India Launches Anti-Subsidy Investigation Into Paperboard Imports From China, Indonesia

This signifies that emerging markets are now guarding against China’s overcapacity and dumping, an analyst said.

A worker sorts delivery packages in a van, outside an Amazon facility in Ahmedabad, India, on March 17, 2021. Amit Dave/Reuters

India’s commerce ministry launched an anti-subsidy investigation into imports of multi-layer paperboard from China and Indonesia on March 20. An analyst says the move signals that developing countries have started to scrutinize China’s production capacity relocation chain.

The Indian Paper Manufacturers Association filed a petition with India’s Ministry of Commerce on behalf of the Indian paper industry, requesting an investigation into subsidized imports that put pressure on domestic producers.