India’s solar cell and module exports grow 157% in eight months

Following a dip in the last fiscal year, the value of cell exports saw a massive surge to an estimated INR13.3 billion from April to November. Exports to the U.S. tripled during the eight-month period as shipments to Turkey and Belgium rebounded to become the next two biggest export markets.

January 24, 2020 Uma Gupta

Indian solar exports are on the rise in the current fiscal year.

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India’s exports of solar cells, whether or not assembled into modules, jumped 157% to INR13.3 billion ($187 million) in the first eight months of this fiscal year.

Exports for the whole of 2018-19 stood at INR8.47 billion and in 2017-18, INR9.13 billion, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

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Uma Gupta

Based in New Delhi, Uma reports on the latest PV market trends and projects in India. After gaining an MSc Physics (Electronics) and an MBA, she has gone on to accrue over a decade of experience in technology journalism.

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