The European Union (EU) is likely to dismiss Germany-based SolarWorld AG's request for a renewed anti-circumvention investigation and instead will review the minimum price and annual quota set in 2013 on imports of PV modules from China, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
EU concluded its anti-dumping and anti-subsidization investigation of China-produced PV modules in response to SolarWorld's complaint by setting a minimum import price of EUR0.53/W and an annual import quota of 7GWp in 2013.
However, SolarWorld in 2014 accused some China-based PV modules of submitting false country of origin documentation provided by Taiwan-, Japan-, South Korea- and Malaysia-based PV makers and/or stealthily offering price discounts or refunds for Europe-based importers to circumvent the pricing and quota restrictions.
EU dismissed SolarWorld's case due to insufficient information provided in the third quarter of 2014, but SolarWorld has refiled its complaint, the sources said.
EU has not yet announced an anti-circumvention investigation in response to SolarWorld's latest complaint.
EU may dismiss SolarWorld's accusation again, possibly due to the influence from the US Department of Commerce's reducing the average anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariff rates imposed on China-produced PV modules in 2012 from 30% originally to 17.50% at a recent review, the sources said.
