The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) recently announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping (AD) investigations of certain crystalline silicon PV products imported form the People’s Republic of China (China) and Taiwan. In general, the DOC finds AD margins when a foreign company sells a product in the U.S. at less than its fair value. Today, the DOC announced its findings of margins ranging from approximately 26% to 59%.

The DOC stated that the merchandise covered by these investigations are crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, and modules, laminates and/or panels consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not partially or fully assembled into other products, including building integrated materials. For purposes of the DOC’s investigation, “subject merchandise also includes modules, laminates and/or panels assembled in the subject country consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells that are completed or partially manufactured within a customs territory other than that subject country, using ingots that are manufactured in the subject country, wafers that are manufactured in the subject country, or cells where the manufacturing process begins in the subject country and is completed in a non-subject country.”

Highlights of the findings are as follows:

China:

Trina Solar – 26.33%
Renesola – 58.87%
ET Solar/LDK/Yingli Solar and 39 others – 42.33% (the full list can be found in the
DOC fact sheet)

Taiwan:

Gintech – 27.59%
Motech – 44.18%
All Others – 35.89%

A complete DOC fact sheet on today’s announcement can be found here.