The WTO on May 28 announced that India had notified its Committee on Safeguards that on May 26 it had initiated a safeguard investigation on sodium di-chromate, classifiable under tariff subheading 2841.30.
According to the notice all interested parties may make their views known within a period of 30 days from the date of the notice issued by the Director General (Safeguards) to: The Director General (Safeguards) Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, email dgsafeguards@nic.in. In addition, any other party to the investigation who wishes to be considered as an interested party may submit its request so as to reach the Director General (Safeguards) within 15 days from the date of notice.
According to the WTO a safeguard investigation seeks to determine whether increased imports of a product is causing, or is threatening to cause, serious injury to a domestic industry. During a safeguard investigation, importers, exporters and other interested parties may present evidence and views and respond to the presentations of other parties. A WTO member may take a safeguard action (ie, restrict imports of a product temporarily) only if the increased imports of the product are found to be causing, or threatening to cause, serious injury