China announces tariffs on US, ROK polysilicon

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China announces tariffs on US, ROK polysilicon

 

Solar panels on display at a solar and photovoltaic industry show in Shanghai.China will apply anti-subsidy duties of up to 2.1 percent and anti-dumping duties ranging from 53.3 percent to 57 percent onpolysilicon imports from the United States.[GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY]

 

BEIJING - China's Commerce Ministry on Monday imposed five-year duties on solar-gradepolysilicon imports from the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK).

Starting on MondayChina will apply anti-subsidy duties of up to 2.1 percent and anti-dumpingduties ranging from 53.3 percent to 57 percent on polysilicon imports from the United StatesTherates for imports from ROK are set between 2.4 percent to 48.7 percent.

The duties will last for five yearsthe ministry said.

The decision came after China began to levy provisional duties on polysilicon imports from thetwo countries last year following preliminary investigations that found exporters dumped theirproducts on the Chinese market.

Solar-grade polysilicon is an important material for making solar cellsa sector fraught with tradedisputes.

In 2012, the US government imposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties on crystallinesilicon photovoltaic cells from China.

The US commerce department said Chinese producers and exporters sold solar cells in the USmarket at dumping margins ranging from 18.32 percent to 249.96 percentand they receivedcountervailable subsidies of 14.78 percent to 15.97 percent.

Timeline of China-US solar disputes

 

China announces tariffs on US, ROK polysilicon

 

 

 

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