Safeguard duty on solar cells extended for a year till July 2021

NEW DELHI: In line with the Centre’s current policy on limiting imports into sensitive sectors, especially from countries with hostile interests such as China, the government has now extended the safeguard duty on solar cells for another year.

The move comes after a recommendation by the commerce ministry’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) earlier this month to continue the duty which had first been imposed on solar cell imports from China and Malaysia in July 2018.