The Commerce Department issued its final ruling Wednesday in a
long-simmering trade dispute with China, imposing tariffs ranging
from about 34 percent to nearly 47 percent on most manufacturers of
solar panels and cells imported from the country.
For most of the Chinese manufacturers, the penalties are somewhat higher
than those announced by the Obama administration earlier this year,
when the government determined that Chinese companies were benefiting
from unfair government subsidies and were selling their products below
the cost of production, a practice known as dumping, on the American
market. For the biggest panel maker, Suntech, the duties are
significantly higher, moving to almost 47 percent from about 33 percent.
The trade case stemmed from a legal filing nearly a year ago by a
coalition of manufacturers, led by SolarWorld, a German company with
considerable manufacturing in the United States. The coalition contended
that Chinese companies, which dominate global sales with a two-thirds
market share, were competing unfairly in the American market.
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