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Initiation of a Safeguard investigation concerning imports of “Solar Cells whether or not assembled in modules or panels” into India - reg.
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.... office on 05.12.2017 under Rule 5 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997 by the Indian Solar Manufacturer's Association (ISMA) on behalf of five Indian producers, namely (i) M/s Mundra Solar PV Limited, Adani House, Meetha Khali 6 Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380009, Gujarat; (ii) M/s Indosolar Limited, 3C/1, EcoTech-II, Udyog Vihar, Dist: Gautam Budh Nagar, Greater Noida-201306, Uttar Pradesh; (iii) M/s Jupiter Solar Power Limited, Village Katha, Post Office Baddi, Teh. Nalagarh, Dist. Solan, Himachal Pradesh-173205; (iv) M/s Websol Energy Systems Limited, Falta SEZ Sector-II,Falta, Dist: 24 South Praganas, West Bengal-743504; and (v) M/s Helios Photo Voltaic Limited, 43B, Okhala Industrial Est....
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....ds, a solar panel / module is a packaged, connected assembly of Solar Cells. The electrical connections are made to the Solar Cells in series to achieve the desired output wattage and / or in parallel to provide the desired current capability. The Customs tariff classification is indicative only and is in no way binding on the scope of the present investigation. 3.1 There are two major technologies that are available for manufacturing the PUC. The first technology is known as "Crystalline Silicon (c-Si)" based technology, also referred to as silicon wafer based technology. Crystalline Silicon includes n-type and p-type silicon, and also mono crystalline and multi crystalline silicon materials. The second technology is referred to....
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.... 2017) and (ii) M/s Infodrive Media for the period 2017-18 (July to September 2017) and the same has been taken into consideration for analysis. The applicants have also provided data in respect of their own production, sales, inventory etc. for the period 2014-15 to 2017-18 (upto September 2017). 6. Increase in Imports (absolute & in relative terms): The PUC is imported into India primarily from China PR, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Taking into account the base year as 2014-15, the documents on record reveal that the imports of the PUC have increased over a period of time in absolute terms. In relative terms also, the imports have increased appreciably as compared to the base year. Particulars Unit 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-1....
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....port (MW) Sales of DI (MW) Sales of Indian Producers other than DI (MW) Total Demand (MW) Market Share (%) DI Import Others 2014-15 1,275 191 9 1,475 13 86 1 2015-16 4,186 276 8 4,470 6 94 0 2016-17 6,375 457 325 7,157 6 89 5 2017-18 (Upto Sept.,2017 4,665 358 163 5,186 7 90 3 2017-18 (Annualised) 9,331 774 325 10,430 7 90 3 (c) Capacity Utilisation: The production facilities of the DI were under-utilised during the entire POI and the capacity utilisation declined significantly, as evident from the table below. Particulars Unit 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 (Upto Sept.,2017) 2017-18 (Annualised) Installed Capacity MW 392 573 653 727 1,653 Production of ....
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....017) Closing Inventory (Indexed) 100 82 147 416 8. The applicants have requested for immediate imposition of Safeguard measures for a period of four years. The applicants have also requested for imposition of provisional Safeguard duty in view of steep deterioration in the performance of the DI, as a result of increased imports of the PUC. 9. The application has been examined and it has been found that prima facie the increased imports of the PUC have caused and are threatening to cause serious injury to the DI of products that are like and directly competitive to the PUC. Accordingly, it has been decided to initiate an investigation through the issue of this Notice. 10. All interested parties may make their views known within a pe....