The EU Commission announced its preliminary anti-dumping decision against imports of China PV products on June 4th, and decided to levy provisional anti-dumping tax of 11.8% from June 6th to August 6th.

MOFCOM Spokesman Shen Danyang made comments today that Chinese government and PV industry showed the greatest sincerity and made huge efforts to solve the issue by communications and consultations. However, EU insisted on taking unjust measures to levy anti-dumping tax against imports of PV products from China. The Chinese side firmly opposed it.

Meanwhile, the Chinese side noticed that the provisional anti-dumping tax dropped from 47.6% as suggested to 11.8%, and hoped that EU show more sincerity as well as flexibility and make a solution that both sides can accept through consultations.

Shen Danyang emphasized that China attached great importance to Sino-EU strategic partnership, to which trade and economic relations is the essential foundation, and the Chinese side is not willing to see a bad impact on such partnership by PV trade disputes. We are well prepared and hope that EU and China start the negotiations on price commitments as soon as possible so as to safeguard Sino-EU trade and economic cooperation.

Shen Danyang also stated that Chinese government has launched anti-dumping and countervailing investigation on imports of EU wines.