Majority of craft enterprises endorse the extension of EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures
In a survey of more than 500 companies from all 28 EU member states, the majority of European solar installers are in favor of an extension of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties that were introduced two years ago, if the EU Commission´s investigations establish that Chinese producers still violate international trade law. Not the duties, but the feed-in-tariff cuts are seen as responsible for the EU market´s decline in recent years. Almost 90 percent emphasize the importance of European products in competition. The telephone-based survey on behalf of the European solar producer initiative EU ProSun was conducted by Europressedienst.
Milan Nitzschke, president of EU ProSun: “We wanted to clarify whether the assertion made by the lobby organization of big Chinese producers and their importers is valid, that the European solar installers prefer a termination of the measures against Chinese solar dumping. The opposite is the case. The clear majority supports an extension of the duties and minimum import prices (MIP’s), which makes sense because they do not feel the measures have negatively affected their business. The enterprises apparently recognize the need for fair competition from their own experiences. No one wants to get pushed out of the market by unfair means. This same principle also has to apply for the benefit of the producing solar industry, in the interest of product variety, quality and research and development.”
