According to foreign media reports, the Pakistani government's proposal to impose a 10% tariff on imported solar modules in the 2025-26 fiscal year budget came into effect on July 1. Prior to this, the Pakistani government has been implementing a zero tariff policy on the import of raw materials for solar energy production.
It is worth noting that the proposed tax rate has been reduced from the 18% originally proposed on June 9. (For details, please click: PV or Impact! The country wants to impose an 18% tax on imported components! Ccement. Com/news/2507/richtext/IMG/f4tp7b25s9m1751533925206.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Solar Energy Association (PSA) also pointed out that high tariffs will push up terminal costs and curb consumer installation enthusiasm. And then hinder the domestic renewable energy transformation process . After many negotiations, the government finally imposed a 10% tariff on imported solar modules, which was implemented on July 1.
Data show that Pakistan's net metered solar installed capacity has increased from 1.3 GW in fiscal year 2023 to 2.5 GW in 2024 .
However, about 46% of the components of Pakistan's solar installations are imported , and the remaining 54% (such as inverters) are purchased locally. From this point of view, a large number of imports of solar components may be the key to the rapid growth of installed solar capacity in Pakistan. So far
this year, solar energy has contributed 25% of Pakistan's electricity grid , making it one of fewer than 20 countries in the world that generate at least a quarter of its electricity from solar farms every month.
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