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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/Q2/IND/3
20 November 1998
(98-4668)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
AND THE REASONS FOR IT
Questions Posed by Mexico Regarding
the Notification of India1
The following communication, dated 9 November 1998, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Mexico.
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Please find enclosed the questions addressed by Mexico to India at the formal meeting of the
Committee on Safeguards at the WTO on 4 and 5 November.
These four questions concern the safeguards investigation initiated ex officio by the
Government of India on 26 February, as notified on 6 May to the Committee on Safeguards, into
imports of propylene glycol from all countries, including Mexico, on which a final determination was
made on 14 September of this year, as mentioned at the above-mentioned meeting of the Committee.
                                                     
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QUESTIONS FROM MEXICO TO INDIA CONCERNING
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
1. Taking into account that Mexico represents 0.64 per cent of total Indian imports of propylene
glycol, according to the data of the final decisi on of the investigation, and that it is the only
developing country Member whose individual share does not exceed 3 per cent, what is the legal basis
invoked by the authority not to exclude Mexico from the application of the measure.
2. What is the legal basis invoked by the investigating authority not to give adequate opportunity
for prior consultations before applying the measure to Members having a substantial interest as
exporters, and specifically Mexico?
3. On what facts or evidence did the Indian authority base its determination that imports from
Mexico threatened to cause injury to its domestic industry, if Mexico has not exported any propylene
glycol to India in the last five years?
4. Could India supply data concerning propylene  glycol imports from Mexico over the last
five years?
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