India 'starts anti-dumping probe' into PV imports

A PV plant in Rajasthan, which has issued a 200MW solar tender

India’s Ministry of Commerce has formally initiated anti-dumping investigations into PV modules made in China, the US, Taiwan and Malaysia, responding to local manufacturers that have failed to benefit from India’s solar boom, according to local media.

The launch of the investigation, reported by the Hindu Business Line, was widely expected, and comes nearly a year after a complaint was filed with the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties.

The news came as the Indian state of Rajasthan belatedly opened up for bids for 200MW of solar capacity, in the country’s most significant tender in more than a year.

Unlike the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probes in the US and EU, India has significantly widened its net to include other major producers of PV cells and modules, in a move…

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