Tag: Chemicals


  • Seoul Duty Wall

    South Korea’s fast-expanding chemical trade-defense docket hit both Chinese and European suppliers this week, as a definitive duty on European PVC paste resin took effect and new records documented a finalized levy on Chinese butyl acrylate. SEOUL, August 6, 2026 – South Korea’s campaign to shield its embattled chemical producers from cheap imports reached a…

  • EAEU Drops Case

    Eurasian Economic Commission terminates its antidumping investigation into Caspian polypropylene without duties after Russian petitioners Sibur and Nizhnekamskneftekhim withdraw their complaint, preserving duty-free access for Azerbaijani and Turkmen resin. MOSCOW, August 5, 2026 The Eurasian Economic Commission has terminated, without imposing any duties, its antidumping investigation into imports of polypropylene and propylene copolymers from Azerbaijan…

  • India Duty Wave

    New Delhi opens a four-day run of anti-dumping hearings aimed largely at Chinese goods this week, capping a summer in which India’s trade-remedy machinery has moved at its fastest pace in years. NEW DELHI, August 4, 2026 – India’s trade-remedy authority stepped into one of the busiest weeks on its calendar on Monday, convening an…

  • EU Nylon Wall

    Brussels closes a yearlong trade defence case with definitive anti-dumping duties of 60 percent to 67.5 percent on Chinese polyamide yarn, redrawing the sourcing map for spinners, knitters and apparel brands on three continents. BRUSSELS, Aug. 3, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting | Trade News Desk The European Union has raised one of the steepest…

  • Benzoate Blow

    Brussels imposes provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 116.4 percent on Chinese sodium benzoate, handing a victory to complainant Lanxess and opening a new front in an increasingly crowded EU-China trade defence docket. BRUSSELS, July 31, 2026 The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties of between 57.6 percent and 116.4 percent on imports of…

  • EU Duty Blitz

    Brussels hits Chinese benzyl alcohol and sodium benzoate with steep provisional anti-dumping duties, opening a new chemicals front in Europe’s widening trade-defence campaign. BRUSSELS, July 29, 2026 – Provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 116.4 percent on two workhorse industrial chemicals from China took effect across the European Union today, the latest and most pointed…

  • Resorcinol Redo

    India’s trade remedies agency pushed its revived resorcinol dumping case forward with twin procedural orders on July 25, keeping sole domestic producer Atul Ltd’s second bid in two years for renewed duties on Chinese and Japanese imports firmly on track. NEW DELHI, July 27, 2026: India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies moved its freshly revived…

  • $28B At Risk

    Trump’s Section 338 order sweeps cosmetics, paper, chemicals and hockey sticks into a 50 percent tariff, and Canadian manufacturers warn of a rocky road Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Toronto. Filed July 24, 2026. TORONTO, July 24, 2026. A new American tariff order threatens roughly 28 billion Canadian dollars in annual exports and, for…