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The U.S. Rules Out Dumping and Subsidies for Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells
The U.S. Department of Commerce made a final ruling on the 10th, determining that China's crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules exported to the United States were dumped and subsidized. This basically cleared the way for the United States to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties ("double counterfeiting") on such products. the way.The U.S. Department of Commerce finally ruled that day that Chinese manufacturers or exporters of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules were engaging in dumping behavior when selling such products in the United States, with a dumping margin of 18.32% to 249.96%. At the same time, it was also ruled that such products exported from China to the United States received subsidies ranging from 14.78% to 15.97%.
According to this final ruling, the dumping margin was reduced from the lowest 31.14% of the preliminary ruling in May this year to 18.32%, while the maximum margin remained unchanged; the subsidy range was much higher than the preliminary ruling of 2.9% to 4.73%.
According to the U.S. trade remedy procedures, in addition to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the case also requires a final ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission. According to the current schedule, the U.S. International Trade Commission is scheduled to make a final ruling around November 23 this year. If the U.S. International Trade Commission also makes an affirmative final ruling, that is, it determines that such products imported from China cause substantial damage or threat to related U.S. industries, the U.S. Department of Commerce will require the Customs to impose "double-reverse" tariffs on related products.
According to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United States imported approximately US$3.1 billion worth of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and components from China in 2011.
American think tanks and relevant industry associations have repeatedly warned that the United States will pay a heavy price by imposing "double-reverse" tariffs to protect local companies. The American Affordable Solar Energy Federation estimates that if the United States imposes 100% punitive tariffs on photovoltaic cells and modules from China, 50,000 jobs will be lost in the next three years.
This is another trade remedy action launched by the United States against China this year. Previously, the United States successively launched "double counterfeiting" and "337 investigations" against Chinese products. China’s Ministry of Commerce has repeatedly expressed the hope that the U.S. government will abide by its commitment to oppose trade protectionism, jointly maintain a free, open, and fair international trade environment, and properly handle trade frictions in a more rational way.
