Commerce Preliminary Ruling Would Lower Current Duties on Solar Products From China

Antidumping duty rates imposed by the Commerce Department in 2012 on some solar products from China would be lowered if Commerce affirms preliminary findings in a recent administrative review.

The Coalition for Affordable Energy (CASE)on Jan. 5 welcomed the proposed lower antidumping duty rate as “a step in the right direction for the U.S. solar industry.” But Mukesh Dulani, president of SolarWorld Americas, said in an e-mailed statement that preliminary findings don’t reflect the actual amount of dumping by Chinese producers. SolarWorld was the petitioner in the case.

In a separate administrative review of the countervailing duty order, the ...