Tag: Chemicals


  • Citric Acid Hit

    Commerce sets preliminary antidumping margins above 100 percent on citric acid from India while clearing Canadian producers, ordering cash deposits at the border effective immediately WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2026 – The Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that citric acid and certain citrate salts from India are being sold in the United States at less than…

  • EU TiO2 Probe

    Brussels opens an absorption reinvestigation into Chinese titanium dioxide, testing whether exporters have swallowed anti-dumping duties and setting the stage for even higher tariffs on a pigment that colours everything from paint to paper By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS, Aug. 31, 2026. The European Commission has opened a rare absorption reinvestigation into…

  • Fibre Duty Row

    Beijing locks in another five years of anti-dumping duties on Indian optical fibre as New Delhi widens its own trade remedy net, deepening a quiet tariff conflict between Asia’s two giants NEW DELHI, Aug. 26: China will keep anti-dumping duties on Indian single-mode optical fibre in place for another five years, extending a trade barrier…

  • Brazil Opens Up

    New zero-duty import quotas take effect in Brasilia as the Gecex trade chamber extends a busy season of selective liberalization, even as steel protection tightens BRASILIA, August 29, 2026 Brazil’s newest import tariff-rate quotas entered into force on August 28, opening a one year window of reduced-duty access for three products under a decision published…

  • Citric Squeeze

    The Eurasian Economic Union opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese citric acid, joining a widening global front of trade defense actions against the world’s dominant supplier MOSCOW AND ASTANA, August 29, 2026 The Eurasian Economic Union has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of citric acid from China, opening a new front in what has…

  • Aussie TCO Cuts

    Australia’s latest Tariff Concessions Gazette grants a fresh batch of duty-free orders while revoking others, a mixed round that touches suppliers in more than 30 jurisdictions and signals tighter scrutiny of the country’s concession regime. CANBERRA, August 28, 2026 Australia has published a new round of customs tariff amendments under its Tariff Concession Order system,…

  • EAEU Acid Probe

    The Eurasian Economic Union has opened an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese citric acid, reviving a trade defense fight it abandoned years ago and adding a second front to the pressure Beijing’s dominant acidulant industry already faces in Europe. MOSCOW, August 28, 2026 The Eurasian Economic Union has launched a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of…

  • EAEU Acid Probe

    The Eurasian Economic Union has opened an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese citric acid, a case that could impose duties of up to 58.8 percent on a market China supplies almost entirely, just as two Russian plants prepare to challenge that dominance. MOSCOW, August 27, 2026. The Eurasian Economic Commission has launched an anti-dumping investigation into…

  • Fibre Duty Row

    Beijing locks in another five years of anti-dumping duties on Indian optical fibre as New Delhi widens its own trade remedy net, deepening a quiet tariff conflict between Asia’s two giants NEW DELHI, Aug. 26: China will keep anti-dumping duties on Indian single-mode optical fibre in place for another five years, extending a trade barrier…

  • Saudi Duty Push

    Riyadh’s new anti-dumping probe into Indian and Chinese duplex paperboard, launched days after Seoul opened its own case against Chinese ethyl acetate, signals how quickly the Gulf and emerging Asia are converting to trade defense as a first-line industrial policy tool. RIYADH, August 25, 2026 Saudi Arabia has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of…