New Delhi, May 7 -- The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), an arm of the Indian commerce ministry, has recommended imposing an anti-dumping duty on imports of Trichloro isocyanuric acid, a chemical used for water treatment, from China and Japan.

The move aims to protect the domestic industry from cheap inbound shipments of the chemical from these two countries.

The DGTR's notification stated, "The authority recommends imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports." The recommended duty ranges from USD 170 per tonne to USD 870 per tonne.

The recommendation follows an investigation initiated by the DGTR after Bodal Chemicals Ltd, an Indian company, filed an application alleging dumping of the chemical from China a...