WASHINGTON, Sept. 22-- U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday claimed that imported solar products could hurt American manufacturers despite strong opposition from the U.S. solar industry. "The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cell (Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled Into Other Products) are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported article in the United States," said the ITC in a statement on Friday. "As a result, the investigation will move to a remedy phase," it added. |