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Trade Commission says solar imports from Southeast Asia are harming domestic manufacturers

Kelly Pickerel — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:19:39 +0000

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that the U.S. solar panel manufacturing industry is materially injured by imports of silicon solar cells and panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The Commission will now pass the decision-making baton to the Dept. of Commerce, which will decide if…

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AD/CVD moratorium on Southeast Asian solar imports expires today — does it even matter?

Kelly Pickerel — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:00:47 +0000

The temporary pause on duty collection and tariff enforcement for Chinese-origin solar cell and panel imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam found to be circumventing U.S. trade law expires today. Beginning tomorrow, antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) will be imposed on solar panel imports from the four Southeast Asian countries. In August 2023, the Commerce Dept.…

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Bifacial solar panels lose tariff exemption after Biden reverses course

Kelly Pickerel — Thu, 16 May 2024 11:28:59 +0000

The Biden Administration today put imported bifacial solar panels back under Sec. 201 tariffs, after the specialty solar panels enjoyed a two-year exemption from extra duties first initiated by President Biden in 2022. This decision is part of the President’s sole right to make changes to in-progress tariffs under Sec. 201 of the 1974 Trade…

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AD/CVD Round 2: Southeast Asian solar panel players will again be investigated for unfair practices

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 15 May 2024 19:47:01 +0000

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the Dept. of Commerce today announced they will investigate claims made by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee that silicon solar cells and panels made in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are still being dumped into the U.S. market at prices that make domestic producers unable…

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Revised 301 tariffs hone in on Chinese solar products, with some exceptions

Kelsey Misbrener — Tue, 14 May 2024 12:47:47 +0000

On May 14, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced further action on Section 301 tariffs after her statutory four-year review, including a new focus on Chinese solar products. The 301 tariffs were initiated by the Trump administration in 2018 in response to the finding that “China’s acts, policies and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual…

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Solar tracking components singled out for new import duties

Billy Ludt — Tue, 07 May 2024 17:04:19 +0000

The Dept. of Commerce announced preliminary determinations from an ongoing investigation that aluminum extrusion producers and exporters in China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam imported aluminum extrusions at less-than-fair value in the United States. Since they are preliminary determinations, Commerce will continue to collect…

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New AD/CVD petition filed against solar cells and panels from Southeast Asia

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:33:18 +0000

A new antidumping/countervailing duty petition has been filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the Dept. of Commerce concerning silicon solar cells and panels made in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The petition was filed by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, which includes U.S. solar manufacturers Convalt Energy, First Solar, Meyer Burger, Mission Solar,…

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Import duties may soon be coming to aluminum solar racking Commerce released preliminary duties on product from China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey.

Billy Ludt — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:30:34 +0000

The Dept. of Commerce released preliminary findings that the governments of China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey harmfully subsidize their aluminum extrusion industries. Commerce calculated preliminary countervailing duties from each country in the following ranges: imports from China at rates of 15.41% to 169.66%, imports from Indonesia at rates of 6.69% to 43.56%, imports from Mexico…

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CBP reminds solar importers they must install product in 180 days or pay duties

Kelly Pickerel — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:52:16 +0000

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a reminder this week that any Southeast Asian solar panels imported before June 6 must be utilized within 180 days or full AD/CVD tariffs will be charged. When the Dept. of Commerce published its final determination in August 2023 that Chinese solar cell and panel producers were working…

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USITC’s midterm report on Sec. 201 solar tariffs heads to President

Kelly Pickerel — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:16:57 +0000

In a 408-page report, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released its midterm findings on the effectiveness of tariffs on crystalline silicon PV (CSPV) cell and module imports. The independent report will be sent to the President and Congress, but the commission did acknowledge seven developments that have changed the industry since this latest round…

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Four US Senators ask Biden to increase Sec. 301 tariffs on Chinese solar imports

Kelly Pickerel — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:04:13 +0000

Four U.S. Senators penned a letter to President Joe Biden asking for increased tariffs on Chinese-made solar wafer, cell and module imports under Sec. 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) addressed the letter last week. It can be read…

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Federal government asks International Court to dismiss Auxin’s latest lawsuit

Kelly Pickerel — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:28:40 +0000

It’s been one month since Auxin Solar sued the U.S. federal government for not collecting anti-dumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) on Southeast Asian solar imports, a story that first broke here on Solar Power World. President Joe Biden issued an emergency proclamation in June 2022 that paused any retroactive or new duties on solar cells and panels…

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Auxin sues Commerce, CBP over Biden’s pause in AD/CVD collection on solar imports

Kelly Pickerel — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:02:04 +0000

Just before the end of 2023, Auxin Solar filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) against the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for not collecting fees and credits based on the affirmative anti-dumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) ruling on solar imports from Southeast Asia using Chinese components. Even…

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Proposed aluminum import duties could further impact solar manufacturing

Billy Ludt — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:48:14 +0000

12/8/2023 update: The organizations that petitioned to initiate the antidumping/countervailing duties investigations on aluminum extrusion imports sided with SEIA’s request that solar panels using extruded aluminum should not be subject to any potential duties that could follow these investigations. “We are pleased the petitioners are calling to exclude finished solar modules in the aluminum extrusion…

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Solar industry wants more silicon cells to be imported duty-free Insights from today's midterm hearing on Section 201 tariffs.

Kelly Pickerel — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:19:38 +0000

The U.S. International Trade Commission today held a midterm hearing on Section 201 tariffs on imported crystalline silicon solar cells and panels (CSPV). Solar imports have been tariffed since 2018, but today’s hearing looked at the latest round initiated by President Joe Biden in 2022. Traditional, monofacial solar panels imported into the country are currently…

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