Commerce Slams Chinese Cell & Modules with Final Duties

The U.S. Commerce Department today returned a hawkish decision on its investigation into the dumping and subsidization of Chinese solar exports, levying associated import tariffs on several billion dollars worth of the imports, ranging from 18.32 percent to 249.96 percent of declared value. The dumping complaint was initiated by Bonn’s SolarWorld, and has been joined by several other U.S. manufacturers. The politically and economically contentious case positioned “injured” solar cell and photovoltaic module makers in the United States on one side of the legal action, while solar developers, distributors and installers were lined up on the other side, seeking to keep lower prices in the global solar industry.

Commerce Slams Chinese Cell & Modules with Final Duties