U.S. trade officials finalized tariff levels on solar cells and panels from Southeast Asia on April 21, 2025, marking a critical step in a trade case brought by American manufacturers. This decision follows preliminary anti-dumping and anti-subsidy countervailing duties imposed by the Commerce Department last year.
The case, supported by First Solar, Inc. and Hanwha Qcells, alleged that Chinese companies operating in Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam were flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods. The finalized dumping duties range from 6.1% to 271.28%, while anti-subsidy countervailing duties are between 14.64% and 3,403.96%.
These tariffs will apply to shipments from major global solar panel manufacturers, including Jinko Solar and Trina Solar. The International Trade Commission is scheduled to vote in June on whether the domestic industry was materially harmed by these imports, which is the final step for the tariffs to be fully implemented.
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