Anti Dumping Duty On Solar Panels In India

Side stepping a commerce ministry investigation the finance ministry did not notify its recommended anti dumping duty on imports of solar panels from four countries including the u s.

Anti dumping duty on solar panels in india.

The government of india has notified the imposition of anti dumping duty on the ethylene vinyl acetate eva sheets for solar modules imported from china pr malaysia saudi arabia and thailand for five years. The safeguard duty of 25 percent on solar modules and cells will be in force from july 30 2018. In a notification the department of revenue has said that after considering the recommendations of the commerce ministry s investigation arm dgtr. Bonds submitted will need to be honored by payment of safeguard duty.

Faqs anti dumping on solar panels in india 12 september 2020 update safeguard duty of 25 decreasing to 15 over 2 years has been implemented after supreme court order. Anti dumping authorities have recommended action against key chinese components for windmills and are considering a similar petition for solar equipment delivering another blow to the flood of cheap imports from beijing and potentially arresting the steep fall in renewable energy tariffs. This is expected to result in a monopoly for glass manufacturer gujarat borosil who had filed the petition requesting the imposition of an anti dumping duty. India has decided not to impose anti dumping duty on imports of solar panels from countries like the us and china commerce minister nirmala sitharaman said today.

The indian solar manufacturers association isma has withdrawn its petition seeking anti dumping duty on the import of solar cells and modules. The government has levied safeguard duty of 25 percent on solar imports from china and malaysia. The ministry of finance department of revenue levied the duty based on the final recommendations proposed by the directorate general of trade remedies dgtr. There was no notification.

The directorate general of anti dumping and allied duties dgad has recommended imposing. In 2017 the ministry of finance had imposed an anti dumping duty on tempered glass solar glass imported from china in the range of 64 04 per metric ton to 136 21 mt.