New Tariffs Hit Cheap Solar Imports from Asia to Protect US
Published Date: 6/13/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. government found that solar panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are being sold here at unfairly low prices because of government help. This hurts American solar makers, so new duties will be added to these imports to protect U.S. jobs and businesses. These changes kick in soon, so importers and buyers should get ready for some price shifts.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
U.S. Solar Makers Shielded
The U.S. International Trade Commission found on June 9, 2025 that imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells (CSPV products) from Malaysia and Vietnam materially injure a U.S. industry, and that imports from Cambodia and Thailand threaten material injury. Commerce also found those imports were subsidized and sold at less than fair value, supporting countervailing and antidumping duty orders to protect U.S. jobs and businesses.
Importers and Buyers Face Higher Prices
Because Commerce found CSPV imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam were subsidized and dumped, new countervailing and antidumping duties will be applied as a remedial measure after the Commission's June 9, 2025 determinations. Importers and purchasers of solar panels should expect price shifts as duties are implemented.
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