India has extended countervailing or anti-subsidy duty on a Chinese Atrazine Technical used in pesticides for five more years to guard domestic players.

“Having initiated and conducted the investigation in terms of provisions of sunset review investigation, the Authority has reached a conclusion that a continuation and revision of existing anti-subsidy is required in the present case…The Authority, thus, considers it appropriate to recommend continuation of definitive duty equal to the table below for a period of 5 years on all imports of the subject goods from the subject country,” Directorate General of Trade Remedies said in a notification.

The sunset review was initiated on the application filed by Meghmani Industries Ltd. on behalf og domestic industry.

Atrazine Technical is an odourless white powder, used in making the formulations of various kinds, as approved by the Central Insecticides Board.