India imposes safeguard duty on solar cells imports from China, Malaysia

India today imposed safeguard duty on solar cells imports from China and Malaysia for two years to protect domestic players from steep rise in the inbound shipments of the product.   This comes following recommendations by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under the commerce ministry. As per the notification of the finance ministry, 25 per cent safeguard duty have been imposed for one year starting from today. The duty will be 20 per cent during July 30, 2019 to January 29, 2020 ...