Tag: AD/CVD
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Solar tariffs: The who, what, when, and how much of the latest AD/CVD petition
The rumors were true: A new petition has been filed to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), to apply new tariffs (both anti-dumping and countervailing duties) to imported solar cells and modules from Southeast Asia. As expected, the reaction from the U.S. solar industry depends on the source….…
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How solar module manufacturers can avoid AD/CVD tariffs
By Max Macpherson, PVEL, and Alex Barrows, Exawatt/CRU Group With the waiver of AD/CVD circumvention tariffs on SE Asian cells and modules that employ Chinese wafers set to expire in June this year, there are several key issues for the U.S. solar market. One of these is for the courts to decide on — Auxin’s recent……
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Solar tariff circumvention final decision explained
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued its long-awaited final decision in the Auxin Solar tariff case with a finding of circumvention. The final decision largely resembles the preliminary decision, with a determination that: “certain Chinese producers are shipping their solar products through Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and/or Vietnam for minor processing in an attempt to avoid……
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Congress might repeal Biden’s tariff pause, causing $1 billion in retroactive duties
Just when you thought a modicum of stability was set for the solar industry, the U.S. government celebrated Earth Week with a seismic decision: The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation to repeal the two-year moratorium for new solar tariffs the Biden administration put in place in June 2022. This new legislation invokes the……
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Trina Solar wafer facility coming online this year to only serve U.S. market
Trina Solar US alleviated concerns of new tariffs being placed on its modules by announcing a 6.5 GW silicon solar wafer facility coming online in Vietnam by mid-2023 to supply the utility, commercial & industrial, and residential solar markets in the United States. The Department of Commerce’s anti-dumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duties determination made in……