Anti Dumping Chinese Solar Panels

On march 6 2017 the department of commerce the department published its notice of initiation and preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews ccrs of the antidumping duty ad orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled into modules solar cells from the people s republic of china prc and certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products solar products from the prc preliminary results.

Anti dumping chinese solar panels.

Anti dumping duties are levied on solar panels imported from china malaysia and the united states. This removed a large percentage of chinese solar panels from the european market and consequently led to increased cost of panels. 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. Solar industry has already enforced 30 tariffs on imported solar panels since february.

Since the year 2013 the european union established trade restrictions on chinese solar panels. Any chinese imported cells or panels would now have 55 tariffs in addition to antidumping countervailing duties in place for the last few years. India has imposed anti dumping duty of up to usd 1 559 per tonne on imports of a certain type of sheet used in solar cell making from china malaysia saudi arabia and thailand for five years to safeguard domestic players against cheap shipments. 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 tariffs on chinese made solar panels range from 100 to 110. Big anti dumping tariffs in us china solar panel trade case 18 the department of commerce has again found in favor of the petitioner solarworld in that company s trade case.