EU mum as solar industry time bomb ticks
ESMC, representing EU manufacturers, called on the Commission last week to apply “provisional safeguarding measures” such as a partial import ban on Chinese solar
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The European Union will end restrictions on the sale of solar panels from China early next week in a move that EU producers said would lead to a flood of cheap imports.
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Eurostat data shows that 7,19% of the solar panels in the EU in 2022 was manufactured in the EU, while 92,81% was imported. Of the imported solar panels, 95,98% was produced in China. If we look at all the solar panels
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In 2018, China exported solar panels worth just under €4 billion to the EU, but that figure had more than doubled to €9 billion by 2021. The rapid growth in imports from
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The European Commission today launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of solar panels and their key components (i.e. solar cells and solar wafers) originating in China. EU
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investigation on solar panels imported from China after led a petition was by Prosun, fi the association for European solar manufacturers. As solar panel imports from China in 2011 were
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In June, the EU accused China of "dumping" solar panels in Europe - selling them at below cost to steal market share - and then said it would impose import tariffs of up to
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At the same time, the EU wants to reduce its dependence on China by ramping up solar manufacturing capacity to 30 gigawatts by 2030 as the bloc aims to become carbon
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McGuinness did admit that the dependence on Chinese imports could strengthen further. More than 97% of solar panels installed in the EU are imported and most come from China, she asserted. Nevertheless, the
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Nine months later, on 6 June 2013, the Commission is expected to impose provisional duties of 47% on Chinese imports of those panels. Unlike many antidumping cases
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The imports are heading to several key destinations, including the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Poland, France, Greece, Italy, and the UK. The Netherlands was the standout leader in
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