The US Department of Commerce has set countervailing duties of 117.41% on solar cell and module imports from 3 Chinese manufacturers
Other Chinese firms not individually reviewed will face a lower, non-selected duty rate of 9.07%
The US CBP will soon begin collecting cash deposits on affected shipments, adding to existing AD/CVD measures on Chinese-linked solar imports routed through Southeast Asia
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the final results of its investigation into Chinese crystalline silicon cell imports, whether or not integrated into modules, imposing countervailing duties of 117.41% on select Chinese companies.
It has imposed these duties on 3 Chinese producers: Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited, Jiangsu Highhope International Group Corporation, and Yangzhou Jinghua New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., stating that these companies received 'countervailable subsidies' from the Chinese government during the review period.
For other companies not individually reviewed, the non-selected rate of 9.07% has been considered. The DOC, in its final results announcement on the investigation, identifies these companies as Anji Dasol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd., some companies under BYD, and several Trinasolar affiliates, along with Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd. and Toenergy Technology Hangzhou Co., Ltd.
This final determination follows the DOC’s April 2025 preliminary investigation into their crystalline silicon solar cells imported into the country, whether or not assembled into modules, for the period January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022.
The DOC will now instruct the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess CVD on all appropriate products from the named companies at the applicable ad valorem assessment rates and collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties on shipment of their products.
Chinese solar cells and modules shipped from Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia have already been imposed with high AD/CVD (see US Solar Imports From Cambodia Hit Hardest With Final AD/CVD Duties). Imports from Laos, Indonesia, and India are also under the scanner (see US Solar Makers Seek AD/CVD Tariffs On India, Laos, Indonesia).
