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New Delhi, March 27 The domestic polymer and chemicals industry has got some relief against facing duty free competition from Singapore. The Cabinet gave its ex post-facto approval for modifying the agreed list of 555 items under the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement to shift 14 items from Track-I to Track-II list.

The 14 items include linear low density polyethylene, polypropylene and propylene copolymers. In late 2007, India approved tariff elimination/reduction on 555 items through amendment to the India-Singapore CECA. However, this was contested by the department of chemicals and petrochemicals, stating that the domestic industry was not in a position to face competition from duty free imports of certain polymers and chemicals from Singapore.

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