Dextrose monohydrate: NTC imposes 10.79pc anti-dumping duty

Business Recorder reported that the National Tariff Commission (NTC) has imposed a 10.79 percent duty on dextrose monohydrate shipped from China, to run for five years from July 15, 2026. The Commission concluded that dumped imports from China had caused material harm to Pakistan's domestic producers. The measure follows an investigation that began on April 22, 2026.

The application came from two domestic producers, Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited of Faisalabad and Matco Foods Limited of Karachi. Following a preliminary decision on July 15, 2026, the regulator imposed provisional duties for four months before issuing its affirmative final ruling. The investigation covered sales made between January 1 and December 31, 2025, while injury was assessed over 2023 to 2025.

According to the findings, local producers faced a significant increase in dumped volumes, prices being undercut and held down, which led to lower sales, market share, output, profits and capacity utilisation. Because no Chinese exporter supplied margin data, the Commission applied one dumping margin to all exporters from China. The duty excludes injectable pharmaceutical-grade product and dextrose anhydrous, and it does not apply to inputs used in goods made solely for export.