No India AD Duties on US Solar Cells, Local Media Reports
India will not level antidumping duties on U.S. photovoltaic cells, as recommended in previous months by the country’s Ministry of Commerce, Indian media reported on Sept. 10. A wing of the agency had prescribed in May AD duties of up…
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to 48 cents per watt on imports of U.S. solar cells from the U.S., China, Taiwan and Malaysia (see 14052816). The Indian domestic solar industry was largely established through the National Solar Mission, but the country is currently unable to meet its own needs for solar industry equipment, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal at a Sept. 10 event, the media reported. Following the Commerce recommendation, the Finance Ministry, leading an interagency review body, was required to act in a three-month window. The Indian government allowed that window to lapse, said a cabinet official, according to the reports.