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China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic ...

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BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On October 19, seven U.S. photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturers led by SolarWorld Industries America Inc. filed a petition with the U.S. Government for the initiation of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on crystalline silicon PV cells imported from China. The U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated the investigations on October 19 and November 8 respectively.

China-based PV industries express their strong opposition to the petition for the investigations, holding that the petition is a distortion of the current situation of China-based PV industries and their export of PV products to the U.S., and that any trade restrictive measures that may be imposed will unavoidably cause serious impairment to the sustainable development of the green energy industries as well as consumer's interests both in China and the U.S. China-based PV industries have formed a united front to counter the investigations and will defend their interests vigorously. For this purpose, China-based PV industries jointly make the following statements through China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME).

Source: MarketWatch (press release)