Trina may gain big from second review of 2012 AD/CVD case as the US considers cutting tariffs on China PV imports, says EnergyTrend

The United States Department of Commerce is expected to soon reveal the preliminary ruling on its second review of anti-dumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) rates on China photovoltaic (PV) cell imports for 2012. This comes after the US government agency concluded its first review of the 2012 AD/CVD rates on China imports in July of 2015. While the final ruling of the second review is scheduled to come out in the middle of 2016, a tentative decision of a 5% reduction on the anti-dumping rate has been made. If this decision did become the final ruling, vertically integrated China PV maker Trina would be the biggest winner coming out of this review as its US market share will stabilize, according to analysis by EnergyTrend. The proposed 5% rate cut on the other hand would wipe out the tariff advantage that Taiwan cell maker Motech has over its competitors. Motech produces cells for major China PV exporters selling to the US, so this rate reduction would affect prices and order volume of Motech's products. As for the 2012 countervailing duty, the rate is likely to stay the same during the second review.

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