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Indian Body Recommends Keeping Duty on Chinese Solar Parts

India should maintain anti-dumping duties on imports from China of a key part used to make solar energy modules, according to a unit of the commerce ministry.

Keeping duties on Chinese ethylene vinyl acetate sheets is needed to provide a level playing field for domestic producers, India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies said in a document published on Saturday. Levies on imports from Malaysia, Thailand and Saudi Arabia shouldn’t continue, it said.

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