Solar tariffs Archives - Solar Power World Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:58:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-solar-power-world-online-32x32.png Solar tariffs Archives - Solar Power World 32 32 Trump imposes tariffs on steel, aluminum imports /2025/02/trump-imposes-tariffs-on-steel-aluminum-imports/ /2025/02/trump-imposes-tariffs-on-steel-aluminum-imports/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:53:12 +0000 /?p=108516 President Donald Trump set 25% trade tariffs for aluminum and steel imports from most countries on Monday. Steel and aluminum are the primary materials used in fabricating racks and mounts deployed in solar construction. Solar panels are wrapped in aluminum frames, rooftop solar projects use aluminum rails and attachments and ground-mounted arrays are built on…

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]]> /2025/02/trump-imposes-tariffs-on-steel-aluminum-imports/feed/ 1 Solar products from Mexico and Canada slapped with tariffs for first time /2025/02/solar-products-from-mexico-and-canada-slapped-with-tariffs-for-first-time/ /2025/02/solar-products-from-mexico-and-canada-slapped-with-tariffs-for-first-time/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:10:41 +0000 /?p=108459 1:45 p.m. Update: Mexico reached an agreement with the U.S. that will delay tariffs for a month, but tariffs against Canada and China are still set to go into effect on February 4, according to The New York Times.  5:22 p.m. Update: Canada struck a deal with the U.S. to pause the tariffs for 30…

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]]> /2025/02/solar-products-from-mexico-and-canada-slapped-with-tariffs-for-first-time/feed/ 5 ITC says domestic active anode material industry has been harmed by Chinese imports /2025/01/itc-says-domestic-active-anode-material-industry-has-been-harmed-by-chinese-imports/ /2025/01/itc-says-domestic-active-anode-material-industry-has-been-harmed-by-chinese-imports/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:27:07 +0000 /?p=108458 The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has made an affirmative determination in its preliminary antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigations concerning active anode material from China. The American Active Anode Material Producers (AAAMP) filed its AD/CVD petitions with the Dept. of Commerce and U.S. ITC in December 2024, requesting investigations into active anode material (AAM)…

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]]> /2025/01/itc-says-domestic-active-anode-material-industry-has-been-harmed-by-chinese-imports/feed/ 1 European group investigates JA Solar subsidiary on UFLPA list, says all is good /2025/01/european-group-investigates-ja-solar-subsidiary-on-uflpa-list-says-all-is-good/ /2025/01/european-group-investigates-ja-solar-subsidiary-on-uflpa-list-says-all-is-good/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:05:59 +0000 /?p=108439 An investigation by European solar supply chain experts into the manufacturing efforts of Donghai JA Solar, which was recently added to the UFLPA banned entity list by the Untied States, found that the JA Solar subsidiary ceased production efforts in 2018. The group indirectly claims that the United States is using outdated information. The European…

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]]> /2025/01/european-group-investigates-ja-solar-subsidiary-on-uflpa-list-says-all-is-good/feed/ 0 5 solar companies included in latest batch of banned entities under UFLPA /2025/01/5-solar-entities-included-in-latest-batch-of-banned-products-under-uflpa/ /2025/01/5-solar-entities-included-in-latest-batch-of-banned-products-under-uflpa/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:46:38 +0000 /?p=108349 The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) recently added 37 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, including five companies involved in the solar market. Initiated in June 2022, the UFLPA bans all imported goods from Xinjiang, an area in China that the United States determined uses slave labor of the Uyghur people,…

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]]> /2025/01/5-solar-entities-included-in-latest-batch-of-banned-products-under-uflpa/feed/ 0 Battery anode material AD/CVD worries energy storage and EV market /2025/01/battery-anode-material-ad-cvd-worries-energy-storage-and-ev-market/ /2025/01/battery-anode-material-ad-cvd-worries-energy-storage-and-ev-market/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:06:52 +0000 /?p=108295 A new antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) investigation could affect domestic manufacturing and deployment of lithium-ion energy storage and EV batteries in the United States. In Dec. 2024, the American Active Anode Material Producers (AAAMP) filed petitions with the Dept. of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission seeking AD/CVD on imports of battery anode materials from China.…

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]]> /2025/01/battery-anode-material-ad-cvd-worries-energy-storage-and-ev-market/feed/ 1 Sec. 301 tariffs increased on Chinese polysilicon and wafers /2024/12/sec-301-tariffs-increased-on-chinese-polysilicon-and-wafers/ /2024/12/sec-301-tariffs-increased-on-chinese-polysilicon-and-wafers/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:27:26 +0000 /?p=108086 In its ongoing review of Sec. 301 tariffs on Chinese goods, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced increased tariffs on certain tungsten products, wafers and polysilicon. The rates for tungsten products will increase to 25%, and the rates for solar wafers and polysilicon will increase to 50%, effective Jan. 1,…

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]]> /2024/12/sec-301-tariffs-increased-on-chinese-polysilicon-and-wafers/feed/ 1 Commerce reveals antidumping tariff rates on Southeast Asian solar panels /2024/12/commerce-unveils-antidumping-tariff-rates-on-southeast-asian-solar-panels/ /2024/12/commerce-unveils-antidumping-tariff-rates-on-southeast-asian-solar-panels/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:18:23 +0000 /?p=108022 Following the Dept. of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose countervailing duties (CVD) on silicon solar cell imports from Southeast Asia, the federal government has preliminarily decided to enforce antidumping (AD) tariffs as well. Commerce has been conducting separate AD and CVD investigations into solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam after the American Alliance for…

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]]> /2024/12/commerce-unveils-antidumping-tariff-rates-on-southeast-asian-solar-panels/feed/ 0 ITC swiftly overrules Commerce’s aluminum extrusion import duties /2024/10/itc-swiftly-overrules-commerces-aluminum-extrusion-import-duties/ /2024/10/itc-swiftly-overrules-commerces-aluminum-extrusion-import-duties/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:41:17 +0000 /?p=107721 Recently imposed trade duties on aluminum extrusion imports were reversed by the U.S. International Trade Commission Wednesday afternoon. Following a yearlong investigation by the Dept. of Commerce in which the department found 14 countries were dumping and/or receiving foreign government aid to produce cheaper aluminum extrusion items, a majority ITC vote determined that the U.S.…

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]]> /2024/10/itc-swiftly-overrules-commerces-aluminum-extrusion-import-duties/feed/ 0 Commerce to tariff solar imports from Southeast Asia, some by as much as 300% /2024/10/commerce-to-tariff-solar-imports-from-southeast-asia-some-by-as-much-as-300/ /2024/10/commerce-to-tariff-solar-imports-from-southeast-asia-some-by-as-much-as-300/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:38:41 +0000 /?p=107542 The Dept. of Commerce today released its preliminary affirmative determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) case relating to solar cell imports from Southeast Asia. After an affirmative determination from the U.S. International Trade Commission in June that the U.S. solar panel manufacturing industry is being materially injured by imports of silicon solar cells and panels…

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]]> /2024/10/commerce-to-tariff-solar-imports-from-southeast-asia-some-by-as-much-as-300/feed/ 1 Commerce imposes import duties on aluminum solar racking from 14 countries /2024/09/import-duties-imposed-on-aluminum-solar-racking/ /2024/09/import-duties-imposed-on-aluminum-solar-racking/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:05:50 +0000 /?p=107529 On Friday, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce made final determinations that producers in 14 countries — China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam — have sold, dumped and subsidized aluminum extrusions into the United States in violation of international trade rules. As a…

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]]> /2024/09/import-duties-imposed-on-aluminum-solar-racking/feed/ 0 Citing recent surge in imports, American solar panel makers petition government for immediate relief /2024/08/citing-recent-surge-in-imports-american-solar-panel-makers-petition-government-for-immediate-relief/ /2024/08/citing-recent-surge-in-imports-american-solar-panel-makers-petition-government-for-immediate-relief/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:12:35 +0000 /?p=107098 The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee (AASMTC), the same group that requested an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation earlier this year on solar products coming from Southeast Asia, today filed “critical circumstances allegations” with the Dept. of Commerce regarding surges of solar imports from Vietnam and Thailand that are hurting the U.S. solar manufacturing industry.…

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]]> /2024/08/citing-recent-surge-in-imports-american-solar-panel-makers-petition-government-for-immediate-relief/feed/ 1 Biden bumps number of silicon solar cells that can enter country tariff-free /2024/08/biden-bumps-number-of-silicon-solar-cells-that-can-enter-country-tariff-free/ /2024/08/biden-bumps-number-of-silicon-solar-cells-that-can-enter-country-tariff-free/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:26:59 +0000 /?p=107056 President Biden is giving the domestic solar panel manufacturing market a break from tariffs on imported solar cells with the latest announcement from the White House. The president has modified actions taken earlier this year on tariffed crystalline silicon solar (CSPV) imports by increasing the amount of silicon solar cells that can enter the country…

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]]> /2024/08/biden-bumps-number-of-silicon-solar-cells-that-can-enter-country-tariff-free/feed/ 1 Analysis says new AD/CVD could raise panel prices in US by 15¢/W on top of everything else /2024/07/analysis-says-new-ad-cvd-could-raise-panel-prices-in-us-by-15%c2%a2-w-on-top-of-everything-else/ /2024/07/analysis-says-new-ad-cvd-could-raise-panel-prices-in-us-by-15%c2%a2-w-on-top-of-everything-else/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:04:20 +0000 /?p=106616 A new report from Clean Energy Associates and commissioned by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) outlines how new tariffs from the latest antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation on solar cells and panels could increase costs to a level that would significantly restrict solar supply and installations in the United States. The report…

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]]> /2024/07/analysis-says-new-ad-cvd-could-raise-panel-prices-in-us-by-15%c2%a2-w-on-top-of-everything-else/feed/ 0 Trade Commission says solar imports from Southeast Asia are harming domestic manufacturers /2024/06/trade-commission-says-yes-to-tariffs-on-solar-imports-from-southeast-asia/ /2024/06/trade-commission-says-yes-to-tariffs-on-solar-imports-from-southeast-asia/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:19:39 +0000 /?p=106171 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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