The US Department of Commerce has announced its preliminary affirmative determinations in the antidumping tariffs ranging from 21.31 per cent to 271.28 per cent on crystalline solar cells imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, aiming to protect domestic solar manufacturing from low-cost Southeast Asian imports.
Major companies affected include China’s JinkoSolar, with duties of 21.31 per cent for products from Malaysia and 56.51 per cent for Vietnam, and Trina Solar, which face tariffs of 77.85 per cent for Thai products and 54.46 per cent for Vietnamese ones.
The final determinations for these cases are expected on April 18, 2025, with the US International Trade Commission set to conclude its review by June 2, 2025. The tariffs are part of the concurrent antidumping and countervailing duty investigations initiated by petitions from the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee.
In May 2024, US announced a 50 per cent tariff increase on solar cells and a 25 per cent increase on lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, as part of efforts to address unfair trade practices with China under Section 301 of the Trade Act.
