Chinese Dumping Solar Panels

Solar panel makers wednesday called on the federal government to punish chinese rivals with extra duties for allegedly dumping their products on the u s.

Chinese dumping solar panels.

Cheaper chinese solar panel. Solar installations some u s. Washington a group of u s. However starting in june 2014 the anti dumping duties also cover such products.

In a 6 to 0 vote dec. 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. Trade representative robert lighthizer announced yesterday that approximately 16 billion worth of imported chinese products will be subject to a 25 tariff under a section 301 ruling. The duty suggested varies between 6 57 per cent and 32 95 per cent for different chinese companies six of which are specifically named.

In addition chinese solar panel makers are facing possible tariffs as the u s. China s tremendous increase in solar photovoltaic production driven in part by an estimated 42 billion in subsidized government loans between 2010 and 2012 has been a key factor in the rapid decline in solar panel prices worldwide. International trade commission weighs charges in the dumping case. In short china solar manufacturers have been accused of unfair trade practices in subsidizing solar panel manufacture and selling panels in the u s.

Indian authorities have been increasingly acting against cheap chinese imports which indian manufacturers say are routinely priced below cost of production and have. The global solar industry has recently been thrust into the center of a standoff between china and the u s. While these price reductions have been instrumental in the recent boom in u s. The directorate general of anti dumping and allied duties dgad has recommended imposing anti dumping duty on castings imported from china for use in the construction of wind turbines.

Solar manufacturers as well as. After president trump imposed a 30 import tariff on all chinese solar panels and washing. In 2012 the us international trade commission levied anti dumping duties on solar panels manufactured in china. Chinese solar cells and modules hit with additional 25 tariff by kelly pickerel august 8 2018 u s.