Can India sustain 8.25% aluminium duties when 55% of demand is imported?
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India’s aluminium tariff regime, especially now in 2026, has become a regulatory fault line between upstream smelters chasing security, downstream processors absorbing cost pressure, recyclers fighting for cheaper feedstock and the country is trying to balance it all to keep a lid on inflation while building a strategic industrial base.
A tariff to protect, but not to simplify
At the centre of the debate is India’s differentiated duty structure. Primary aluminium under HS 7601 is charged at 8.25 per cent, scrap under HS 7602 at 2.5 per cent, bars, rods, profiles, plates, sheets and strips at 7.5 per cent, foil at 7.5 per cent-10 per cent, and finished structures and articles at 10 per cent.
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