Industry body Alkali Manufacturers Association of India (AMAI) recently released its Annual Industry Review 2022-23. The Review highlights the performance, policy initiatives, customs, GST, anti-dumping and safeguard duties, latest trends on the Indian alkali and chloro-vinyl industries. It also gives a picture of the future roadmap for the industry. According to the AMAI’s Annual Industry Review, the exports of caustic soda exceeded the imports for the third consecutive year. However, imports of soda ash increased by 2.5 per cent to 5.77 lakh MT in 2022-23 over 2021-22. Imports of sodium bicarbonate increased 27.8 per cent YoY to 19.54 KMT. Even imports of polyvinyl chloride saw a massive surge of 51.4 per cent in 2022-23 to 22.66 lakh MT constituting 59% of domestic demand. ICN reproduces here snapshot of caustic soda, soda ash, sodium bicarbonate and polyvinyl chloride from the Annual Industry Review 2022-23. Caustic Soda Installed capacity touched 55.65 Lakh MTPA which repre...