Us Solar Tariff Review Hints At Halved Rate For Chinese Cells

The review of 2012 import tariffs recommended that the countervailing and anti-dumping duties levied on most Chinese solar manufacturers be reduced from a combined 31 percent to around 18 percent, the department's International Trade Administration said in its preliminary results released Jan. 2. Manufacturers of solar panels, including JinkoSolar Holdings Co. and Canadian Solar Inc., and customers, such as installers SolarCity Inc. and Vivint Solar Inc., are likely to see "a substantial potential improvement to U.S. margins," Philip Shen, analyst at Roth Capital Partners LLC in Newport Beach, California said today in a research note. The U.S. and China are caught in a dispute over role of government in aiding renewable energy companies that originated with a case brought by SolarWorld AG, a German solar manufacturer with a factory in Oregon. SolarWorld asked the Commerce...

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