EU plans to China to the implementation of photovoltaic products double reverse retroactive period

After the United States, the European Union began brewing the China PV products double anti increase retroactive period, Prior to the retroactive principle is very rare in China-EU trade war. On February 21, the Ministry of Justice of Nanjing, a photovoltaic enterprises who briefed reporters, the European Commission is being discussed by the EU Customs registration into the customs of the Chinese PV module (silicon wafers, solar cells and components) from March, which prepare for the retroactive anti-dumping duties, likely from March 8 to start registration. "

February 18, 20, two days, the European Commission held two hearings that China PV anti-dumping cases. In this hearing, the prosecution German solar panel World EU ProSun (European Photovoltaic manufacturers Union), including Yingli Green Energy, Trina, Artes sun PV companies in China and support China's European colleagues are participating.

Two hearings is to review the legality of the anti-dumping case while EU ProSun the request of the Chinese photovoltaic products imported into the EU before the end of February to register, and thus to add retroactive tariff pave the way for the future. "The Ministry of Justice said. The EU ProSun think the EU anti'll eventually make the trip, the Chinese PV products will increase exports to Europe in the preliminary June.

The data show that in 2011 China the European Photovoltaic exports up to $ 20.4 billion, directly employed population of over 30 million people. If the EU passed Chinese PV "dual" case, it will become the largest in the history of China and the EU trade disputes.

July 24, 2012, EU ProSun submitted to the European Commission anti-dumping lawsuits. Sept. 6, the European Union officially announced that it will be crystal silicon components, battery, silicon solar cell products imported from China, including anti-dumping investigation.

Earlier, Solar World U.S. subsidiary has successfully brought in the United States in October last year for Chinese enterprises countervailing anti-dumping investigation, which led directly to the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose high tariffs of 30% to 250% in this year's final ruling on China PV .

Talk about steady growth, where all of a sudden find photovoltaic industry $ 20 billion export?, Of which there are over 100 billion from Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Province is very great importance. "Artes sun Qu Xiaohua, chairman, told reporters.
Photovoltaic Industry Association of Jiangsu Province, office main Ren Fanguo is frankly far, last year, the statistics of the number of PV companies in Jiangsu probably nearly a thousand, a workforce of about 170,000.

"In fact, most European PV companies the the double reverse action against China photovoltaic products. Example, similar to the double reverse and the United States, this appeal in addition to Solar World, no other European companies out front chime, even when we competitors, Europe's largest photovoltaic company Q-Cell also launched a similar move. "Qu Xiaohua expressed frustration.

Support Chinese enterprises AFASE (EU parity solar Union) 63 corporate members participating in the hearing. AFASE speech emphasized that China tremendous negative impact on earnings will most EU PV companies and double reverse this effect, including employment, to delay the pace of implementation of parity, the market is shrinking.

Independent international economic consulting firm the Prognos near Adams published a report, The report is based on hypothetical tariff of 20%, 35% and 60%, on the case of the trade within the European Union as a whole "jobs" and "economic value added" the impact of the quantitative evaluation.