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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29092025-266510
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I-Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025/ASVINA 4, 1947
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
Directorate General of Trade Remedies, DGTR
TERMINATION NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th September, 2025
Case No. AD (OI)-11/2024
Subject: Termination of Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Siloxane
Polyoxyalkylene Copolymers having viscosity upto 2500 cst from China PR
F. No. 6/13/2024-DGTR.-
A. Introduction
1. M/s Momentive Performance Material (India) Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Momentive” or
"Applicant") filed an application before the Designated Authority (hereinafter referred to as the
"Authority") in accordance with the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as amended from time to time
(hereinafter also referred as the "Act") and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment, and
Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995,
as amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules" or "AD Rules, 1995") for
initiation of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of the "Siloxane Polyoxyalkylene
Copolymers having viscosity upto 2500 cst" ("product under consideration" or "subject goods")
originating in or exported from China PR (“subject country").
2. The Authority, in view of the duly substantiated application filed, issued a public notice vide
Notification No. 6/13/2024-DGTR dated September 30, 2024, published in the Gazette of India,
initiating anti-dumping investigation into imports of the product under consideration from China PR in
accordance with Section 9A of the Act read with Rule 5 of the AD Rules, 1995 to determine the
existence, degree and effect of the alleged dumping of the subject goods and to recommend the
amount of anti-dumping duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the alleged injury to the
domestic industry.
B. Procedure
3. The following procedure has been followed with regard to this investigation:
a. The Authority notified the embassy of the subject country in India about the receipt of the present
anti-dumping application before proceeding to initiate the investigation in accordance with Rule
5(5) of the AD Rules, 1995.
b. The Authority issued a public notice dated September 30, 2024, published in the Gazette of India
Extraordinary, initiating the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of the subject goods
from the subject country.
c. The Authority sent a copy of the initiation notification to the embassy of the subject country in
India, the known producers and exporters from the subject country, the known importers/users of
the subject goods and other interested parties, as per the information provided by the applicant.
The interested parties were requested to provide relevant information in the form and manner
prescribed in the initiation notification and to make their submissions known in writing within the
time limit prescribed by the initiation notification.
d. The Authority also circulated copy of the non-confidential version of the application filed by the
applicant to the known producers/exporters, known importers/users and to the Embassy of the
subject country in India in accordance with Rule 6(3) of the AD Rules, 1995.
e. The embassy of the subject country in India was also requested to advise the exporters/producers
from their country to submit their responses to the questionnaire within the time limit prescribed
by the initiation notification. The embassy of the subject country was also sent a copy of the letter
and questionnaire sent to the producers/exporters along with the names and addresses of the
known producers /exporters from the subject country.
f. The Authority sent questionnaires to the following known producers/exporters in the subject
country in accordance with Rule 6(4) of the AD Rules, 1995:
i. Evonik Specialty Chemicals Shanghai Co. Limited
ii. Shijiazuang Hejia Chemical Products Co. Limited
iii. Jiangsu Maysta Chemical Co. Limited
iv. Yoke Chemicals and New Materials (Shanghai) Co. Limited
V. Shijiazhuang Hejia Chemical
g. Following producer / exporter from the subject country has submitted the exporters' questionnaire
response:
i. Evonik Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
h. The Authority sent questionnaires to the following known importers/users of subject goods in India
calling for necessary information, in accordance with Rule 6(4) of the AD Rules:
i. Recaz Chemicals (India) Private Limited
ii. Evonik India Private Limited
iii. Ms Sam Enterprises
iv. Pyarelal Foams Private Limited
V. RP Foam Home Private Limited
vi. Expanded Polymer Systems Private Limited
vii. Saan Global Limited
viii. Prime Comfort Products Private Limited
i. The following importer submitted the importer questionnaire response:
i. Evonik India Private Limited
j. Interested parties were provided 30 days' time from the date of circulation of non-confidential
version of application, to file their comments on the scope of PUC and PCN methodology. One of
the producers / exporters, Evonik Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. filed its comments on
scope of PUC and PCN methodology and no other interested party provided any comments or
proposals to the Authority for the scope of PUC or PCN within the prescribed timelines.
k. Accordingly, a meeting was conducted to finalize the scope of PUC and PCN on November 27,
2024. The Authority notified the scope of PUC in the subject investigation vide notice dated
December 11, 2024. Authority granted 30 days' time to the interested parties from December 11,
2024 to file questionnaire responses.
l. The DG Systems was requested to provide transaction-wise details of the imports of the subject
goods for the injury investigation period. The same was received by the Authority for the present.
m. In accordance with Rule 6(6) of the AD Rules, 1995 the Authority provided an opportunity to the
interested parties for presenting their views orally regarding the subject investigation through an
oral hearing held in hybrid form, i.e., digital video conferencing and physically in the conference
room of DGTR, 4th Floor, Jeevan Tara Building, Parliament Street, Patel Chowk, New Delhi-
110001 on July 30, 2025. The interested parties who presented their views in the oral hearing,
were requested to file written submissions of the views expressed orally, followed by rejoinder
submissions, if any. The interested parties were further directed to share the non-confidential
version of the written submissions with the other interested parties.
n. The period of investigation (“POI”) for the purpose of the present investigation is 01st April 2023 to
31st March 2024. The injury period for the present investigation is 01st April 2020 – 31st March
2021, 01st April 2021 – 31st March 2022, 01st April 2022 – 31st March 2023 and the POI.
o. The Authority circulated the disclosure statement containing all essential facts under consideration
for making the final recommendations to the Central Government to all interested parties on
September 8, 2025. Comments on the Disclosure Statement were filed by various parties,
including the domestic industry.
C. Request received from domestic industry
4. The applicant, through their letter dated September 24, 2025 has requested that their application be
treated as withdrawn. Their request states as under -
“Under instructions from our client, we would like to bring to your kind attention that post filing of
the present application, there have been significant changes in the market situation. Accordingly,
the Domestic Industry seeks to withdraw the present application in terms of rule 14(a) of the Anti-
dumping Rules with the liberty to file a fresh application at an appropriate stage considering the
prevailing market situation.”
D. Examination by the Authority
5. The Authority had undertaken this investigation based on the petition filed by the domestic industry,
claiming material injury on account of dumped imports from the subject country. The request made by
the domestic vide its letter dated September 24, 2025 has accordingly been examined. The Authority
notes that Rule 14(a) of the Rules reads as under:
“14. Termination of Investigation. - The designated authority shall, by issue of a public notice,
terminate an investigation immediately if -
(a) it receives a request in writing for doing so from or on behalf of the domestic industry affected,
at whose instance the investigation was initiated”
6. It is noted that Rule 14 provides for termination of investigations in certain situations which includes a
situation where the application is withdrawn by the domestic industry being affected, at whose
instance the investigation was initiated. Rule 14 (a) of Rules provides that the Designated Authority
shall, by issue of a public notice, terminate an investigation immediately if it receives such a request in
writing from or on behalf of the affected domestic industry.
7. In the present investigation M/s Momentive Performance Material (India) Pvt. Ltd. is the applicant
domestic producer, on whose instance the investigation was initiated. The Authority notes that the
domestic industry desires to withdraw its application in view of the prevailing market situation.
E. Conclusion
8. In view of the aforesaid request made by the domestic industry, M/s Momentive Performance Material
(India) Pvt. Ltd., and under the provisions of Rule 14(a) of the AD Rules, 1995 the Authority hereby
terminates the investigation initiated on September 30, 2024 vide notification No. 6/13/2024-DGTR
against the imports of "Siloxane Polyoxyalkylene Copolymers having viscosity upto 2500 cst"
originating in or exported from China PR.
SIDDHARTH MAHAJAN, Designated Authority
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