India’s finance ministry has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of solar glass from China at $673 to $677 per tonne and on imports from Vietnam at $565 per tonne.
India has imposed anti-dumping duties on textured tempered (tempered) glass in solar panels and solar thermal products from China and Vietnam for a period of six months from December 4, 2024.
The rights apply to “textured toughened (tempered) glass with a transmission of at least 90.5%, a thickness of not more than 4.2 mm (including a tolerance of 0.2 mm) and where at least one dimension is larger is then 1500 mm, regardless of whether it is coated or uncoated.”
Chinese producers Shaanxi Topray Solar, Anhui Flat Solar Glass, Flat Glass Group, Anhui CSG New Energy Material Technology and Wujiang CSG Glass face the highest duty of $677 per tonne.
Dongguan CSG Solar Glass and Xinyi Group entities (including Guangxi Xinyi Photovoltaic Industry, Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings and Xinyi Solar (Suzhou)) face the lowest duty of $673 per ton.
Zhangzhou Kibing Photovoltaic New Energy Technology, Hunan Kibing Solar Technology and Ningbo Kibing Photovoltaic Technology are subject to a duty of $674 per ton.
Vietnamese solar glass carries a duty of $565 per ton.
The ruling follows recommendations from the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), based on an anti-dumping investigation. The investigation was launched following a complaint from Borosil Renewables on behalf of the Indian solar glass industry. Borosil Renewables alleged that the dumped imports were undermining prices in the domestic industry.
The DGTR said imports from China and Vietnam, totaling 779,017 tonnes, constituted almost 98% of India’s solar glass imports during the investigation period. Imports from China increased from 29,324 tonnes in 2020-2021 to 659,732 tonnes during the investigation period.
The DGTR said the landed value of imports was consistently lower than the domestic industry’s selling price and selling costs, limiting the domestic industry’s ability to adjust its prices.
It also said that domestically produced and imported textured tempered (toughened) glass are similar in characteristics such as physical characteristics, manufacturing processes, functions, specifications, prices and tariff classification. These products are commercially and technically interchangeable.
The DGTR stated that the anti-dumping duties would not impact the availability of glass as the domestic industry can meet 84% of India’s demand. In addition to Borosil Renewables, four other domestic producers – Gobind Glass & Industries, Triveni Renewables, Vishakha Glass and Gold Plus Float Glass – started producing solar glass during the investigation period.
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