PV Panel prices going up soon?

[Gavin A]

hmm, so I can see the dodgy gits with a string of bankrupt ltd companies behind them just setting up a ltd company to import the panels, selling these on to their install company to install, then bankrupting the import company when the duties bill lands on the door step.

maybe not such a bad plan tbh, and not something I'd have a moral issue with as these duties are not justified in any way, and tackling climate change is far more important a priority.

 

[whinmoor]

Is it the case that various manufacturers will be treated differently depending on whether they have "co-operated" with the "investigation"? If that's true, it could really shake up the market if, for example, Suntech are hit with 20% penalty but Trina with 60% (or vice versa). I'm sure I read somewhere that Yingli are getting off relatively lightly. Will our regular stockists will be switching brands so some panels could become unavailable which could be problematic for warranty purposes?

 

[whinmoor]

Here's the answer to my own question: EU import tariffs of up to 67.9% as of August: pv-magazine

The uniform tariff of 11.8% applies to all companies concerned until Aug. 5. If the EU and China fail to reach an agreement, however, provisional import duties of an average 47.6%, which may vary depending on the company, will go into effect from Aug. 6 to early December.

According to the EU regulation, companies that have supported EU investigations and that have lower dumping margins as well as lower injury margins for EU manufacturers will face lower duty rates.

As a result, Yingli faces an import duty rate of 37.3%; Jinzhou, a rate of 38.3%; Suntech 48.6%; Trina 51.5%; LDK 55.9%; JA Solar 58.7%; and Delsolar an import duty rate of 67.9%.

For some 130 other companies that have cooperated in the EU investigation and are listed in the regulation annex, a preliminary duty of 47.6% will apply from Aug. 6. All other affected companies that did not cooperate in the EU inquiry will face import duties of 67.9%.

 

[solarfred]

So the Germans wanted to kick the Chinese into touch to protect their wages and now the French will be kicked as their wine imports into China are going to be hit with duty hikes so the whole thing is blowing up as predicted. Meanwhile the solar kit will bypass the duties and suppliers and installers will have more undeserved hassle to support the green initiative in the UK. So Brussels should be really proud of themselves. Either they will back down or this will get nasty especially as China owns half the worlds debt and their banks may be a little rocky! It ain't over yet.