With an aim to protect the domestic players and to discourage cheap imports, the government may impose anti-dumping duty on imports of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Sheet used in solar modules from China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Thailand, as the anti-dumping investigation is already in the process on this product.
The Directorate General of Antidumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) which administers the anti-dumping and countervailing measures in India, has initiated an investigation into the alleged dumping and consequent injury to the domestic industry, to determine the existence, degree and effect of alleged dumping and to recommend the amount of antidumping duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the injury to the domestic industry.
RenewSys India had filed an application before the Authority for imposition of Anti-dumping duty on imports of EVA Sheet. The period of investigation is from October 01, 2016 to September 30, 2017. However, for the purpose of analyzing injury, the data of previous three years, i.e. FY15, FY16 and FY17 and the period of investigation will be considered.