Anti Dumping Solar Panels Eu

After having been in place for almost five years the eu anti dumping and anti subsidy measures on solar panels from china will expire at midnight on monday 3rd september.

Anti dumping solar panels eu.

The european union launched an anti dumping probe into chinese solar panels on thursday after an industry association claimed the products were being exported for less than it costs to make them. Commission decides not to extend trade defence measures on solar panels from china. These were then renewed in march 2017 for a period of 18 months only as opposed to the usual five years. Trade defence instruments such as anti dumping or anti subsidy duties are ways of protecting european production against international trade distortions.

The high cost of such products resulted in slow growth of. The eu first imposed anti dumping and anti subsidy measures in december 2013 for a period of two years. Some imports are exempted from these duties provided they are sold above a minimum import price. Solar panels crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components cn s.

This was later extended to imports consigned from taiwan and malaysia. Controversial anti dumping measures on solar panels from china will not be extended. Actions against imports into the eu brussels 31 august 2018. These measures are usually in the form of an ad valorem duty.

In 2013 the eu imposed anti dumping and countervailing duties against solar cells and panels from china. The european union announced last september 16 that it would reduce the minimum prices for chinese solar panels sold in europe. This removed a large percentage of chinese solar panels from the european market and consequently led to increased cost of panels. China s cheap solar panels have flooded the european market in recent years which triggered off complaints from the european producers.

Other measures that can be applied include a fixed or specific amount of duty or in some cases a minimum import price. The european commission has decided to maintain anti subsidy and anti dumping duties first introduced in may 2014 on solar glass imported from china. The minimum import price mip will be progressively cut every three months. Beyond this threshold level anti dumping tariffs will enter into force.

The new measures went into force on july 23. These rates also provide the basis for anti dumping duties imposed on solar products imported from mainland china. This in turn resulted in the eu s largest ever trade probe covering a market worth approximately 21 billion euros.