Feb 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Division on Monday will reveal a preliminary determination on whether or not to impose anti-subsidy duties on photo voltaic cells and panels imported from India, Laos and Indonesia.
The announcement is the first of two anticipated by the company within the coming weeks in a commerce case introduced by a bunch representing a portion of the small U.S. photo voltaic manufacturing sector. Commerce is prone to make closing determinations later this yr.
Monday’s determination on countervailing duties will contemplate whether or not corporations working within the three international locations obtained unfair authorities subsidies that make American merchandise uncompetitive. Commerce is set to make a separate determination subsequent month on whether or not these corporations flooded the U.S. market at costs beneath their price of manufacturing.
The Alliance for American Photo voltaic Manufacturing and Commerce contains South Korea’s Hanwha Qcells and Arizona-based First Photo voltaic, that are looking for to guard billions of {dollars} in investments in U.S. factories.
The group’s petition, filed in July, accuses Chinese language corporations of shifting manufacturing from nations that obtained U.S. tariffs to Indonesia and Laos, and additionally accuses Indian-headquartered producers of dumping low-cost items in the USA.
The group has succeeded beforehand in successful tariffs on imports from international locations in Southeast Asia together with Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand.
(Reporting by Nichola Groom; enhancing by Diane Craft)