The U.S. International Trade Commission has activated steep duties to offset what it deems improper trade practices supporting U.S. solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
The U.S. International Trade Commission determined on Tuesday that domestic solar panel makers were materially harmed or threatened by a flood of cheap imports from four Southeast Asian nations, bringing the United States a step closer to imposing stiff duties on those goods.
US duties on solar equipment from four Southeast Asian countries are now set to take effect, following a government agency’s conclusion that the imports threaten domestic manufacturers.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has made an affirmative determination in its antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation concerning silicon solar cells and panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
The commission’s final determination affirmed its earlier findings that the U.S. solar industry was potentially being harmed by solar cells and modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Today, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously voted in favor of The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, in its antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations concerning crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
