On March 10, 2025, India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry reaches a final determination in its anti-dumping investigation, imposing a five-year anti-dumping duty on the imports of Vitamin A Palmitate from China, Switzerland, and the European Union.
Key Duty Rates Imposed:
- Shangyu NHU Bio-Chem Co., Ltd. (China): $14.95/kg & other Chinese producers: $20.87/kg
- DSM Nutritional Products Ltd. (Switzerland): $0.87/kg & other Swiss producers: $8.20/kg
- Producers in the European Union: $11.09/kg
The product in question—Vitamin A Palmitate in concentrations of 1.7MIU/Gm and 1.0MIU/Gm, in all forms, stabilized or otherwise, but excluding the 1.6MIU/Gm variant used for animal feed. The involved imports are under Indian Customs tariff codes 29362100, 29362290, 29362800, 29369000, 29362690, and 29362990.
Case development:
The investigation was initiated on March 28, 2024, following a complaint filed by Piramal Pharma Limited, an Indian pharmaceutical company. The review covered a dumping investigation period from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023. The damage assessment spanned four periods between April 2020 and September 2023.
