** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese-owned solar company Jinko
Solar 688223.SS JKS.N , that operates in Malaysia, down 1.8%
to $21.17 in after-hours trade
** U.S. trade officials announced new round of tariffs on
solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations -
Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand - after American
manufacturers complained that companies from the region
concerned are flooding the U.S. market with unfairly cheap goods
** Preliminary dumping rate for JKS at 21.31%, per
International Trade Administration; company gets a rate of
56.61% on products made in Vietnam
** U.S. Commerce's weighted-average dumping margin for solar
cells from Malaysia range between 21.31% and 81.24%; the cash
deposit rate for some producers is 17.84% to 81.24%
** Weighted-average dumping margin for solar cells from
Thailand range between 77.85% and 154.68%; cash deposit rate of
57.66% for some producers
** The margin for solar cells from Vietnam range between
53.30% and 56.51%; cash deposit rate for some producers is
53.19% to 56.40%
** Including losses, JKS down about 40% YTD as of last close
(Reporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru)
((Seher.Dareen@thomsonreuters.com;))