ISMA withdraws anti-dumping duty petition for solar cells; may file afresh

The association added the massive increase in volumes was enabled by a significant price reduction to dump more material in India

Indian Solar Manufacturers’ Association (ISMA) on Monday said it has withdrawn its petition for antidumping duty on solar cells and modules, covering the period of investigation till June 2017. The association added it will soon file a fresh petition with a more relevant and a recent period of investigation.

“The import trends since then (filing of the petition) have made the period of investigation irrelevant. Despite an ongoing investigation, the exports from China, Taiwan and Malaysia of cells and modules increased by 33 to 45 %, during the period from July 2017 to Dec 2017,” ISMA said in its statement.