U.S. piles more duties on Chinese wind towers
Source: Reuters
U.S. piles more duties on Chinese wind towers
WASHINGTON | Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:23pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United States slapped on Friday a second round of duties on wind turbine towers from China, ratcheting up tensions between the two countries in the renewable energy sector.
The U.S. Commerce Department said it was imposing preliminary anti-dumping duties of about 20 percent to 73 percent on Chinese-made steel towers.
It also set preliminary anti-dumping duties of about 53 percent to 60 percent on steel towers from Vietnam to offset what the department said was below-market pricing.
U.S. imports of the wind towers in 2011 totaled about $222.1 million from China and about $78.8 million from Vietnam.
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