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Paint firms need new oil script
Mint Kolkata
|March 17, 2026
The sector relies heavily on crude-led derivatives as input materials, so rising oil prices mean higher operating costs, hurting margins.
If intense competition and muted demand were not challenging enough, the Indian paint industry now faces another headwind: cost inflation.
The sector relies heavily on crude-led derivatives as input materials, so rising oil prices mean higher operating costs, hurting margins. Around 30-35% of the sector's production cost is seen linked to crude prices.
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