Product Description: Aniline which is also known as Aniline Oil. Aniline is a transparent, oily liquid and is a primary amine compound. Its colour transforms to light pale-yellow liquid when freshly distilled. Its colour darkens when exposed to light or air. Aniline is a basic organic chemical, essential for vital industries such as drugs, pharmaceuticals, dyes and dye intermediates.

HS Code: 29214110

Country: China PR

Applicant: Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited

Date of Initiation: 24^th September 2024

Period of Investigation: 1^st April 2023 to 31^st March 2024

Injury Period: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and POI

Proposed Margin and Duty: The Authority recommended continuing the fixed form of anti-dumping duty.

SN	Heading/ subheading	Description of the goods	Country Of Origin/Export	Producer	Amount
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1	2921 41	Aniline	China PR	Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Limited	36.90/MT
2	2921 41	Aniline	China PR	Any other	121.79/MT

Key Findings:

1. The product under consideration for the review is “Aniline which is also know as Aniline Oil”, as defined in the original investigation.
2. The right of the domestic industry is not impaired on the grounds of capacity expansion is not undertaken for the product under consideration when it has undertaken capacity expansion for upstream product.
3. Demand of the product under consideration increased continuously, except for 2022-2023.
4. The imports from China PR continuously increased, except for period of investigation. The imports further increased in the post POI.
5. The price undercutting has fluctuated over the injury period but remained positive.
6. The imports from China PR have suppressed the prices of the domestic industry in the market over the injury period.
7. The capacity utilisation of the domestic industry remained low.
8. The domestic sales have declined over the injury period.
9. The production and the domestic sales of the domestic industry remained much below the existing capacity.
10. The market share of the domestic industry as well as the Indian industry as whole has declined over the injury period.
11. The market share of the imports from subject country has continuously increased till 2022-2023 and declined during the period of investigation.
12. The profitability remained low.
13. The Authority has compared the monthly import price from European Union and United States of America and China PR and finds that the imports price from EU and the USA is at similar level.
14. To analyse likelihood, the Authority has observed that the imports from China PR has increased continuously till 2022-2023 and decreased in the period of investigation due to the plan shut down.
15. The imports has increased sharply in the post period of investigation period whereas imports from other countries decreased.
16. The import price from China PR and other countries increased in the period of investigation. But the increase in the import price from China PR is significantly lower than the import price from other countries.
17. The capacity of the producers in China PR is significantly higher than their domestic sales.
18. Wanhua group has added additional capacity in 2021-2022 and Jilin Risun ha started producing the product under consideration from 2022-2023 and thus both the producers have unutilised capacity.
19. The exports in third countries are at dumped price.
20.  The exports to third countries are priced below the export price to India. Thus, India is a price attractive market.
21. The impact of downstream producers is miniscule.