{"id":652,"date":"2026-03-26T22:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/india-news\/japanese-chemical-firms-india-shift-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T01:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:17:40","slug":"japanese-chemical-firms-india-shift-2026","status":"publish","type":"india-news","link":"https:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/en\/india-news\/japanese-chemical-firms-india-shift-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsui Chemicals and Sumitomo Chemical speed up their move away from China, making India the next growth base"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"disclaimer-asof\" style=\"border:1px solid #e0e0e0;background:#fafafa;padding:16px 18px;margin:0 0 28px;font-size:.92em;line-height:1.8;border-radius:4px;\">\nThis article is based on what we could verify <strong>As of August 1, 2026<\/strong> in public records and news reports from India. India revises its tax rules and regulations frequently, and the details here may have changed since. When making an actual business decision, please check the latest information with primary sources such as the ministries responsible and local experts.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Major Japanese chemical companies such as Mitsui Chemicals and Sumitomo Chemical are moving away from dependence on the Chinese market and accelerating a strategic shift to India. In response to geopolitical risk and structural changes in the Chinese market, investment plans for new production and sales bases in India have been announced one after another.<\/p>\n<h2>What is happening<\/h2>\n<p>Mitsui Chemicals aims to begin local production by 2030 of polyolefin elastomer (EVA) used for India's solar panel market. The company has already established a coating technology center in Gurugram and plans to build full formulation development capability for polyolefin and polyurethane dispersions by 2027. Sumitomo Chemical, meanwhile, is steadily proceeding with its withdrawal from China, including transferring its large-scale liquid crystal display polarizing film business in China to a local manufacturer in April 2024. The number of Japanese-affiliated companies with a presence in India reached 1,434 as of October 2024, an increase of 35 from the previous year.<\/p>\n<h2>Why this is worth watching<\/h2>\n<p>Behind Japanese chemical makers' interest in India lie the strengthening of manufacturing-attraction measures under the Indian government's \"Make in India\" policy and the rapid expansion of India's solar power market. India has a target of 500GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 and is promoting domestic production of solar panels, which aligns with the materials and components needs of Japanese chemical makers. In addition, while intensifying competition and price-decline pressure in China are directly hitting the earnings of Japanese companies, brand trust in Japanese products is high in India, making premium pricing possible there.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"p-blogParts post_content\" data-partsid=\"1001\">\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-60 alignfull\" style=\"background-color:#094309\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-section_ttl u-mb-ctrl u-mb-10 has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\">\u30a4\u30f3\u30c9\u9032\u51fa\u652f\u63f4\u4e8b\u696d\u306e\u8cc7\u6599\u30c0\u30a6\u30f3\u30ed\u30fc\u30c9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14\u5104\u4eba\u306e\u30a4\u30f3\u30c9\u5e02\u5834\u3092\u653b\u3081\u308b<\/strong>\u306b\u306f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size_xs\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list -list-under-dashed\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\">\u30a4\u30f3\u30c9\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u307e\u305a\u306f\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u307f\u308b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\">\u4e2d\u6771\u30fb\u30a2\u30d5\u30ea\u30ab\u9032\u51fa\u306e\u62e0\u70b9\u3068\u3057\u3066<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\">\u307e\u305a\u306f\u81ea\u793e\u306e\u30c6\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u3057\u305f\u3044<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<div class=\"swell-block-button -size-l is-style-more_btn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/en\/india\/\" rel=\"\u30a4\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u9032\u51fa\u652f\u63f4\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\" class=\"swell-block-button__link\"><span>\u8cc7\u6599\u306e\u30c0\u30a6\u30f3\u30ed\u30fc\u30c9\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>What Japanese companies can learn<\/h2>\n<p>1. Consider obtaining subsidies and tax incentives by leveraging India's manufacturing policies, such as the PLI scheme. 2. Starting with the establishment of a technology center in a hub for Japanese-affiliated companies such as Gurugram, Pune, or Chennai allows for a phased entry with reduced risk. 3. Entry into India's renewable energy and EV-related value chain can be said to represent the biggest opportunity right now for materials, chemical, and component manufacturers. It is recommended to start by using information from JETRO's India offices and the Japanese Embassy in India, beginning with market research by industry.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/india-marketing.jp\/en\/business\/\">The latest trends among Japanese companies entering India, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/business\/specialty-chemicals\/Japanese-chemical-firms-pivot-China\/104\/web\/2026\/02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C&amp;EN: Japanese chemical firms pivot from China to India (2026)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digima-japan.com\/knowhow\/india\/india_merit.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digima Japan: The Pros and Cons of Entering India [Latest 2026]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"p-blogParts post_content\" data-partsid=\"1001\">\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-60 alignfull\" style=\"background-color:#094309\"><div 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