new delhi the government has mandated a 5 import duty on prices of tv open cell panels from october in order to push local value addition but companies say the move will result in marginal price hikes ahead of the festive periodthe duty is being reimposed following the end of oneyear exemption that had been granted last year to help make domestic manufacturing competitive and effectively tackle competition from other lowcost countries such as vietnam and china the move had even seen top companies such as samsung shift its manufacturing from vietnam to india as it contracted the work to homegrown dixon technologieswhile official sources said the measure will have minimal impact on retail prices tv companies toi spoke to said they have no other option but to pass on the additional costs to the consumer the revision coming just ahead of the festive period these include brands such as lg panasonic thomson and sansui which say that tv prices will go up by around 4 or a minimum of rs 600 for a 32inch television and rs 12001500 for a 42inch onegovernment sources said that the move is elemental to the phased manufacturing plan of tvs and its components to bring the industry out of mere television assembling