14-month shutdown period that has to meeting specifi ed compliance con-
has been under review for over a year, likely impacted the company’s produc- ditions. The company plans to restart
with the company providing multiple tion capabilities. full-capacity operations after ensuring
updates to stock exchanges between compliance with all stipulated require-
November 2023 and August 2024. The Aether said it can now operate the ments.

142 Chemical Weekly January 21, 2025

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