India mulls anti-dumping duty on Malaysian solar glass - SolarStar

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), part of India  ’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry, recommended the duty on ‘textured, tempered – coated or uncoated – solar glass  ’ imported from Malaysia after Borosil Glass, the only domestic producer of solar glass, filed an application with the government body for the imposition of anti-dumping duty.

In 2017, tempered glass from China attracted an anti-dumping duty in the range of $64.04-136.21 per metric tonne, after a similar petition was filed by Borosil.

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“The authority recommends imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the [solar glass] imports [from Malaysia] for five years,” the DGTR said in a notification after an investigation.

The final decision to impose the duty will be taken by the Finance Ministry.

The DGTR, on the basis of evidence submitted by Borosil, investigated to determine the impact of alleged dumping of Malaysian  solar glass, to recommend anti-dumping duty to remove the alleged injury to domestic manufacturers.

The DGTR found solar glass produced in India was comparable to that imported from Malaysia in terms of physical characteristics; production technology manufacturing process; functions uses; product specifications; distribution; marketing. The two could be substituted technically commercially, concluded investigators.