Final Finding issued recommending extension of anti-dumping duties on imports of Normal Butanol originating in or exported from Malaysia, South Africa and United States of America (09.04.2026)
Product Description- The product under considerationisNormal Butanol (NBA).
HS Codes – The product is classified under Chapter 29 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and is imported under 29051300.
Countries involved- Malaysia, South Africa and United States of America
Applicant – The Andhra Petrochemicals Limited
Period of investigation – 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025.
Injury period –2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and the period of investigation
Margins and recommended Duties:
| SN | Producers(s) | Dumping margin (%) | Injury margin (%) | Duty ($/MT) |
| A | Malaysia | |||
| 1 | BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn. Bhd. | 0-10 | 10-20 | 26.59 |
| 2 | Petronas Chemical Marketing (Labuan) Limited | 0-10 | 10-20 | 51.42 |
| 3 | Any other | 10-20 | 20-30 | 149.31 |
| B | South Africa | 20-30 | 0-10 | 13.24 |
| C | United States of America | 20-30 | 0-10 | 24.16 |
Key findings:
- The product under consideration is “Normal Butanol” or “N-Butyl Alcohol”. The scope of the product remains the same as defined in the original investigation.
- The application has been filed by Andhra Petrochemicals Limited. The domestic industry accounts for a major proportion of the total Indian production.
- The dumping margin and injury margin for participating producer BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn. Bhd. and Petronas Chemical Marketing (Labuan) Ltd is positive.
- The imports from subject countries sharply increased over the period.
- Despite increase in the cost of raw material, the landed price of subject imports declined.
- Subject imports are undercutting prices and cost of domestic industry.
- The dumped imports have prevented the domestic industry from increasing its prices in line with changes in costs. The prices of the domestic industry has declined which shows that the dumped imports have depressed the prices of the domestic industry.
- The production, utilisation and sales of the domestic industry has significantly declined over the injury period.
- Despite the availability of the raw material, the domestic industry did not undertake production of the Normal Butanol, even when production of 2-Ethyl Hexanol was being undertaken.
- With sharp decline in the landed price in 2022-23, the profits of the domestic industry declined significantly and turned into losses. The domestic industry continued to suffer from financial losses in the remaining period
- Significant exports to third countries by producers from the subject countries are made at dumped and injurious prices.
- MOFCOM has also extended the duty on imports of normal butanol from Taiwan, Malaysia and USA.
- The anti-dumping duty constitutes only 1-3% of the landed price. Thus, the impact of continuing the anti-dumping duty on downstream industries is insignificant.
