CCAIA¡¯s Efforts to Respond to the Indian PVC Safeguard Measures Have EarnedFavorable Results

 On May 15th, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notice, making a final decision on the safeguard measures for imported PVC suspension resins with residual VCM content higher than 2PPM,and proposing to implement a one-yearsafeguard measure in the form of quotas; Imported PVC suspension resins with residual VCM content lower than 2PPM will not be subject to the restrictions imposed by safeguard measures on the basis of analysis certificates submitted. The response to Indian PVC safeguard measures organized by CCAIA has finally achieved favorable results.On September 16, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notice on the initiation of safeguard measures (quantity limit) for the investigation of PVC suspension resins with residual VCM content higher than 2PPM. As the Indian market is known to be an important export market for PVC production enterprises in China,CCAIA has officially launched response work and established a working groupin a bid to safeguard the interests of industry enterprises. Among these production enterprises were Xinjiang Zhongtai, YibinTianyuan, Xinfa Group, Tianjin Bohai Chemical Development, Shaanxi Beiyuan, Inner Mongolia Junzheng, Cnsig Inner Mongolia Chemical and Erdos Electric Power and Metallurgy Group. CCAIA, together withthese major manufacturers, and lawyers carefully responded to the lawsuit.At the same time, CCAIAcontacted and communicated with three majorPVC downstream associations in India, discussed the opinions of the case hearing and subsequent matters, and reached a consensus. On October 31st, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry held an online hearing, with members of the Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureauof the Ministry of Commerce, CCAIA and our working groups participating. CCAIA fully expressed its views and response requirements on behalf of the industry in its speech. In the future, theAssociation will continue to pay attention to the Indian market, carry out industry trade relief work, and work with industry enterprises to keepthe import and export market running in a fair and orderly way.