(SeeNews) - Jan 10, 2014 - The US International Trade Commission (ITC) said in a notice on Wednesday that it had started more anti-dumping and countervailing duties investigations into certain imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) from China and Taiwan.

The US trade watchdog said that the probes would determine whether there was a reasonable indication that the US solar industry was “materially injured or threatened with material injury” from China and Taiwan-made crystalline silicon, which is allegedly sold in the US at prices less than market value.

The investigations were launched on December 31 after SolarWorld Industries America Inc, the US arm of German firm SolarWorld AG (ETR:SWV), at the very end of 2013 filed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases with the US International Trade Commission and the US Department of Commerce, seeking to “close a loophole in trade remedies” which have allowed Chinese firms to avoid duties of up to 250% by assembling crystalline silicon PV panels using solar cells made outside China, such as in Taiwan.

The ITC is expected to issue a preliminary decision by February 14. It will by February 24 transfer the case to the US Department of Commerce, which will then decide if the US needed to take any remedial action.

Source: See News

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