The US imposed import duties on Chinese solar panels

    




According to the Americans, the producers derive serious benefit from dumping subsidies from the Chinese government.

Now the customs duty will vary in the range of 18.56 to 35.21 percent, according to a source in the Ministry of Commerce.
This decision prompted the claim of the American manufacturer of solar components, SolarWorld Industries America. While the decision has not yet entered into force nor has the exact wording, but implying that the United States will start to collect fee in anticipation of a final decision which will be announced later.

The decision was made on the background of worsening trade conflict, centered on fast-growing solar industry, the center for the production and installation of which has shifted over the last decade from Europe to Asia. Although the European Union and presented similar claims to China, currently the negotiations between the conflicting parties and the situation remains tense. The United States wants to follow in the footsteps of India, with its severe requirements for production of solar components with the participation of the world trade organization.
In 2012, the United States imposed duties ranging from 24 to 36 percent on imported panels made from Chinese solar cells.

The duty is introduced, after concluding that Chinese solar companies receive from the state unfairly high subsidies and dumped on the American market products, which cost less than was spent on their production.

However, many Chinese companies were able to avoid payment of these duties by assembling panels from solar cells bought in other countries, particularly in Taiwan, despite the fact that these solar cells consisted of components made in China. Last year, SolarWorld Industries America, which is a subsidiary of the German company SolarWorld AG, gave the course a new case, the purpose of which was to close this loophole to solar modules made from Taiwanese cells or cells made from Chinese components, are also taxed.

Source: greenevolution.ru