India's first anti-dumping sunset review investigation on Malaysian float glass

On March 27, 2025, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued an announcement stating that in response to applications submitted by Indian domestic companies Asahi India Glass Ltd., Gold Plus Glass Industry Ltd., Gold Plus Float Glass Pvt. Ltd. and Saint Gobain India Pvt. Ltd., the first anti-dumping sunset review investigation was initiated on float glass (Clear Float Glass) originating in or imported from Malaysia. This case mainly involves products under Indian customs code 70051090 and some products under 7003, 7004, 7005, 7009, 7019, 7013, 7015, 7016, 7018, and 7020. The dumping investigation period of this case is from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024 (12 months), and the injury investigation period is from 2021 to 2022, 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024, and from October 1, 202,3 to September 30, 2024.

Interested parties should submit relevant information to the investigation authority by email (sent to dir13-dgtr@gov.in, ad12-dgtr@gov.in, dir15-dgtr@gov.i,n and consultant-dgtr@nic.in) within 30 days from the date of filing the case.

On August 23, 2019, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued an announcement stating that, in response to a joint application submitted by Indian companies Saint-Gobain India Pvt Ltd., Sisecam Flat Glass India Ltd., Gold Plus Glass Industries Ltd. and Asahi India Glass Ltd., an anti-dumping investigation was initiated on float glass originating in or imported from Malaysia. On August 20, 2020, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry made a positive final ruling on the case. On November 11, 2020, the Indian Ministry of Finance's Taxation Department issued Notification No. 30/2020-Customs (ADD), deciding to impose anti-dumping duties on float glass with a thickness of 4 mm to 12 mm from Malaysia. The tax amount is the difference between the landed value of the imported goods (provided that it is lower than the minimum price) and the minimum price, which is US$273.12-326.00/ton. The measure is valid for 5 years and will end on November 10, 2025.