China Claims U.S., South Korea Dumped Solar Products
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released a preliminary ruling July 18 that claimed unnamed parties dumped U.S.- and South Korea-originated solar grade polysilicon into the Chinese market during the MOFCOM investigation period. Published July 23, the MOFCOM statement said…
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the alleged dumping activity caused substantial damage to the Chinese economy. As a result of the investigation, those companies that import solar grade polysilicon products must pay security deposits to Chinese Customs. The Chinese Customs tariff number of the relevant imports is 28046190. The electronic grade polysilicon used to produce semiconductor products is not covered by this investigation, the statement said. The Chinese domestic polysilicon industry petitioned MOFCOM to investigate the matters, MOFCOM said.