Anti Dumping Duty On Chinese Solar Panels

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.

Anti dumping duty on chinese solar panels.

Given the relatively small portion of cells and panels imported to the u s. The european union imposed anti dumping and anti subsidy measures on imports of solar cells and solar panels from china on 5 december 2013 for a period of two years. Given their ongoing review investigations which were initiated on 5 december 2015 the measures remain in force. These reviews are not expected to be completed until late 2016.

Antidumping and countervailing duties are required on imports of solar cells and panels from china including solar panels produced in a third country from chinese solar cells. The european commission ec has decided to impose provisional anti dumping duties on solar panels and key components including cells and wafers from china. 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.

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. Anti dumping duties are levied on solar panels imported from china malaysia and the united states. The decision follows an investigation by the european union which found that chinese solar panels are being dumped in europe. This also implies that costs for european solar projects will further be reduced and the projects will be brought closer to grid parity.

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. The tariffs on chinese made solar panels range from 100 to 110.