Anti Dumping Duty On Chinese Solar Panels

The decision follows an investigation by the european union which found that chinese solar panels are being dumped in europe.

Anti dumping duty on 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. 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. Given the relatively small portion of cells and panels imported to the u s. 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. 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. 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 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.

The tariffs on chinese made solar panels range from 100 to 110. Anti dumping duties are levied on solar panels imported from china malaysia and the united states. This also implies that costs for european solar projects will further be reduced and the projects will be brought closer to grid parity. The cancellation of both anti dumping duty and anti subsidy restrictions will definitely make renewable energy more affordable and increase its supply due to the low cost of chinese solar panels.

These reviews are not expected to be completed until late 2016. 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.