U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) final decision to the anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) has been reported. DOC will impose duties on certain Chinese- and Taiwan-imported solar products following the preliminary rulings yet the rates are slightly changed.
According to PV Tech, Trina faces AD tariffs of 26.71% and CVD tariffs of 49.79%, while Yingli faces 52.13% AD tariffs. The CVD rates for China-wide will be 38.72%, higher than the 26.89% rate announced in the preliminary ruling. Besides, the AD rates for Chinese companies that are not assigned a level of tariffs will be 165.04%.
AD rates for Taiwanese manufacturers will range from 11.45% to 27.55%. (average 19.5%) AD Tariffs for Motech will be again slashed.
The final injury determination will be announced on January 29th, 2015 by ITC.