Eu Anti Dumping Solar Panels

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.

Eu anti dumping solar panels.

Beyond this threshold level anti dumping tariffs will enter into force. Actions against imports into the eu brussels 31 august 2018. Controversial anti dumping measures on solar panels from china will not be extended. Solar panels crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components cn s.

The high cost of such products resulted in slow growth of. The european commission is imposing anti dumping tariffs on chinese solar panels in a move that could spark tit for tat retaliation from the world s second largest economy. Cancellation of eu anti dumping duty on solar panels since the year 2013 the european union established trade restrictions on chinese solar panels. These were then renewed in march 2017 for a period of 18 months only as opposed to the usual five years.

Commission regulation eu no 182 2013. Commission decides not to extend trade defence measures on solar panels from china. China s cheap solar panels have flooded the european market in recent years which triggered off complaints from the european producers. The eu first imposed anti dumping and anti subsidy measures for chinese solar panels wafers and cells in 2013 and extended them by 18 months in march last year signaling that they should then end.

This in turn resulted in the eu s largest ever trade probe covering a market worth approximately 21 billion euros. The commission the.