on July 17 that some U.S. solar module manufacturers asked the U.S. Ministry of Commerce to impose tariffs on imports from Indonesia, India and Laos, accusing companies in these countries of dumping cheap goods in the market to weaken the competitiveness of new U.S. factories.
According to reports, the request was made by the American Solar Manufacturing and Trade Alliance, whose members include First Solar, Qcells (Hanwha), Talon PV and Mission Solar. The aim is to protect billions of dollars of investment (in the United States) and compete with products produced overseas by Chinese photovoltaic companies .
According to Solar Power World's "Monthly Import Statistics of Crystalline Silicon Solar Modules and Cells in the United States", the number of photovoltaic modules exported from India to the United States is relatively stable, but the number of photovoltaic modules exported from Indonesia and Laos to the United States is rising.
The petition calls for an investigation into mainly Chinese-controlled manufacturers in Laos and Indonesia, as well as ordinary companies based in India. The petitioner found that Indonesia's dumping margin was 89.65%, Laos's dumping margin was up to 249.09%, and India's dumping margin was 213.96%.
Previously, the U.S. Solar Manufacturing and Trade Union had accused four Southeast Asian countries of dumping and demanded tariffs on photovoltaic products imported from these countries. In May
this year, the U.S. International Trade Commission made a final conclusion on the dumping of solar cell and module products from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, believing that photovoltaic products from four Southeast Asian countries posed a threat to domestic photovoltaic manufacturers in the United States. As a result, the US International Trade Commission and the Ministry of Commerce formally imposed high "double anti-tariffs" on the four Southeast Asian countries.
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