On March 6, 2024, upon communication from the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) regarding the implementation of Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for 8 chemicals, which were notified to the WTO by DCPC a few months ago, India's Basic Chemicals, Cosmetics & Dyes Export Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL) released a circular requesting public inputs from concerned members and end user industries.
The 8 chemicals subject to the QCOs are as follows:
Ethylene Oxide
Monocrotophos
Captafol (technical grade)
Anhydrous Ammonia
Alumina Calcined
Sodium Cyanide
Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI-80)
Industrial Grade Urea (Technical grade Urea)
A Stakeholder's Consultation Meeting is planned in the coming weeks to discuss the extension/enforcement of aforementioned 8 QCOs. Stakeholders are required to share the following data for discussion with the Department:
Name of chemical
Uses
HS code for the chemical
Domestic capacity (in MT) in last 3 years (2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023)
Domestic demand (in MT) in last 3 years (2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023)
Domestic production (in MT) in last 3 years (2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023)
Import (MT) in last 3 years (2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023)
Country-wise import share in last 3 years (top 5 countries)
Justification for implementing/not implementing QCO
The data shall be sent to pw@chemexcil.in with copy to dg@chemexcil.in by March 10, 2024.
