Local cos want 10pc duty on imported solar modules

Local solar module producers have urged the government to protect local manufacturers by imposing a 10-per cent duty on the import of foreign-made solar modules, reports UNB.
The local manufacturers also want the government to impose a reference value at US 50 Cents per watt-peak.
Solar Module Manufac-turers of Bangladesh (SMMB), a newly launched trade body representing the local solar module manufacturing industries, came up with the suggestions in a letter to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) ahead of the national budget which the Finance Ministry is now preparing for fiscal 2017-

Local cos want 10pc duty on imported solar modules

Local solar module producers have urged the government to protect local manufacturers by imposing a 10-per cent duty on the import of foreign-made solar modules, reports UNB. The local manufacturers also want the government to impose a reference value at US 50 Cents per watt-peak. Solar Module Manufac-turers of Bangladesh (SMMB), a newly launched trade body representing the local solar module manufacturing industries, came up with the suggestions in a letter to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) ahead of the national budget which the Finance Ministry is now preparing for fiscal 2017-