Trade Tariffs Solar Panels

Bifacial solar modules have lost their exemption from the section 201 tariffs on imported solar panels effective may 18 2020.

Trade tariffs solar panels. International trade commission itc after two solar manufacturers suniva and solarworld filed a petition seeking tariffs. This offers a fresh supply of lower. 23 2018 president trump signed a proclamation that placed tariffs on imported solar cells and modules for a period of four years. Tariff exemption for bifacial modules was first revoked in october 2019.

The first 2 5 gigawatts of imported solar cells will be exempt from the tariffs trump said in a statement monday. The president approved four years of tariffs that start at 30 percent in the first. After lighthizer moved to close it last year opponents of the rescission sued ustr. The dispute up for discussion was over a section 201 tariff exemption for bifacial or two sided solar panels.

This decision came on the heels of a nearly 9 month case before the u s. The move based on a so called 201 case requiring proof of serious harm from unfair global competition put tariffs on 8 5 billion in solar modules and cells starting at 30 in year one and. Bifacial solar modules which generate power from the front and the back have been exempted from a 25 trade tariff that had all but stopped imports from china. All imported solar panels were taxed beginning in 2018.