New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Aluminium industry body AAI has requested the government to safeguard local players from cheap metal imports, which are threatening the competitiveness of Indian producers.

The industry body has urged the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the Ministry of Finance to provide domestic market access by preventing India from becoming a dumping ground for global aluminium, amid escalating geopolitical tariff and non-tariff barriers.

The appeal of the Aluminium Association of India (AAI) comes at a time when global market distortions and import surges from surplus-capacity countries are threatening the competitiveness of Indian producers.

Aluminium, now recognised as a strategic and critical metal by the United States, European Union, N

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