Following the Dept. of Commerce’s preliminary resolution to impose countervailing duties (CVD) on silicon photo voltaic cell imports from Southeast Asia, the federal authorities has preliminarily determined to implement antidumping (AD) tariffs as effectively.
Commerce has been conducting separate AD and CVD investigations into photo voltaic imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam after the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee filed the investigation request earlier this year. The committee, whose members embody U.S. producers First Photo voltaic, Mission Photo voltaic and Qcells, claimed that the 4 Southeast Asian nations are harming the U.S. photo voltaic manufacturing business by means of unfair commerce practices.
“We welcome these constructive preliminary determinations and their potential to stage the enjoying area for photo voltaic producers and employees throughout America,” mentioned Tim Brightbill, associate at Wiley Rein and lead counsel to the petitioners.
The preliminary AD subsidy charges are as follows:
Cambodia
| All events (together with Hounen and Photo voltaic Lengthy PV Tech) | 125.37% |
Malaysia
| Hanwha Q CELLS | 0% |
| JinkoSolar | 21.31% |
| Baojia New Vitality, CRC, Lynter, Mega PP | 81.24% |
| All others | 21.31% |
Thailand
| Trina Photo voltaic | 77.85% |
| Taihua New Vitality, and Sunshine Electrical Vitality | 154.68% |
| All others | 77.85% |
Vietnam
| JA Photo voltaic | 53.30% |
| JinkoSolar | 56.51% |
| Blue Moon Vina, Boviet Photo voltaic, Elite Photo voltaic, Letsolar, Mecen Photo voltaic Vina, Nexuns, Trina Photo voltaic, Vietnergy, Vietnam Sunergy (VSUN) | 54.46% |
| All others | 271.28% |
“With these preliminary duties, we’re transferring nearer to addressing years of dangerous unfair commerce and defending billions of {dollars} of funding in new American photo voltaic manufacturing and provide chains,” Brightbill continued. “These preliminary charges are in step with our expectations of market situations and the way these 4 nations had been participating in unfair commerce practices to undermine American manufacturing and jobs.”
For the reason that Worldwide Commerce Fee (ITC) in June issued an affirmative preliminary determination that dumped and backed imports from Southeast Asia had been inuring U.S. photo voltaic cell and module producers, the Dept. of Commerce has been figuring out the suitable tariff charges. Ultimate AD and CVD charges needs to be introduced in April 2025.
Through the AD investigation, the necessary respondents from Cambodia (Hounen and Photo voltaic Lengthy PV Tech) ceased participation within the investigation citing a drain on assets obtainable. “[The companies have concluded they are] unable to commit the extra necessary prices, labor and time essential to proceed taking part on this investigation,” the pair mentioned. The 2 firms, due to this fact, had been assigned your entire nation AD fee for Cambodia.
This newest AD/CVD investigation appears right into a surge in photo voltaic imports from the 4 nations, which led to a U.S. value collapse.
In August, a critical circumstances allegation was filed with Commerce concerning the surge in photo voltaic cell imports from Thailand and Vietnam particularly. Commerce preliminarily decided that the necessary Vietnamese respondents (JA Photo voltaic and JinkoSolar) didn’t have important circumstances, however “all different” producers/exports from Thailand and Vietnam do. Due to this fact, photo voltaic cells imported from the 2 nations throughout the first half of this 12 months will obtain retroactive duties.
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