US Customs and Border Protection has started a formal investigation of Waaree and Waaree Solar Americas Inc. and imposed interim measures because there is reasonable suspicion the company evaded duties when bringing merchandise into the US, according to a public notice by the agency obtained by Bloomberg News.

The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee sent a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission urging the agency to make a final determination on anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs by June 2 to ensure tariffs are in effect before a window of duty-free imports opens.

US solar manufacturers are asking the US International Trade Commission to quickly address a potential tariff loophole on panel imports from four Southeast Asian countries before a flood of equipment pours into the country.

Additional tariffs will be imposed on solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam after the U.S. International Trade Commission voted that the domestic solar industry is materially injured by them, the ITC announced Tuesday.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted unanimously to impose antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs on solar cells imported from four Southeast Asian countries.

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.