Renewable Sun Energy Final Dumping And Subsidies

Renewable energy was to be the future for man's thirst for power. Alas, at least for that derived from the sun, it has become bogged down in a squabble that continues to play out in the international trade arena. The U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce") on October 10, 2012 released its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China. Commerce determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold solar cells in the United States at dumping margins ranging from 18.32 to 249.96 percent ad valorem, and received countervailable subsidies of 14.78 to 15.97 percent ad valorem.