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.
Solar panel anti dumping us.
Importation of solar cells modules panels.
This afternoon s preliminary decision imposes significant tariffs on chinese solar modules in the anti dumping portion of this case.
Government per legal demands made by the domestic industry.
Any chinese imported cells or panels would now have 55 tariffs in addition to antidumping countervailing duties in place for the last few years.
These include antidumping and countervailing duties adcvd on solar imports from various countries including china and taiwan and more recently safeguard.
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.
Solar industry has already enforced 30 tariffs on imported solar panels since february.
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.