Govt trying to evaluate impact of US duties on certain countries: Report

India is likely to analyse with the domestic industry the impact of tariffs announced by the US on countries like China to assess the positive or negative implications, if any, sources said on Thursday. Though the duties on China are expected to help increase exports from India to the US due to the duty arbitrage, there could be a possibility of dumping of goods from the neighbouring country as it has excess capacity in almost every sector. India has imposed anti-dumping duties on several goods, including chemicals imported from China, and a number of anti-dumping investigations are going on. "We are trying to analyse the announcements made by the US on increasing tariffs. We will take the decision in due course. We are also asking our industry how these tariffs are going to affect them positively or negatively. We are looking at the exact items on which tariffs will be imposed in China," they said. They added that India was the fourth-largest gainer when the US imposed higher duti