G/SG/N/6/IND/47  
 
15 November 2019 
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(A) OF TH E AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INI TIATION OF AN INVEST IGATION  
AND THE REASONS FOR IT 
INDIA 
(ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL ) 
The following communication, dated  on 15 November 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of India .1 
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(a) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (Safeguards Agreement), India 
notifies that a safeguard investigation has been initiated as follows:  
1. Specify the date when the investigation was initiated  
India initiated the investigation on 4 November, 2019. A copy of Notice of Initiation of the 
investigation, as published in Part -I Section I of the Gazette of India Extraordinary is attached.  
2. Period of Investigation  
The Period of investigation (POI) considered for the purpose of present investigation is from 
April 2016 to June 2019. The Investigating Authority has taken six months period (i.e. January 2019 
to June 2019) as the most recent period.  
3. Product under Consideration  
The product concerned (PUC) is "Isopropyl Alcohol " which is also known as Isopropanol and is used 
in production of a variety of industrial and household chemicals, bulk drugs formulations, antiseptics, 
disinfectants and detergen ts etc.  
4.  Reasons for initiation of investigation  
The investigation has been initiated following the examination of the safeguard petition of the 
Domestic Industry (DI) alleging serious injury and threat thereof caused by increased imports of the 
PUC int o India. Relevant factors having significant bearing on the serious injury and/or threat of 
serious injury to domestic industry, inter alia, are as below:  
• The imports are undercutting the prices of the domestic industry and have taken over its 
market share ; 
                                                
1 A copy of th e Gazette  of India Extraordinary , has been submitted electronically. To consult this 
document please contact Ms. Richards ( anne.richards@wto.org ) or Ms. Naville ( delphine.naville@wto.org ) of 
the Rules Division.  G/SG/N/6/IND/47  
 
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  • The production quantity, sales quantity, capacity utilization and market share of the 
domestic industry etc. have fallen considerably;  
• In the most recent period, the domestic industry has been forced to sell the subject goods 
at losses.  
• There is a signif icant increase in imports of PUC during April -December 2018 and the most 
recent period (January -June, 2019) as a result of unforeseen developments such as global 
surplus of Acetone, declining prices of Acetone, increased capacities in China PR and limited 
demand for the subject goods in China.  
Accordingly, it has been found that prima -facie increased imports of PUC have caused or are 
threatening to cause serious injury to the domestic producers of PUC. Hence, it has been decided to 
initiate the safeguard in vestigation.  
5.  Point of contact for the investigation  
All interested parties may make their views known within a period of 30 days from the date of the 
notice issued (i.e. 4 November 2019) to:  
Director General  
Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR)  
Jeevan Tara Building, 4th Floor 
5, Parliament Street  
New Delhi -110001  
All known interested parties are also being addressed separately. Any other party to the investigation 
who wishes to be considered as an interested party may submit its request on aforementioned 
address within 30 days from the date of notice issued.  
If no information is received within the prescribed time limit or the information received is 
incomplete, the Director General may record its findings on the basis of the facts available on record. 
The information must be submitted in hard copies as well as in s oft copies.  
 
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