EU starts Chinese solar glass probe

The EU has added to the growing pile of trade issues between China and Western economies by launching an anti-dumping investigation into solar glass imports.

The probe into specialist glass used in solar equipment follows a complaint in January by a group of Europe-based producers under the banner of EU ProSun Glass.

It claimed that EU demand for solar glass increased less than 5% between 2010 and 2012, but unfairly-priced deliveries of solar glass from China more than tripled during the same period.

The European Commission says the inquiry could last up to 15 months. It says it has no direct connection with a separate probe into PV equipment imports from China, which

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