India, Sept. 13 -- The US has finalised high anti-dumping and countervailing duties on the import of solar cells and panels from India and two other countries, contending that producers and exporters benefited from unfair Government subsidies and harmed American industry.

The US Department of Commerce, on Friday, announced its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from India, Indonesia, and Laos.

The Department of Commerce has affixed anti-dumping margins of 123.04 per cent for Indian producers, 94.36 per cent for Indonesian producers and 65.43 per cent for producers from Laos.

It also set countervailing duty rates of 126.09 p...