India has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into the imports of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) from the US, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Thailand after the Chemicals and Petrochemicals Manufacturers Association (CPMA) filed an application to initiate the anti-dumping investigation. 

 

“Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), which is a domestic producer of the product, has provided its information as domestic industry…RIL is the sole producer of the product under consideration in India,” the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) said in a notification. 

 

The investigation will cover imports between April 1, 2019-June 30, 2020 and the period 1st April 2016 - 31st March 2017, 1st April 2017 - 31st March 2018, 1st April 2018 - 31st March 2019, and the PoI as the injury investigation period. 

 

“The Applicant has claimed that the due to price effect of dumped imports, performance of the domestic industry has been adversely impacted leading to an increase in its inventories, decline in its profitability, and return on capital employed (RocE). There is sufficient prima facie evidence of injury being caused to the domestic industry by dumped imports of subject goods from subject countries,” the notification reads. 

 

LDPE is used in applications requiring clarity, inertness, processing ease, sealability, moisture barriers, and good electrical properties. It is also used for producing trash bags, carrier bags, heavy duty bags, agricultural films, automatic packaging films and bags for food and sanitary articles, frozen food packaging, bubble wrap, adhesive tape backing films, foam for manufacture of mattresses etc.