Central Europe PV trade case soon or showdown

EU Trade Commissioner may recommend to levy punitive import tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels after several consultations with the EU on the Chinese side still can not change the history of the European Union involved the largest amount of "double reverse" the trend of the case. On Wednesday, the highest level trade officials in the European Union - EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht (KareldeGucht) or will recommend imposing punitive import tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels.

Brussels time on May 3, Reuters quoted diplomats and trade case if participants said De Gucht will be proposed at the meeting with all countries of the European Union's Trade Representative to take such measures, June 6 to implement temporary expropriation initial tax rate may be 30% or even higher. The EU is the world's largest PV solar cell market more than 70% of photovoltaic products exports to the EU.

In September and November last year, the European Commission (EC) launched EU imports of solar panels from China's anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations involving domestic Chinese exports to the EU amount up to 21 billion euros (about 27.3 billion U.S. dollars) This is the industry known cases involving the largest in the history of the EU "double reverse".

According to the relevant laws and regulations of the European Union, the European Commission will on June 7 this year, August 9, anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases to make a preliminary ruling.

Prior to the March 25 and March 26, Chong Quan, deputy representative of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce international trade negotiations and China CCCME after another high-profile appeal to the European side should carefully award through consultation and cooperation to resolve the friction. Asked China and the EU the possibility of a trade war, Chong Quan was declared that, "If the EU insists adhere to the product (Chinese PV products) restrictions, and serious damage to the interests of Chinese enterprises, the Chinese government will not stand idly by. have no choice. "

Subsequent April 9, the German "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" reported that more than 1000 European photovoltaic products importers and devices to De Gucht issued an open letter to the European Commission to abandon impose punitive tariffs on Chinese Photovoltaic Panels companies, said the Chinese solar cell The board may be subject to customs duty concerns have led to the orders have been canceled.

Almost the same time, professional financial media reported that Chinese imports to the United States, Europe and Korea polysilicon preliminary anti-dumping again postponed until the end of June this year. The industry's widespread speculation that the move is to stay "true face" game with the EU.