Solar Panel Anti Dumping Eu

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Solar panel anti dumping eu.

The minimum import price mip will be progressively cut every three months. The high cost of such products resulted in slow growth of. Cancellation of eu anti dumping duty on solar panels since the year 2013 the european union established trade restrictions on chinese 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.

The current anti dumping framework of the european union. Trade defence instruments such as anti dumping or anti subsidy duties are ways of protecting european production against international trade distortions. The situation evolved from a complaint back in 2012 requesting the european union investigate allegations of dumping by chinese solar firms. The measures were first imposed in december 2013.

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. The european union announced last september 16 that it would reduce the minimum prices for chinese solar panels sold in europe. The european commission has decided to maintain anti subsidy and anti dumping duties first introduced in may 2014 on solar glass imported from china. Commission decides not to extend trade defence measures on solar panels from china.

This was later extended to imports consigned from taiwan and malaysia. Some imports are exempted from these duties provided they are sold above a minimum import price. Chapter 2 of the paper introduces the issue by presenting a factual narrative of the specific antidumping dispute about solar panels and recalling its antecedents in which an almost worldwide hypertrophy of solar energy enthu siasm collapsed into a deep downturn in the solar energy sector. This removed a large percentage of chinese solar panels from the european market and consequently led to increased cost of panels.

The new measures went into force on july 23. In 2013 the eu imposed anti dumping and countervailing duties against solar cells and panels from china. Actions against imports into the eu brussels 31 august 2018. Commission regulation eu no 182 2013.

These rates also provide the basis for anti dumping duties imposed on solar products imported from mainland china.