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Final AD/CVD decision on Southeast Asian solar cells and panels pushed to August

Kelly Pickerel — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:29:18 +0000

The Dept. of Commerce has pushed the deadline to issue a final decision on an antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) circumvention investigation to August 17, 2023. The final decision was originally supposed to come next week. Jose Rivera, International Trade Compliance Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, stated in a memo that extensive case and rebuttal briefs were…

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Congress begins process to repeal Biden’s 2-year pause on solar panel tariffs

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:11:51 +0000

April 28 update: The full House has passed the CRA and it now moves to the Senate. Original story below: A Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal President Joe Biden’s 2022 two-year moratorium on new solar tariffs is now officially in motion. The House Ways and Means Committee approved the CRA earlier today. A CRA…

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Solar panel players still squabbling over AD/CVD circumvention case A final DOC determination should come May 1.

Kelly Pickerel — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:26:19 +0000

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce is expected to release its final determination on the antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) circumvention case affecting the solar industry on May 1, 2023. Solar panel manufacturers have been submitting their case briefs to the DOC this month to influence a final decision. History In December 2022, Commerce preliminarily decided that Chinese…

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Commerce suggests antidumping tariffs be extended to solar cell and panel imports from Southeast Asia

Kelly Pickerel — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:47:48 +0000

The Dept. of Commerce today released its preliminary decision, stating that certain Chinese solar cell and panel producers in four Southeast Asian countries are indeed working in those countries to avoid paying duties on Chinese-made solar goods. Commerce has suggested an extension of antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) to solar cell and panel imports from companies working…

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Over 240 solar companies ask Commerce to toss AD/CVD circumvention case

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:31:45 +0000

With an expected preliminary decision on the Dept. of Commerce’s AD/CVD circumvention investigation pushed to Dec. 1, SEIA and 240 solar companies have sent a letter to Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo requesting she reject the original petition. The Commerce investigation started in March 2022 after California-based solar panel assembler Auxin Solar petitioned for a review of Chinese solar…

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Solar panel companies demand refund on Trump’s bifacial module tariffs

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:40:47 +0000

The tail-end of the Trump-era Sec. 201 tariffs on imported solar panels was chaotic for everyone. Originally enacted in 2018, 30% tariffs were placed on crystalline silicon cells and modules being imported into the United States. Imported bifacial panels were excluded from the tariffs in June 2019 due to there being no significant domestic manufacturing…

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Commerce pushes solar industry’s preliminary AD/CVD decision to November

Kelly Pickerel — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:05:30 +0000

As the United States enters a new era of solar manufacturing boosted by manufacturing tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. solar developers and installers will still rely on imported modules and other components as domestic facilities get started. Imported solar panels are currently met with Section 201 tariffs through 2025 (bifacial modules…

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House Democrats want to know why some Chinese solar companies aren’t on UFLPA enforcement list

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:58:38 +0000

A group of House Democrats sent a letter yesterday to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus asking why certain Chinese companies were not included on a list of companies known to use slave labor in reference to enforcing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The…

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Even with Biden’s two-year tariff pause, WoodMac still expects solar markets to be down this year and next

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:33:39 +0000

Research group Wood Mackenzie has released an updated U.S. solar forecast after the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) announcing a two-year delay on AD/CVD tariffs by the Dept. of Commerce. WoodMac had been predicting a 6.3-GW reduction in 2022 installations based on the uncertainty around the anticircumvention investigation launched by the DOC in…

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Solar industry prepares for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act implementation

Kelly Pickerel — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 12:00:37 +0000

Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) officially begins tomorrow, June 21. The legislation was signed into law by President Joe Biden in December 2021 and bans all imported goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China unless suppliers can prove the products were not made with forced…

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Ohio Congressman wants American-made solar panels required under Buy American Act But what is a fully American solar panel?

Kelly Pickerel — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:54:46 +0000

Coming on the heels of President Joe Biden’s stated desire to produce more solar components stateside, U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) today introduced the Ensuring America Gets Legitimate Energy Sourced, Originating, and Leased at Home Reliably (EAGLE SOLAR) Act to the U.S. House of Representatives. The new legislation would close a loophole in the Buy…

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UPDATE: Biden to pause DOC tariffs for two years while investigation continues

Kelly Pickerel — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:10:04 +0000

Reuters first reported that President Joe Biden will postpone for two years any potential tariffs from the Dept. of Commerce investigation on imported solar panels from Southeast Asia. Many in the solar industry, and many federal and state officials, have been pleading to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to quickly resolve the investigation into whether Chinese solar…

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Commerce chooses 8 solar manufacturers for deeper examination in AD/CVD circumvention investigation

Kelly Pickerel — Fri, 13 May 2022 13:59:28 +0000

The Dept. of Commerce has released the names of the mandatory respondents in the AD/CVD circumvention investigation currently happening in the solar industry. The department, which is looking at solar cell and panel manufacturers in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam that use components from China and whether the companies are circumventing Chinese tariffs in the…

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Silfab plans to start solar cell manufacturing in the United States, but Commerce investigation has halted progress

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 04 May 2022 12:00:21 +0000

The second-largest crystalline silicon solar panel manufacturer in the United States has stated in documents to the Dept. of Commerce that it is planning to establish a solar cell manufacturing outfit in the Southeast. But industry vulnerability related to Commerce’s investigation into AD/CVD circumvention by Southeast Asian solar companies has halted progress on the facility.…

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Latest SEIA analysis predicts 24 GW of lost solar in next two years due to AD/CVD investigation

Kelly Pickerel — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:08:39 +0000

Solar installation forecasts for 2022 and 2023 are being cut by 46% due to the Biden Administration’s circumvention case against solar imports from Southeast Asia. According to new analysis by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the case will result in a drop of 24 GW of planned solar capacity over the next two years,…

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