L R AS Published on Sunday 3 October 2021 - n° 376 - Categories:US policy
Decision to initiate investigation on 80% of US imports postponed
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has postponed its decision on a potential investigation into alleged circumvention of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of solar products. It has requested the name
members of the A-SMACC.
The association is calling for investigations to determine whether imports of cells that were manufactured in Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia, using wafers made in China, are circumventing the AD/CVD orders on crystalline silicon cells from China.
These three countries account for 80% of all panel imports into the US, SEIA said
PV Tech of 30 September 2021
Editor's note: SEIA expected the A-SMACC alliance's request to be rejected. Commerce only wanted to know the signatories to the alliance.
The very fact that 80% of US imports come from three Asian countries where Chinese manufacturers have set up subsidiaries leads to the assumption that China has moved production to these three countries and is circumventing US tariffs. The investigation will proceed and the US will refuse products from the satellite countries.
The silicon shortage will serve US interests: the authorities will realise that dependence on China is too great, and even import advocates will have to admit that after the difficulties of transporting Chinese products linked to the crisis, the US will have to find a way to deal with them.s of transporting Chinese products due to the pandemic, the energy shortage is one element too many that disrupts American independence
