Solar Panel Anti Dumping Us

Any chinese imported cells or panels would now have 55 tariffs in addition to antidumping countervailing duties in place for the last few years.

Solar panel anti dumping us.

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 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. Today s decision also closes what solarworld called a. Importers of solar cells are face a complex array of barriers imposed by the u s.

Government per legal demands made by the domestic industry. These include antidumping and countervailing duties adcvd on solar imports from various countries including china and taiwan and more recently safeguard. Solar industry has already enforced 30 tariffs on imported solar panels since february. Monday 29 july 2019 the us government at the fifth review of the anti dumping tariffs imposed on china produced crystalline silicon solar cells and pv modules has generally lowered final tariff.

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.