India’s Commerce Ministry is pushing for a hike in alumunium and aluminium scrap import duties in the forthcoming national Budget to offer protection to domestic producers reeling from a sharp spike in inward shipments of the non-ferrous metal. There have been numerous representations from domestic aluminium refiners seeking import protection and the Commerce Ministry is supporting the proposal to increase import duties in the Budget 2019/20 slated to be presented before Parliament on February 1, government officials said.
