Tag: Chemicals


  • India Duty Net

    New Delhi names three Japanese, Malaysian and Thai producers in a circumvention probe on plastic pipe resin and extends a chemical duty for five more years, as India shifts from policing origins to policing routes NEW DELHI, September 17, 2026. India’s trade remedy authority has opened an anti circumvention investigation naming three specific exporters in…

  • Chip Duty Shock

    Beijing imposes provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a workhorse chipmaking gas, deepening a trade confrontation that has already cut rare earth flows to Japan to zero and rattled semiconductor supply chains worldwide. BEIJING, September 10, 2026 China has opened a new front in its escalating economic campaign against Japan,…

  • Mexico PVC Duty

    Mexico imposes a provisional anti-dumping duty of 0.7334 dollars per kilogram on Chinese PVC coated canvas, extending Latin America’s hardening line against redirected Chinese exports into industrial materials MEXICO CITY, September 8, 2026 Mexico’s Ministry of Economy has imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty of 0.7334 US dollars per kilogram on imports of polyvinyl chloride canvas…

  • China DCS Blow

    Beijing imposes provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, striking at a critical semiconductor input and raising the stakes in East Asia’s chip supply chain rivalry BEIJING, September 8, 2026 China began collecting provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on imports of Japanese dichlorosilane on Monday, one day after…

  • Chip Gas Duty

    China imposes provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a specialty gas critical to semiconductor manufacturing, deepening trade friction between Asia’s two largest economies BEIJING, September 8, 2026 China began collecting steep security deposits on imports of Japanese dichlorosilane on Monday, one day after the Ministry of Commerce announced a preliminary…

  • Silane Squeeze

    China slaps preliminary anti-dumping deposits of 80.8 to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a workhorse chipmaking gas, deepening a trade rift with Tokyo that now runs straight through the semiconductor supply chain. BEIJING, September 7, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday issued a preliminary anti-dumping ruling against dichlorosilane imported from Japan, finding that Japanese…

  • 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…