Anti Dumping Chinese Solar Panels

Solar i prc investigations resulted in ad cvd orders covering solar cells from china including chinese cells assembled into modules laminates and panels outside of china.

Anti dumping chinese solar panels. Anti dumping duties are levied on solar panels imported from china malaysia and the united states. The preliminary tariffs were given after solarworld a german solar manufacturer with operations in the usa claimed chinese manufacturers were avoiding paying duties by producing solar cells in taiwan. In the solar case china s new surrogate was thailand. In the end anti dumping duties were not levied on chinese made solar panels.

Like the chinese tires case of 2009 the solar panel cvd and ad cases represent a high profile application of trade remedies to benefit us firms hurt by. 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. Market said seia president and ceo abigail ross hopper in an email message on june 15 when the additional tariffs were first proposed. On one hand commerce determined in 2014 that china and taiwan s photovoltaic imports violated the antidumping duty law by selling solar products in the united states at prices far lower than market price.

The european commission decided on friday 31 august to eliminate anti dumping tariffs on chinese solar panels saying the decision will help the eu achieve its renewable energy goals. Us imposes new anti dumping duties on chinese taiwanese solar panels. Department of commerce issued anti dumping duties of 31 14 percent on imports of solar cells and panels from suntech 31 22 percent from trina solar 31 18 percent from other companies that had requested but not received individual duty determinations and 249 96 percent from all other chinese producers including those controlled by. Given the relatively small portion of cells and panels imported to the u s.

Instead the european union and china agreed to set a minimum price level for solar panels. 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. Therefore european importers need not to worry about anti dumping duties on imported solar panels at least not yet. 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.

The orders did not cover solar modules laminates or panels assembled in china using solar cells produced outside of china.