Trade Remedy Digest — 2026-11-05

Summary

India's DGTR issued a final safeguard determination on soda ash recommending a two-year quota regime with country-specific allocations, including a 46,487 t first-year quota for mainland China. Korea's KTC initiated an anti-dumping investigation into 2-ethylhexyl acrylate from China, the US and Malaysia. Other notices cover wooden fence components, unarmoured building cables, metal lockers, copper pipe/tube and solar cells, which are largely non-chemical or outside chemical procurement scope.

By Product

Soda Ash (HS 283620)

• Case type / Stage: safeguard / final
• Trade route: All countries (including China) → India
• Measure / rate: Two-year quota; mainland China quota 46,487 t in Year 1 and 48,811 t in Year 2 (Year 2 quotas 5% above Year 1); quarterly quotas apply
• What changed: DGTR issued a final safeguard determination recommending a two-year quota-based safeguard measure with country-specific allocations; Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao excluded.
• Procurement impact: Indian buyers of soda ash face quota-capped supply from China and other origins, raising allocation and price risk; procurement should secure alternative origins or contract volumes early.
• Source: 印度对纯碱作出保障措施终裁 (CACS Export Response)

2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate (HS 2916.12.4000)

• Case type / Stage: anti-dumping / initiation
• Trade route: China, United States, Malaysia → Korea
• Measure / rate: not stated
• What changed: KTC initiated an anti-dumping investigation (case 23-2026-10) following a complaint by LG Chem; dumping period Apr 2025–Mar 2026, injury period Jan 2022–Jun 2026; preliminary determination expected within three months.
• Procurement impact: Korean buyers of 2-EHA from China, the US and Malaysia face potential AD duties; monitor preliminary rates and consider supply diversification.
• Source: 韩国对涉华丙烯酸-2-乙基己酯启动反倾销调查 (CACS Export Response)

Non-chemical items skipped

Count: 5

• 美国对木制栅栏组件发起双反调查 — Wooden fence components are wood products, not chemical products.
• 加拿大对华无铠装建筑电缆作出双反终裁 — Unarmoured building cables are electrical cable products, not chemical products.
• Metal Lockers From China; Scheduling of Expedited Five-Year Reviews — Metal lockers are fabricated metal goods, not chemical products.
• Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Vietnam; Scheduling of an Expedited Five-Year Review — Copper pipe and tube are metal products, not chemical products.
• Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules From India, Indonesia, and Laos; Determinations — Photovoltaic cells/modules are electronic energy products, not chemical products.

Sources covered

• CACS Export Response
• US Federal Register (ITC)

Generated for 2026-11-05 (Asia/Shanghai).