DOC imposes tariffs on Chinese manufacturers

The U.S. Department of Commerce ruled in favor of American solar manufacturing companies, last week. As we noted earlier, a Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) requested that the U.S. Government provide protection from unfair business practices by Chinese renewable energy manufacturers. The DOC ruled in favor of the CASM on both the countervailing duties and the anti-dumping tariffs. Furthermore anti dumping rates were set at 31%. This ruling, however, has found opponents both within the American solar industry and the Chinese government. You can read one opposing view point here on Market Watch.

In the meantime, the wind industry won a favorable ruling from the DOC, imposing a duty on Chinese utility-scale wind towers of 19.87%. However, the ruling on the anti-dumping allegations is still pending. Read more in Steve Leone's article "DOC imposes tariffs on Chinese Wind Towers."