Dear Members,

As you are aware,  India is negotiating a Trade Agreement with Peru covering goods, services and investment.  Recently,  council  has also sought inputs on the tariff lines and submitted to the FT-LAC Section, Department of Commerce.

We have  received communication from the Under Secretary, FT-LAC, Department of Commerce updating us about the status of the negotiations.   The second round of negotiations has been held in Lima, Peru during 9-12th  April, 2018 and both sides exchanged their general views on the respective Wish Lists exchanged on 28.3.2018.

Peru has provided its Wish List containing 5000 TLs at 8-digit HS Code. A copy of their Wish List is attached. In their Wish List, Peru has sought full tariff elimination at the entry into force of the Agreement for all these tariff lines.   Also attached is an excel sheet containing data on India’s imports from Peru, India’s Imports from LAC, India’s imports from World, India’s Exports to World, India’s Exports to Peru and Peru’s Exports to World, on these tariff lines for the last 4 years, which may be helpful in framing your inputs.

Further, a separate pro-forma is also attached  for providing the information as Annexure – I, Annexure- II and Annexure – III.   

We are now required to compile the following lists based on your views/ comments:-

c)    List of tariff lines to be kept under negative category (Annexure III)

To frame their response, the Department  of Comments has sought comments/ views from EPC’s.  

Members are therefore requested to send their comments/ views on Peruvian Wish list, in the attached formats, latest by 26/04/2018   on  our email ids- deepak.gupta@chemexcil.gov.in and balani.lic@chemexcil.gov.in. 

Your timely replies with relevant information  will be highly appreciated and will enable us submit the industry views to DoC within the deadline of 01/05/2018.

Thanking You,

Yours faithfully,

( S.G. BHARADI )
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHEMEXCIL

ANNEXURE I, II & III