India started an anti-subsidy investigation in 2009. In recent years, there has seen a spike in the number of anti-subsidy investigations with 10 cases in 2018 and 9 and 7 cases in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

 

Figure 1: Anti-subsidy investigations by India: initiating and imposing

Source: WTO data

 

Countries subject to the most anti-subsidy measures by India

 

China, Malaysia and Vietnam are the three countries with the most anti-subsidy investigations by India, accounting for 31%, 34% and 14% of the total number of anti-subsidy investigations initiated by India, respectively.

 

 Table 1 : Top countries with the most anti-subsidy investigations by India (1995-2021) 

	Investigations initiated	Measures imposed
China	9	6
Malaysia	7	3
Vietnam	4	2
Indonesia	3	1
Thailand	3	1
Korea	1	0
Sri Lanka	1	0
Turkey	1	0
Total	29	13

Source: WTO data

 

Product groups subject to the most anti-subsidy measures by India

 

In anti-subsidy investigations, base metal was the product subject to the most anti-subsidy duties in India (accounting for 62% of total cases), followed by Products of the chemical and allied industries (accounting for 15%).

 

 Table 2: Commodities subject to the most anti-subsidy measures by India (1995-2021) 

Items/Commodities	Number of cases subject to anti-subsidy duties	Percentage (%)
Base metals and articles	8	62%
Products of the chemical and allied industries	2	15%
Resins, plastics and articles; rubber and articles	1	8%
Articles of stone, plaster; ceramic prod.; glass	1	8%
Machinery and electrical equipment	1	8%
Tổng	13	100%

Source: WTO data

 

Source: Center for WTO and International Trade