AreaIndia

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommoditySoybean oil, palm olein, wheat

Date18/07/2018

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentTrade dispute

DescriptionFiled a WTO notification listing US products – including wheat, crude soybean oil and refined palm olein – that could be subject to retaliatory import duties, thereby responding to the United States’ higher duties on imports of steel and aluminium from India.

NotesIn response to the United States’ introduction of higher duties on imports of steel and aluminium from India, the Government of India has filed a WTO notification, which includes a list of US products that could be subject to retaliatory import duties. The list includes wheat, crude soybean oil and refined palm olein.