Complaint over Chinese solar firms provokes industry unease

    Updated: 2011-10-22 10:02

    By Matt Daily and Nichola Groom (China Daily)

      Comments() Print Mail Large Medium  Small 分享按鈕 0

    US manufacturers asked Obama administration to impose duties

    DALLAS, Texas - A trade complaint filed against China by a group of solar companies drew skeptical reviews from inside the industry, with many fearing a trade war could disrupt growth.

    On Wednesday, seven US solar manufacturers asked the Obama administration to impose duties of more than 100 percent on Chinese imports, which they said were unfairly undercutting prices and destroying jobs in the US.

    China's commerce ministry said on Friday that the country regrets the trade action and warned that exports of US solar-energy equipment and materials to China will fall as demand will decline because of the possible duties.

    Many US and European companies supply China's industry with products used to make solar cells, while others end up buying those finished cells to put in their own solar modules.

    "It's a really difficult issue for everyone," said Tom Hecht, head of US sales for Germany's Schott Solar AG. "Any trade war is damaging to the industry."

    Fear of triggering retaliation by the Chinese government or angering Chinese companies appeared to be the reason that six of the companies that filed the complaint chose to remain anonymous, several industry experts said.

    Only SolarWorld Industries, the US arm of Germany's SolarWorld AG, made its name public.

    China's solar industry has grown rapidly over the past five years, led by companies such as Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd and Trina Solar Ltd - all of which have shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Analysts and executives have blamed the rising output of panels from China for pushing some US companies into bankruptcy this year. A glut of solar panels has helped drive down prices by about 40 percent so far this year, shrinking margins for nearly all manufacturers.

    Kevin Kilkelly, SolarWorld's US president, said the Chinese companies had flooded the United States with panels at cut-rate prices simply to win market share.

    "In July alone, (China's US shipments) far outweighed those from all of 2010 combined," he said. "So we said we have to take action."

    Suntech, the maker of solar panels, responded to the filing by saying it was well prepared to demonstrate its strict adherence to fair international trade practices.

    Many executives from the United States and Europe have privately complained for years about China's impact on the solar markets, but most have also said the business has become so globalized that penalizing one country would not help companies that are struggling to survive.

    Still others seem wary of triggering a trade war that could lead to foreign companies being shut out of China, which has become one of the world's fastest-growing centers of renewable energy.

    First Solar Inc, the largest US solar company and the industry's lowest-cost manufacturer, has signed agreements that could result in it building huge solar power plants in China, although it has only been involved in modest pilot projects there so far.

    "What we believe in is free and open market access here and everywhere else in the world," First Solar's Chief Executive Rob Gillette told reporters at the Solar Power International trade show in Dallas this week.

    Trade relations with China have become a hot issue ahead of the 2012 US presidential and congressional elections.

    Last week the Senate passed a bill aimed at Beijing's currency practices, but the proposal faces an uphill battle in the House of Representatives.

    "The outside world looking at renewables as a whole says: 'Well, this is just proof that solar is not a business yet - let's just ignore it for another five years,'" said Julian Hawkins, head of sales and marketing for the US manufacturer Abound Solar Inc.

    "I'm not really sure at times that people go through all the repercussions."

    最近中文字幕高清免费中文字幕mv| 亚洲AV无码专区亚洲AV伊甸园| 国产在线拍偷自揄拍无码| 国产精品无码国模私拍视频| 一级片无码中文字幕乱伦| 中文字幕无码不卡在线| 无码国产乱人伦偷精品视频| 十八禁视频在线观看免费无码无遮挡骂过 | 久久中文骚妇内射| av无码久久久久不卡免费网站| 高清无码午夜福利在线观看| 91在线中文字幕| 亚洲AV无码一区二区三区国产| 日韩人妻无码一区二区三区99 | 亚洲精品无码专区在线在线播放 | 国产中文字幕在线视频| 日韩美无码五月天| 精品无码国产自产拍在线观看| 亚洲VA成无码人在线观看天堂| 中文字幕无码久久精品青草 | 亚洲色无码播放| 最近中文字幕免费完整| av区无码字幕中文色| 中文字幕av无码一区二区三区电影| 国产综合无码一区二区三区| 成在线人免费无码高潮喷水| 无码国产精品一区二区免费16| 亚洲AV永久无码精品| 亚洲成A人片在线观看无码不卡 | 无码国产乱人伦偷精品视频| 亚洲AV无码一区二区三区DV | 亚洲情XO亚洲色XO无码| 精品久久久久久无码不卡| 色婷婷久久综合中文久久一本| 中文字幕在线观看亚洲| 久久精品中文字幕一区| 欧美麻豆久久久久久中文| 制服中文字幕一区二区| 国产成年无码久久久免费| 成人午夜精品无码区久久| 一本大道东京热无码一区|