Anti Dumping Solar Panels Eu

Today the european commission has decided to impose provisional anti dumping duties on imports of solar panels cells and wafers from china.

Anti dumping solar panels eu.

The minimum import price mip will be progressively cut every three months. This decision follows a thorough and serious investigation and extended contacts with market players. The cancellation of both anti dumping duty and anti subsidy restrictions will definitely make renewable energy more affordable and increase its supply due to the low cost of chinese solar panels. The european commission has decided to maintain anti subsidy and anti dumping duties first introduced in may 2014 on solar glass imported from china.

Trade defence instruments such as anti dumping or anti subsidy duties are ways of protecting european production against international trade distortions. 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 european union announced last september 16 that it would reduce the minimum prices for chinese solar panels sold in europe. The restrictions finally came to an end on 3rd september 2018 opening the european market to solar panels manufactured in china.

Solar cells and solar wafers originating in china. Eu pro sun an industry association claimed in its complaint lodged on 25 july 2012 that solar panels and their key components imported from china enter the european market at prices below market value. These rates also provide the basis for anti dumping duties imposed on solar products imported from mainland china. The new measures went into force on july 23.

After considering the needs of both producers and those using or importing solar panels the commission decided it was in the best interests of the eu as a whole to let the measures lapse. Eu initiates anti dumping investigation on solar panel imports from china. The european commission today launched an anti dumping investigation into imports of solar panels and their key components i e. The european union has recently begun imposing anti dumping measures on selected chinese solar panels whose producers refused to negotiate a friendly settlement.

The european commission has today issued the following statement. Brussels 6 september 2012.