Tariffs erase firm's savings on solar panels

A trade spat between U.S. and Chinese manufacturers snags Hilo-based ProVision

By Alan Yonan Jr.

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 10, 2012

~~<p>An official from Hilo-based ProVision Solar plans to join dozens of other businesses at a hearing in Washington, D.C., next month to testify that tariffs being levied on imported Chinese solar panels are doing more harm than good to the U.S. economy.</p>
<p>The U.S. Commerce Department in June hit ProVision Solar and an estimated 100 other companies around the country with retroactive tariffs on photovoltaic modules as part of an anti-dumping case against Chinese manufacturers.</p>
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An official from Hilo-based ProVision Solar plans to join dozens of other businesses at a hearing in Washington, D.C., next month to testify that tariffs being levied on imported Chinese solar panels are doing more harm than good to the U.S. economy.

The U.S. Commerce Department in June hit ProVision Solar and an estimated 100 other companies around the country with retroactive tariffs on photovoltaic modules as part of an anti-dumping case against Chinese manufacturers. Login for more...