Chinese Solar Tariffs Lifted for RVs, Not Rooftops
Published Date: 12/19/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce is partially lifting tariffs on certain off-grid solar panels made in China, starting December 19, 2025. This change affects importers and manufacturers by easing some costs on these specific solar products. The update applies to shipments entered after early 2024, signaling a shift in trade rules and potential savings for the solar industry.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Partial duty lift for certain off‑grid solar panels
The Department of Commerce revoked, in part, the antidumping and countervailing duty orders for certain off‑grid crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) panels made in China, effective December 19, 2025. Panels meeting the listed physical characteristics are excluded from the orders—for example, off‑grid panels that power a single low‑voltage device (60 Vdc or less) that have a glass cover, an aluminum frame, total power output of 140 watts or less, a surface area under 8,200 cm2, an elongated shape (long side at least 3.5 times the short side), 12–16 AWG wires 1,200–1,310 mm long, and no built‑in inverter.
Retroactive liquidation and refunds for qualifying entries
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate without regard to antidumping and countervailing duties and to refund any estimated AD/CVD duties deposited on unliquidated entries of the covered merchandise entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after December 1, 2022 (AD) and January 1, 2022 (CVD). Commerce will also direct CBP to discontinue suspension of liquidation and stop collecting cash deposits for the product covered by this partial revocation.
Timing and possible delay of liquidation and refunds
Commerce intends to issue instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication of these final results in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, Commerce will instruct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the period for seeking a statutory injunction ends (i.e., within 90 days of publication), which may delay liquidation and refunds.
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