USITC继续延长对太阳能电池和组件征收201条款关税
美国国际贸易委员会表示，无论是否部分或全部组装到其他产品中，美国工业生产晶体硅光伏电池仍需要救济美国国际贸易委员会 (USITC) 2021年11月24日确定，从 2018 年开始向生产晶体硅光伏电池（无论是否部分或全部组装成其他产品）的美国行业提供的进口减免对于防止或补救美国产业的严重损害仍然是有必要的，并且有证据表明国内产业正在对进口竞争做出积极调整。委员会将在2021年12月8日之前将其调查和决定报告提交给总统。总统将就是否延长进口减免做出最终决定。 主席 Jason E. Kearns、副主席 Randolph J. Stayin 和委员 David S. Johanson、Rhonda K. Schmidtlein 和 Amy A. Karpel 投了赞成票。委员会的公开报告《晶体硅光伏电池，无论是否部分或完全组装到其他产品中》（Inv. No. TA-201-075（扩展），USITC出版物5206，2021年12月）将包括委员会的调查结果。该报告将于2021年12月29日之前发布，届时可以在美国国际贸易委员会（USITC）网站查阅:https ://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library背景介绍2018年1月23日，在欧盟委员会根据全球保障法做出肯定性损害认定后，总统对 (a) 未部分或全部组装成其他产品的太阳能电池的进口征收关税配额，以及 (b) 增加进口组件的关税。该救济措施于2018年2月7日生效，为期四年。除非延长，否则救济行动将于2022年2月6日终止。2021年8月6日，委员会在收到Auxin Solar Inc.和Suniva, Inc.于2021年8月2日，以及Hanwha Q CELLS USA, Inc.、LG Electronics USA, Inc.和Mission Solar Energy于2021年8月4日提交的要求延长救济行动的申请后，开始了这项调查。根据保障法，委员会进行了调查，以确定总统提供的救济是否仍然是防止或补救严重损害的必要性，以及是否有证据表明该行业正在为进口竞争做出积极调整。（关务小二翻译仅供参考，详情请见原文）
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USITC SAYS RELIEF CONTINUES TO BE NECESSARY FOR U.S. INDUSTRY PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, WHETHER OR NOT PARTIALLY OR FULLY ASSEMBLED INTO OTHER PRODUCTS
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that import relief provided beginning in 2018 to the U.S. industry producing crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not partially or fully assembled into other products, continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury to the U.S. industry, and that there is evidence that the domestic industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition.
The Commission will forward its report on its investigation and determination to the President by December 8, 2021.The President will make the final decision on whether to extend the import relief.
Chair Jason E. Kearns, Vice Chair Randolph J. Stayin, and Commissioners David S. Johanson, Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, and Amy A. Karpel voted in the affirmative.
The Commission’s public report Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled into Other Products, (Inv. No. TA-201-075 (Extension), USITC Publication 5206, December 2021) will include the Commission’s findings.
The report will be available by December 29, 2021; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library.
Background
On January 23, 2018, following an affirmative injury determination by the Commission under the global safeguard law, the President imposed (a) a tariff-rate quota on imports of solar cells not partially or fully assembled into other products and (b) an increase in duties on imports of modules.The remedy took effect on February 7, 2018, for a period of four years.
Unless extended, the relief action will terminate on February 6, 2022.On August 6, 2021, the Commission instituted this investigation, following receipt of petitions requesting an extension of the relief action filed by Auxin Solar Inc. and Suniva, Inc., on August 2, 2021, and by Hanwha Q CELLS USA, Inc., LG Electronics USA, Inc., and Mission Solar Energy on August 4, 2021.
In accordance with the safeguard law, the Commission conducted an investigation to determine whether the relief provided by the President continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury and whether there is evidence that the industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition。
原文链接：https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2021/er1124ll1852.htm
相关阅读美国国际贸易委员会建议延长对有争议的太阳能电池和组件征收201条款关税美国国际贸易委员会建议延长对太阳能电池和组件征收的201条款保障性关税。在 ITC 发布的一份公告中，该委员会表示对美国国内太阳能制造商的救济仍然是必要的。该建议现在由美国总统乔·拜登提出，他将在明年2月关税到期后就关税的未来做出最终决定。该小组的所有五位委员一致投票赞成延长关税。该委员会现在将在12月8日之前向总统提交其完整的报告，包括其调查结果在内的公开报告也将在2021年12月29日公布。这一裁决是在ITC开始审议后的三周内作出的，此前，赞成和反对延长关税的人都参加了证据听证会。由当时的总统唐纳德特朗普制定的关税自2018年1月开始实施，目前对晶体硅太阳能电池和组件征收15%的进口关税。关税并非没有争议，在美国国际贸易法院上周作出裁决后，才重新加入对双面面板的豁免。在今天发表的一份声明中，贸易机构太阳能产业协会 (SEIA) 的首席执行官阿比盖尔·罗斯·霍普表示，关税已被证明是一种“激励太阳能制造业的无效方式”，并对美国太阳能就业的影响表示遗憾。“SEIA 仍然致力于发展国内制造业，但关税不是解决办法。现在是制定真正的产业政策的时候了，比如参议员奥索夫的《美国太阳能制造法案》，以促进和发展国内的太阳能制造业。“我们敦促拜登总统采取与上届政府不同的方法，拒绝征收这些关税。随着合理的贸易政策和“重建更好”立法的颁布，太阳能行业将处于有利地位，可以最大限度地部署并创建国内制造供应链，以满足对清洁能源的历史需求，”霍普说。美国开发商和运营维护供应商SOLV Energy的首席执行官George Hershman表示，这一决定将为美国的太阳能部署制造更多障碍，并将导致消费者成本增加。“拜登总统必须停止对太阳能行业征收所有不必要的关税，与国会合作，支持太阳能供应链的长期制造政策，并带领美国走向清洁能源的未来。我敦促他拒绝这些过时的特朗普时代的关税，一劳永逸。”他说。（关务小二翻译仅供参考，详情请见原文）
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The USITC has recommended controversial Section 201 tariffs on solar cells and modules be extended
The US International Trade Commission has recommended that the Section 201 safeguard tariffs on solar cells and modules be extended.
In a bulletin issued by the ITC, the commission said relief for domestic solar manufacturers in the US continues to be necessary.
The recommendation now sits with US President Joe Biden, who will make a final decision on the future of the tariffs after they expire in February next year.
All five commissioners on the panel voted unanimously in favour of extending the tariffs.
The commission will now forward its full report to the President by 8 December with a public report, including its findings, to also be published on 29 December 2021.
The verdict comes three weeks after the ITC began deliberations following evidence hearings attended by both those in favour and against the tariffs’ extension.
The tariffs, enacted by then-President Donald Trump, have been in place since January 2018 and currently impose an import tariff of 15% on crystalline silicon solar cells and modules. The tariffs have not been without their controversy, with an exemption for bifacial panels only recently reinserted after a decision by the US Court of International Trade last week.
In a statement issued today, Abigail Ross Hopper, chief executive at trade body the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), said the tariffs had proven to be an “ineffective way to incentivise solar manufacturing” and lamented the impact on solar jobs in the US.
“SEIA remains committed to growing domestic manufacturing, but tariffs aren’t the answer. It’s time to enact real industrial policy, like Senator Ossoff’s Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act, to foster and grow the solar manufacturing sector here at home.
“We are urging President Biden to take a different approach from the previous administration and reject these tariffs. With sensible trade policy and the enactment of Build Back Better legislation, the solar industry will be well positioned to maximise deployment and create a domestic manufacturing supply chain to meet historic demand for clean energy,” Hopper said.
George Hershman, CEO at US-based developer and O&M provider SOLV Energy, said the decision stood to create more barriers to solar deployment in the US and would lead to higher costs for consumers.
“President Biden must end all unnecessary tariffs on the solar industry, work with Congress to support a long-term manufacturing policy for the solar supply chain, and lead America toward a clean energy future. I urge him to reject these outdated Trump-era tariffs, once and for all,” he said.
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