United States Commerce Department set a final countervailing duty rate of 29.35% on chromium trioxide from India, applicable from Oct. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Commerce has found that chromium trioxide from India is subsidised and set a final countervailing duty rate of 29.35% for all Indian producers and exporters, in a notice applicable from Oct. 8, 20261<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The decision raises the rate sharply from the 2.44% that Commerce set in its preliminary finding in May2<\/a><\/sup>. The duty will only be collected if a second U.S. agency, the International Trade Commission, finds that the imports harm American producers1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, Indian chromium trioxide shipped to the United States faces an extra 29.35% import charge if the trade commission agrees the imports cause harm. For now, no deposit for this subsidy duty is being taken at the border, but a separate anti-dumping case on the same goods is still running.<\/p>\n Commerce published its final countervailing duty determination in the Federal Register on Oct. 8, 20261<\/a><\/sup>. A countervailing duty<\/strong> is an extra import tax that cancels out the help a foreign government gives its own producers. Commerce found that such help, called countervailable subsidies, went to producers and exporters of chromium trioxide in India1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The investigation looked at subsidies during calendar year 2024<\/strong>, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 20241<\/a><\/sup>. The notice was signed on Oct. 5, 2026, by Scot Fullerton, Commerce’s acting deputy assistant secretary for anti-dumping and countervailing duty operations1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce examined one company in detail: Vishnu Chemicals Ltd.1<\/a><\/sup>. Its staff checked the information from the company and from the Government of India on site in July 20261<\/a><\/sup>. They examined sales and accounting records and original documents1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The final rate is 29.35% of the value of the goods<\/strong> for Vishnu Chemicals Limited1<\/a><\/sup>. The same 29.35% applies to all other Indian producers and exporters1<\/a><\/sup>. This is an ad valorem rate, which means it is a percentage of the price declared to customs.<\/p>\n The rate for all other companies comes from a simple rule in U.S. trade law. When only one company is examined, and its rate is not zero, tiny, or based only on substitute data, that rate applies to everyone else1<\/a><\/sup>. Vishnu Chemicals was the only company examined, so its rate became the rate for all1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In the preliminary decision of May 14, 2026, both rates were 2.44%<\/strong>2<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce said it changed its subsidy calculations for Vishnu Chemicals and for all other producers after verification and comments from the parties1<\/a><\/sup>. The full reasons are set out in a separate Issues and Decision Memorandum1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce said that one or more respondents did not do their best to answer its requests for information1<\/a><\/sup>. In those cases, it used adverse facts available<\/strong>, which means it filled the gaps with information that works against the company1<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce also said it relied in part on facts available when making the final decision1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The list of issues in the memorandum shows where the arguments lay. Points raised by the parties included:<\/p>\n These topics are listed in an appendix to the final notice1<\/a><\/sup>. Comments 1 to 14 in that list cover these and other questions, such as whether benefits to a related firm, Vishnu Barium Private Limited, should count toward the Vishnu Chemicals rate1<\/a><\/sup>. The notice does not say in its own text how each question was decided.<\/p>\n The duty covers chromium trioxide in any form<\/strong>, dry or in solution1<\/a><\/sup>. It is an inorganic chemical with the formula CrO3 in dry form and H2CrO4 in solution1<\/a><\/sup>. Its main registry number is CAS 1333-82-01<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\nWhat did Commerce decide on Indian chromium trioxide?<\/h2>\n
How high is the new duty rate?<\/h2>\n
Subsidy duty rate on Indian chromium trioxide, %<\/h4>\n
Why did the rate rise so much?<\/h2>\n
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Which goods does the duty cover?<\/h2>\n
What the chromium trioxide case covers<\/h4>\n