Lok Sabha Question No. 2322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Import of Solar Panels
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2322 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## IMPORT OF SOLAR PANELS

## 2322. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- a) the  total  quantity  and  value  of  solar  panels  imported  into  the  country  from  foreign countries during the last three years and the current year,  year/component/ countrywise;
- b) whether the Government has decided not to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of solar panels from foreign countries;
- c) if so, the details thereof and the extent to which solar power has become cheap/ likely to become cheap as a result thereof; and
- d) whether  the  absence  of  antidumping  proposal  is  likely  to  help  the  development  of solar power in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग राज् य मंत्री )श्रीमती निममला सीतारमि((स्वतंत्र प्रभार ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) :  The  total  quantity  and  value  of  solar  panels  imported  into  the  country  from  foreign countries during the last three years and the current year, year/component/ country-wise is at Annex.
- (b) to (d): The Government has decided not to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of solar cells whether or not assembled partially or fully in modules or panels or on glass or on some  other  suitable  substrates,  originating  in  or  exported  from  Malaysia,  China  PR, Chinese Taipei and the USA. As duties increase the landed cost of products, it is expected that absence of antidumping duty is likely to help the development of solar power in the country.

Import of Solar Panel(HS Code:85414011)

| Year                |   Qty(nos) |   Value (Million US $) |
|---------------------|------------|------------------------|
| 2012-13             |  145802574 |                 827.08 |
| 2013-14             |  154146175 |                 711.15 |
| 2014-15             |  161578444 |                 820.95 |
| 2015-16(Apr to Sep) |   81497411 |                 645.03 |

Note: Figures for 2015-16(Apr to Sep) are provisional.

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## Country-wise import of Solar Panel(HS Code:85414011)

|                | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16(Apr to Sep)   | 2015-16(Apr to Sep)   |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| country        | qty(nos.) | val(us $) | qty(nos.) | val(us $) | qty(nos.) | val(us $) | qty(nos.)             | val(us $)             |
| AUSTRALIA      | 2         | 1055      | 56        | 11473     | 7         | 3080      | 72                    | 14268                 |
| AUSTRIA        | 4         | 519       |           |           | 3         | 65        | 1                     | 404                   |
| BANGLADESH PR  |           |           | 200       | 236       |           |           |                       |                       |
| BELGIUM        | 21537735  | 186719    |           |           |           |           | 34                    | 4664                  |
| CANADA         | 49025     | 132224    |           |           | 82        | 17916     |                       |                       |
| CHINA P RP     | 30659731  | 389428317 | 100435177 | 596753484 | 113561871 | 603343630 | 56577876              | 532212066             |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 929571    | 723221    | 66735     | 81790     |           |           |                       |                       |
| DENMARK        |           |           | 1         | 559       |           |           |                       |                       |
| FRANCE         | 1928976   | 1236381   | 470863    | 610917    | 391984    | 1505571   | 32                    | 7213                  |
| GERMANY        | 9140054   | 61275679  | 2849008   | 10514935  | 918401    | 1184239   | 669020                | 729216                |
| GREECE         |           |           |           |           |           |           | 1540                  | 143283                |
| HONG KONG      | 1443431   | 8394381   | 2578302   | 2746575   | 2502246   | 3101922   | 920574                | 909374                |
| INDONESIA      | 60        | 12636     |           |           |           |           |                       |                       |
| ISRAEL         | 158       | 36789     | 54        | 419       | 10        | 2430      |                       |                       |
| ITALY          | 208024    | 28144171  | 58277     | 3408497   | 586140    | 31177767  | 4566                  | 258091                |
| JAPAN          | 266438    | 34871836  | 217457    | 491709    | 92708     | 8019144   | 130506                | 11485290              |
| KOREA DP RP    | 66433     | 62081     |           |           | 1633000   | 2900130   | 17500                 | 25897                 |
| KOREA RP       | 958491    | 915583    | 6601879   | 11487253  | 4062876   | 7284977   | 839434                | 978197                |
| LITHUANIA      |           |           |           |           | 91900     | 94589     | 99084                 | 81178                 |
| MALAYSIA       | 37171628  | 69984534  | 6746896   | 21054006  | 11103574  | 83250063  | 2998552               | 48554997              |
| MEXICO         | 2         | 30        |           |           | 44        | 8964      | 42                    | 2844                  |
| NETHERLAND     | 121786    | 1645656   | 1120      | 75541     |           |           |                       |                       |
| NORWAY         |           |           | 1672      | 16455     |           |           |                       |                       |

## Annex

| PHILIPPINES     | 78        | 29667     | 325146    | 515836    | 149902    | 676360    | 308      | 127006    |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
| POLAND          | 100       | 29976     |           |           |           |           |          |           |
| PORTUGAL        | 2         | 578       | 121390    | 200491    |           |           | 1        | 18388     |
| SINGAPORE       | 3673016   | 12968397  | 8308110   | 20174401  | 2924943   | 21704500  | 1736837  | 5196766   |
| SPAIN           | 172       | 34495     | 121050    | 180729    | 27685     | 4054093   |          |           |
| SRI LANKA DSR   | 392       | 88678     |           |           |           |           |          |           |
| SWAZILAND       | 557462    | 433611    |           |           |           |           |          |           |
| SWEDEN          | 9         | 29645     | 2         | 7155      |           |           | 12       | 1311      |
| SWITZERLAND     | 333062    | 374548    | 23104     | 91823     |           |           | 2        | 725       |
| TAIWAN          | 27600584  | 60400224  | 22806969  | 34969865  | 21297666  | 36116077  | 16668001 | 22571002  |
| THAILAND        | 1936      | 112100    |           |           |           |           |          |           |
| TURKEY          |           |           | 59        | 10993     | 166956    | 370165    | 270000   | 401359    |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 5093233   | 9117403   | 1453357   | 3362496   | 548298    | 4363929   | 43212    | 58905     |
| U K             | 1607      | 130306    | 5196      | 7467      | 15        | 8064      |          |           |
| U S A           | 3844784   | 141314751 | 954093    | 4371099   | 691029    | 10299480  | 380202   | 20995404  |
| UNSPECIFIED     | 214588    | 4959068   | 2         | 694       | 226802    | 399171    | 140003   | 247596    |
| VIETNAM SOC REP |           |           |           |           | 600302    | 1063752   |          |           |
| Grand Total     | 145802574 | 827075259 | 154146175 | 711146898 | 161578444 | 820950078 | 81497411 | 645025444 |

Note: Figures for 2015-16(Apr to Sep) is provisional.

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