BHEL seeks govt action to counter Chinese threat

Navratna public sector unit BHEL has approached the government for remedial action to counter the threat posed by Chinese power equipment suppliers. BHEL has urged the government to impose duties on Chinese imports, so that a level playing field is created, Executive Director of BHEL Trichy Complex A V Krishnan said, adding, "This is the real threat which BHEL is facing now." 

According to him, Chinese equipment supplies are 20 per cent cheaper than domestic supplies. 

"We have approached the government through the power ministry for giving us a level- -playing field. We hope that the government will do something in the coming budget," he said. 

There is no duty on capital goods imports for power equipment supplies, according to BHEL. 

Commenting upon Chinese supplies, Krishnan said his company had collected feedback from the market and as per the feedback, Chinese products suffer from inadequacy in boiler capacity, lack of adequate access for maintenance and difficulty in realising rated capacity. 

According to Krishnan while BHEL was dominating the sub-critical boiler segment, Chinese companies were penetrating the super-critical segment.