The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has made preliminary resolution on the third assessment of anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs imposed on Taiwan-based photo voltaic cell makers, reducing to 1% for Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Sunshine PV, however climbing the charges for all others, in line with PV business sources.
Motech Industries is topic to the best price of seven.77%, whereas the opposite makers are topic to a price of 4.39%, which is the common of seven.77% and 1% and three.03pp larger than the present 1.33% for many makers, the sources stated.
China-based CSI, Mexico-based Kyocera Mexicana and Vietnam-based Boviet Solar Technology, all of which purchase Taiwan-produced photo voltaic cells on the market within the US market, are additionally topic to a price of 4.39%, the sources famous.
However, Taiwan-based AU Optronics, United Renewable Energy (URE, renamed from Neo Soalr Power), Tainergy Tech and some different photo voltaic cell makers haven’t utilized to be included within the third assessment and due to this fact their charges stay unchanged, the sources indicated.
DoC will make the ultimate resolution on the tariff charges in August-September 2019, the sources stated.
The US authorities in 2013 imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs on China-based PV module makers based mostly on locations of origin for photo voltaic cells, the sources famous.
However, these makers then adopted Taiwan-produced photo voltaic cells to evade the tariffs, the sources indicated.
The US authorities in 2015 moreover imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs on Taiwan-based photo voltaic cell makers who exported merchandise to the US or provided to China-based companies making modules for exports to the US, the sources defined. Motech and Gintech Energy (now part of URE) had been then hit with preliminary tariffs of 11.45% and 27.55% respectively and the others with 19.50%, the sources famous.
