India has extended countervailing or anti-subsidy duty on a Chinese chemical used in pesticides for five more years to guard domestic players. The decision followed a recommendation of the commerce ministry's investigation arm DGTR for continuation of the duty on the imports of 'Atrazine Technical' from China. "The countervailing duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification," a finance ministry notification has said. The finance ministry has imposed a duty of up to 11.94 per cent on the product. In its probe, the DGTR had concluded that the current duties have allowed more Indian producers to enter the market and have helped the domestic industry to expand its capacity. The subsidised exports were hurting Indian players. Earlier the revenue department had imposed the duty in September 2019. Subsidised exports impact the price of that product in th
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