Featured in Going global – 09-2022

A year of uncertainty

The supply of PV modules to the United States has been challenged by potential tariffs on goods shipped from four Southeast Asian nations that provide 80% of US solar panels. The disruption stems from an ongoing investigation into allegations of antidumping violations. US President Joe Biden has halted tariffs related for two years, but challenges still loom, reports pv magazine USA’s Ryan Kennedy.

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Ryan Kennedy

05 Sep 2022

A container ship makes its way into San Francisco port. The repeated threat of import tariffs on solar goods imported from Southeast Asia has majorly disrupted the development of new solar in the United States. | Image: Photo: Tobias Kleinlercher

Over the last year, the threat of tariffs has been one of the most significant headwinds in the deployment of solar in the United States. While antidumping (AD) and anti-circumvention (CVD) tariffs on solar goods have been paused, supply threats from other international trade enforcement still loom.About 80% of the US supply of crystalline silicon …

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