Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Polyethylene Terephthalate Film (PET Films) originating in or exported

F. No. 6/55/2025-DGTR Government of India Department of Commerce
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
(Directorate General of Trade Remedies)
4th Floor, Jeevan Tara Building,
5, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001

Dated: 06.11.2025

To,

All interested parties

Subject: PUC/PCN methodology – Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film (PET Film) originating in or exported from Bangladesh, China PR, Thailand and United States of America

This has reference to the Initiation Notification F. No. 6/55/2025-DGTR, dated 30th September 2025. Through the notice of initiation, the interested parties were directed to provide their comments of suggestions, if any, for the finalization of the scope of the product under consideration and the PCN methodology within the prescribed time limits.

Pursuant to the same, the domestic industry and the other interested parties were directed to file their submissions by 21st October 2025. The Authority has examined these submissions made by the domestic industry and the other interested parties.

The other interested parties have requested for exclusion of PETG Shrink Film claiming that it is a specialty product with specific application and is not manufactured in India on commercial scale. The domestic industry has disputed the exclusion of PETG Shrink Film and have stated that they are producing and selling the product in the market, Accordingly, PETG Shrink Film is not excluded from the scope of the present investigation at this stage.

Other interested parties have requested for exclusion of Thermal Lamination Films from the scope of the product under consideration. The domestic industry has submitted that it does not have any objection to exclusion of such product.

In view of the above, it is clarified that Thermal Lamination Film is excluded from the scope of the product under consideration. The scope of the product under consideration stands amended as below.

“The product under consideration is “Polyethylene Terephthalate Film” or Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene Terephthalate Film of 8-100 microns. It is commonly known as PET Film or Polyester Film. It is a clear, flexible, transparent or translucent film and is available in a wide range of variants depending on its use. PET Film may be plain, chemical coated, acrylic coated, metalized films on one side or both sides. All such PET Films are biaxially oriented as are produced from the same raw material and using the same technology and therefore, such variants have similar physical and technical characteristics.

PET Film for use in solar panels and Thermal Lamination Film are excluded from the scope of the product under consideration.”

With regards to the PCN methodology, the domestic industry has suggested devising PCN methodology considering the kind of film, surface treatment and thickness of the film. The other interested parties have suggested a PCN methodology based only on thickness of the film.

In light of the comments received from the interest parties and after careful examination of the same, the Authority determines the following PCN methodology for the present investigation.

SN Parameter Product Type 1. Kind of film A – Plain B – Metallized C – PETG Shrink Films D – Others 2. Surface Treatment 01 – Uncoated 02 – Online Chemically coated (i.e., chemical coating applied before the base film is fully stretched) 03 – Offline Chemically coated (i.e., chemical coating applied after the base film is fully stretched) 3. Thickness Range 01 – Upto 20 microns 02 – Above 20, upto 30 microns 03 – Above 30, upto 40 microns 04 – Above 40, upto 50 microns 05 – Above 50, upto 100 microns

For instance, the PCN for Plain BOPET uncoated film of 12 microns will be A 01 01 and the PCN for Metallised BOPET film offline coated of 22 microns will be B 03 02.

It is clarified that the scope of this decision is limited to defining the scope of the product under consideration for the purpose of further investigation. This does not preclude interested parties from providing relevant information and evidence to substantiate their requests for exclusion of any particular products. The Authority shall decide the scope of the product under consideration for any measures recommended, after considering relevant information and evidence furnished by all interested parties, and after providing all parties an opportunity of being heard.

In view of the above, all interested parties are requested to file their questionnaire responses for the scope of the product under consideration set out above and in accordance with the above mentioned PCN-methodology latest by 12.11.2025.

This issues with the approval of the Designated Authority.

Sd/- C.K. Mishra Director (FT) Email: jd11-dgtr@gov.in