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The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has issued a list of interested registered parties in response to bilateral safeguard investigation on imports from Korea of "Non-Phthalate Plasticizers in the form of Dioctyl Terephthalate (DOTP) and Diethylhexyl Cyclohexane (DEHCH)" under the India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
As per the DGTR, it is informed that a list of the interested parties who have requested to be registered as ‘interested parties’ in response to bilateral safeguard investigation on imports from Korea of "Non-Phthalate Plasticizers in the form of DOTP and DEHCH" under the India-Korea CEPA.
DOTP is used as a non-phthalate plasticizer in the pharmaceutical industry for medical devices and other applications, due to its safety profile and low migration properties. DEHCH is also used in the pharmaceutical industry as a non-phthalate plasticizer for flexible PVC products like medical tubes, blood bags, and other medical devices.
All interested parties are advised to forward the non-confidential version of their submissions (filed earlier and to be filed in the future) to all other interested parties at the earliest with a copy to adv13- dgtr@gov.in, jdll-dgtr@gov.in, dir14-dgtr@gov.in, consultant-dgtr@govcontractor.in. All future submissions to the Authority (Non-confidential versions) should always be marked to other interested parties.
An application has been filed under the CEPA signed between India and Korea, and India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Bilateral Safeguard Measures) Rules, 2017 by KLJ Plasticizers Limited seeking complete withdrawal of the concessions given with regard to Customs duty applicable on imports of Non-phthalate Plasticizers in the form of DOTP and DEHCH from Korea.
In addition to the applicant, there are other domestic producers of the like article in India, namely, Payal Polyplast Limited, Payal Plastichem Private Limited and Rachna Plasticizers. The applicant has submitted that there are two other entities, namely, Marvel Vinyls Limited and Vinyl Products Private Limited which are major importers of the product but may be engaged in production of small quantities of like articles in India. The application has been supported by Payal Polyplast Private Limited and Payal Plastichem Private Limited. Based on the information provided, the applicant constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of the like or directly competitive goods in India. Accordingly, the applicant constitutes domestic industry under the provisions of Rule 2(1)(b) of the Bilateral Safeguard Rules.
The applicant has claimed that imports originating from Korea RP have increased in both absolute terms and relative to domestic production, due to the phased reduction and elimination of custom duty on imports of the product under consideration. The imports from the subject country have increased under such conditions that the said imports have caused serious injury to the domestic industry. The rate of increase in imports of subject goods is higher than the increase in rate of demand for the subject goods.
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