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India initiates anti-dumping probe on TPU-based paint protection films from China
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Shardul Nautiyal, Mumbai
June 25 , 2025
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The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated anti-dumping investigation into the import of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)-based surface/paint protection films originating in or exported from China.
This action follows a formal application filed by Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited, a domestic producer, under the provisions of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment, and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995.
The product under scrutiny, TPU-based Paint Protection Film (PPF), plays a vital role in sectors like pharmaceuticals and healthcare, where it is primarily used to safeguard surfaces from contamination and physical damage.
The applicant has alleged that dumping of the product under consideration from the subject country is causing material injury to the domestic industry in the country and has requested for the imposition of anti-dumping duties on the imports of the product under consideration from the subject country.
The applicant has claimed that the subject goods, which have been alleged to be dumped in India, are identical to the goods produced by the domestic industry. There are no known differences in the technical specifications, quality, functions and end use of the two products.
It has been submitted in the petition that Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited is the sole domestic producer of the subject goods in the country. Further, as per the information available on record, the production of the applicant accounts for major proportion of the total domestic production of the like article in India. It is also submitted that the applicant has neither imported subject goods from subject country nor is related to any exporter or producer in the subject country.
Information furnished by the applicant has been considered for assessment of injury to the domestic industry on account of dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject country. The volume of the subject goods from the subject country has increased in absolute as well as relative terms.
The price suppression and depression caused by dumped imports have been preventing the applicant from moving its prices to recover the full cost and achieve a reasonable rate of return. The applicant has also claimed that because of the adverse volume and price effect of the dumped imports, their performance has deteriorated in respect of cash profit, profits and return on investment, etc. There is sufficient prima facie evidence that the domestic industry has suffered injury due to dumped imports from the subject country to justify the initiation of the anti-dumping investigation.
On the basis of the duly substantiated written application submitted by the domestic industry, and having reached satisfaction based on the prima facie evidence submitted by domestic industry about dumping of subject goods originating in or exported from the subject country, the injury to the domestic industry and the causal link between such alleged dumping and injury.
In accordance with Section 9A of the Act read with Rule 5 of the AD Rules, the Authority, hereby, initiates an anti-dumping investigation to determine the existence, degree, and effect of the alleged dumping in respect of the subject goods originating in or exported from the subject country and to recommend the amount of anti-dumping duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the injury to the domestic industry.
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