US International Trade Commission on January 31, the import of photovoltaic cells and components to the United States President Trump proposed trade remedy measures to restrict the import of related products.US solar industry generally agreed that restrictions on PV imports may lead to 'double-lose 'Results.
The United States International Trade Commission ruled in September that a large number of cheap imports of photovoltaic cells and components have caused serious damage to U.S. domestic industries based on Article 210 of the Trade Act of 1949, Called the 'Survey 2001' or the 'Global Safeguards Survey,' the article states that when the number of imports of certain commodities surges, causing serious damage to the U.S. industry or seriously damaging threats, the President of the United States can pass tariffs, quotas and other measures To limit imports and protect their own industries.
It is learned that four members of the U.S. International Trade Commission proposed to Trump three different trade remedy proposals, including quotas, tariffs and permits to restrict the import of photovoltaic products.
Among them, Linda Schmidt, the chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, proposed to introduce quotas and tariffs to limit imports, and suggested that a quota be set for imported photovoltaic cells and tariffs should be levied on imported goods within the quotas at a later rate 3% year-on-year reduction to 8.5%, 40% levied on imported goods with quota tariff, the tax rate will be reduced to 27% year by year in the next 3 years.In addition, 35% tariff will be levied on imported PV modules at the following 3 years Gradually decreased to 32%.
The United States International Trade Commission Vice Chairman David Johansson and the commissioner Owen Williamson co-submitted the program, also proposed to take two kinds of quota and tariff relief measures, but in the specific figures and the program is different. · Brodbent is advised to set import quotas, while taking a public auction to sell import licenses, and the income used to support the development of related domestic enterprises.
Trump will eventually decide whether to take trade remedies and what trade remedies are to be used.
As the US solar energy industry is heavily dependent on imports of cheap solar cells, analysts believe that the ruling may lead to the US solar power prices rise, a large number of workers unemployed, solar energy industry development blocked.
Market research firm G T M said the restrictions on imported photovoltaic cells and components could cause a 'devastating' blow to the US solar market, which would cause two-thirds of the solar panel installation plan to be canceled in the next five years.
"The US International Trade Commission 's ruling ordered nearly 900,000 solar companies and 26,000 employees to be disappointed," said Albergel Hobo, president of the American Solar Energy Industry Association, after the announcement of the ruling.
According to SPV Market Research, US solar cell production accounted for a quarter of global production by the year 2001, but since then, as Asian solar cells were cheaper, US domestic production declined and imports increased. Last year, the United States market sales of solar cell products 9 5% from imports.
According to the United States International Trade Commission statistics, the current US solar cell products, the largest source of imports from Malaysia, followed by South Korea, Vietnam and Thailand from China's solar cell products accounted for about 8% of US imports.
The lawsuit was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission, a solar company in Univa, Georgia, in the southern United States, which filed for bankruptcy in April of this year and another, a similarly litigant German photovoltaic company S olar W orld American branch.
Wang Hejun, director of the Trade Remedy Investigation Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, said earlier that the free flow of PV products is conducive to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the global climate. It is a common responsibility of all countries to maintain free trade in this area and it is in the common interest of all parties. U.S. investigation agencies strictly abide by the relevant WTO rules and used trade restrictions with caution.
