Europe / Punitive tariffs Chinese photovoltaic manufacturers put 30,000 European jobs in danger

In a new study, AFASE has laid out the consequences it expects anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese photovoltaic manufacturers in Europe will have. Expected European-wide is a fall in demand, job losses and price increases.

In China, the market leaders boast a capacity of 2 GW or more; in Europe there is no manufacturer of this size.

The imposition of punitive tariffs on Chinese photovoltaic manufacturers could lead to massive job losses, says the organization. The Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy (AFASE) has calculated that over the next three years, around 30,000 jobs could be sacrificed.

In Germany alone, study author Oliver Ehrentraut predicts that until 2015 approximately 8,000 jobs both in and outside of the solar industry are at risk. In the same period, the economic loss could total €13.4 billion across all EU countries.

The study has taken various scenarios into consideration, including tariffs of 20, 35 and 60%. In the case of anti-dumping (AD) and anti-subsidy, or countervailing (CV) duties, module prices in Europe are forecast to increase in Europe, and demand for photovoltaic products decrease…

via AFASE: Punitive PV tariffs put 30,000 European jobs in danger: pv-magazine.