The Indian government has introduced a five-year $115/mt levy on imported Malaysian tempered solar glass to avoid dumping and protect the domestic industry. temperedsolarglass.com Nitin is a staff reporter at Mercomindia.com and writes on renewable energy and related sectors. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) investigated the market after Indian solar glass maker Gujarat Borosil complained about the dumping of cheap Malaysian imports, which affected its operations as India’s only solar glass maker. In an official statement, DGTR said that it had received complaints from exporters who were being forced out of business by cheaper imports from Malaysia. Two years ago, the finance ministry imposed an anti-dumping levy on Chinese solar glass and the DGTR has called for similar duties on Saudi and Thai imports.
The Indian government has introduced a five-year $115/mt levy on imported Malaysian tempered solar glass to avoid dumping and protect the domestic industry. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) investigated the market after Indian solar glass maker Gujarat Borosil complained about the dumping of cheap Malaysian imports, which affected its operations as India’s only solar glass maker. In an official statement, DGTR said that it had received complaints from exporters who were being forced out of business by cheaper imports from Malaysia. Two years ago, the finance ministry imposed an anti-dumping levy on Chinese solar glass and the DGTR has called for similar duties on Saudi and Thai imports.