China angered by US anti-dumping duties on solar imports

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A worker makes solar photovoltaic products for export to the European and US markets in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. The United States plans to impose antidumping duties as high as 165.05 percent on solar panels and cells from the Chinese mainland. [China Daily]

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Monday voiced strong dissatisfaction with the anti-dumping and countervailing investigation by the United States into China's photovoltaic product exports.

"China is also strongly dissatisfied with the U.S. in leaving the photovoltaic trade dispute to escalate," said MOFCOM in an online statement, after the U.S. Commerce Department set preliminary dumping margins on imported photovoltaic products from China last Friday.

The department made its preliminary affirmative determination that crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from Chinese mainland and Taiwan had been sold in the United States at dumping margins ranging from 26.33 percent to 165.04 percent, and 27.59 percent to 44.18 percent, respectively.

MOFCOM said that the U.S. disregarded facts and legal support by using contradictory rules of origin against Chinese photovoltaic products frequently, which is abuse of trade remedy measures.

"The frequent adoption of trade remedy measures cannot resolve the problems with the U.S. photovoltaic industry. China hopes the U.S. can act prudently during the probe and ends investigations as soon as possible," MOFCOM said.

It said that the U.S. trade remedy measures launched in 2012 against Chinese photovoltaic products had seriously affected the normal trade of such products.

MOFCOM said that trade disputes are unavoidable, and the U.S. government has the responsibility to put trade frictions under control before they impede Sino-U.S. trade and economic relations.

According to the U.S. commerce department, punitive duties would be imposed after both the Commerce Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made affirmative final rulings, which are scheduled on Dec. 15, 2014 and Jan. 29, 2015, respectively. If the ITC makes a negative determination, the investigations will be terminated.

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