US Slaps 271 Percent Tariffs on Some Solar Imports From Asia

This follows complaints that Southeast Asian producers are dumping key components into the U.S. market at low prices to the detriment of domestic producers.

A worker installs solar panels on the rooftop of a house in Pomona, Calif., on Oct. 19, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued a preliminary determination in an anti-dumping probe, imposing tariffs of between 21.31 percent and 271.2 percent on solar panel imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam—including from several Chinese-owned producers—citing evidence of unfair pricing and trade practices.

The decision, announced by the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) on Nov. 29, follows complaints by U.S. manufacturers that Southeast Asian producers are dumping crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells—key components in solar panels—into the U.S. market at unfairly low prices, to the detriment of domestic producers.