China imposes duties on polysilicon imports from EU
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CHINA imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of polysilicon from the European Union, the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday, the latest move in a long-standing dispute over solar materials.
Solar panels were at the center of a trade row last year after the EU decided to impose anti-dumping duties on panels made in China.
Polysilicon is a raw material used to make solar panels.
The ministry had extended its investigation into European polysilicon by six months late last year, citing “complicated circumstances,” but imposed duties on South Korean and the US polysilicon in January.
Beginning today and lasting two years, anti-dumping duties of 42 percent will apply to German, Italian and Spanish companies, including Schmid Group, Joint Solar Silicon, MEMC Electronic Materials SpA and Siliken Spain, the ministry said in a statement on its website. The companies would also be subject to 1.2 percent anti-subsidy duties, it said.
The ministry said it has spared Wacker Chemie AG from duties because of the firm’s “price commitments.”
“If there is a violation of this price commitment or other termination of the price commitment, then anti-dumping duties will be levied according to the final ruling,” it said.
Relations between China and the EU had soured over the solar industry disputes. They have also been involved in disputes involving other industries, including wine.
The EU had planned to impose heavy tariffs on Chinese solar panels but a majority of EU governments opposed the plan and sealed a compromise deal in July.
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