Anti Dumping On Solar Panels From China

The european commission is imposing anti dumping tariffs on chinese solar panels in a move that could spark tit for tat retaliation from the world s second largest economy.

Anti dumping on solar panels from china.

Preliminary anti dumping duties as high as 165 04 percent for chinese goods would come on top of anti subsidy levies imposed last month as the u s. In addition they concluded that that china violated the countervailing duty law by providing heavy subsidies to chinese solar manufacturers. Market said seia president and ceo abigail ross hopper in an email message on june 15 when the additional tariffs were first proposed. Arm of german solar manufacturer solarworld ag.

The eu first imposed anti dumping and anti subsidy measures for chinese solar panels wafers and cells in 2013 and extended them by 18 months in march last year signaling that they should then end. From china now due to the antidumping countervailing and safeguard duties imposed on chinese products it is difficult to assess the effect additional duties would have on the u s. See initiation and preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews. Department of commerce rules that the commodity is being sold to u s.

The department calculates that china supplied solar producers with subsidies ranging from 27 64 to 49 79. Given the relatively small portion of cells and panels imported to the u s. Brussels 6 september 2012 eu initiates anti dumping investigation on solar panel imports from china the european commission today launched an anti dumping investigation into imports of solar panels and their key components i e. Antidumping duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled into modules from the people s republic of china and antidumping duty order on certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from the people s republic of china.

Solar cells and solar wafers originating in china. The anti dumping duties are added on top of the anti subsidy duties. Us imposes new anti dumping duties on chinese taiwanese solar panels the us department of commerce has imposed new tariff duties of up to 165 04 on crystalline silicon photovoltaic pv solar imports from china and taiwan after it found panels were being sold too cheaply to the us market. 82 fr 12558 march 6 2017 preliminary results and accompanying preliminary decision memorandum.