Third time lucky? Govt begins anti-dumping investigation on solar imports

Complaint was filed by Mundra Solar PV and Jupiter Solar Power with the DGTR under the ministry of commerce

The government has initiated an investigation into the dumping of solar imports from China, Vietnam and Taiwan. The complaint was filed by Mundra Solar PV (the solar manufacturing unit of Adani Enterprises), and Jupiter Solar Power to the Directorate General of Trade Rem­edies (DGTR), under the ministry of commerce.

In a gazette notification dated May 15, the DGTR said it has submitted the case under the prima facie evidence of injury to the domestic industry by such solar imports. This is the third time since 2012 that domestic solar manufacturers have approached the government for relief from imported solar content “dumped