On April 24, 2024, a coalition of four U.S. producers of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules filed an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Petitioning entities are: (1) Convalt Energy, (2) First Solar, Inc.
On December 8, 2022, the Department of Commerce published its anti-circumvention preliminary determination with respect to the four Southeast Asian countries named above. The publication of the preliminary determination triggers the effective date of the certification process for importers to obtain exemptions from antidumping and/or countervailing duties for imports of solar panels. Any entity which
On September 16, 2022, the Biden Administration announced the final rule regarding a two-year pause on the imposition of new anticircumvention duties on imports of solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. This decision was in response to significant opposition from importers of solar panels who have been expressing concerns about the
On June 6, 2022, President Biden declared a national emergency (the “Declaration”) in relation to energy resources and temporarily extended the time of duty-free importation of solar panels and parts from Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. This declaration comes in response to industry concerns over the implications, for ongoing solar energy projects, of the anti-circumvention