Tag: India


  • India Squeeze

    Caught between a new Section 301 forced-labour tariff already raising costs on 70 percent of its US-bound exports and a looming 100 percent penalty tied to Russian oil, New Delhi is betting that patience, diversification and an unsigned trade deal can carry it through the tightest trade squeeze it has faced in years. NEW DELHI,…

  • EU Steel Blow

    The European Commission has disclosed definitive anti-dumping duties of 5.6% to 28% on cold-rolled flat steel from India, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam, tightening the screws on Asian and Turkish suppliers while denying EU mills the retroactive collection they had sought. BRUSSELS, August 11, 2026 The European Commission has moved to impose definitive anti-dumping duties…

  • India Gold Move

    India’s customs authority has raised the benchmark import values for gold and silver, lifting the duty payable on every kilogram of bullion crossing the border just as the festival buying season approaches. NEW DELHI, August 11, 2026 India has raised the official benchmark prices it uses to tax imported gold and silver, a routine but…

  • Saudi Pipe Duty

    Riyadh imposes definitive anti-dumping duties of up to 29.94 percent on Indian ductile iron pipes for five years, striking at one of India’s strongest engineering export lines just as Saudi Arabia’s water infrastructure boom reaches full speed. RIYADH, August 6, 2026 – Saudi Arabia has slapped definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of ductile iron pipes…

  • Delhi Fuel Levy

    New Delhi raises export duties on diesel, petrol and jet fuel for the second time in a month, sparing state-run sales to six small neighbours while more than 100 trading partners absorb the cost of the revived windfall regime NEW DELHI, August 5, 2026 — India’s Ministry of Finance has raised export levies on the…

  • Riyadh Pipe Hit

    Saudi Arabia locks in five-year antidumping duties of up to 29.94 percent on Indian ductile iron pipes, a decision that reverberates through the Kingdom’s water infrastructure buildout and the order books of the world’s dominant pipe exporting nation. By Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk | peacocktariffconsulting.com | August 5, 2026 RIYADH, August 5, 2026. Saudi…

  • Delhi-EU Pact

    The largest trade agreement either side has ever concluded has moved off the negotiators’ desks and into the ratification machinery, with a December signature, a spring 2027 start date, and a district-by-district exporter outreach campaign now defining the road ahead. NEW DELHI, August 4, 2026 – Six months after India and the European Union concluded…

  • 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 Steel Wall

    One month into the European Union’s toughest steel import regime in decades, quotas are draining fast, a product scope review is underway, and trading partners from Ankara to Seoul to New Delhi are counting the cost. BRUSSELS, August 4, 2026 – The European Union’s new steel import regime enters August with its first full month…

  • Delhi PV Probe

    India’s trade remedies authority pushes forward a sweeping set of anti-dumping investigations into imported solar encapsulants from China, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, tightening the screws on the supply chains that feed the world’s third largest solar market. NEW DELHI, AUG. 2 – India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies moved its high-stakes anti-dumping investigations into…