On November 29, 2024 (local time), the U.S. Department of Commerce announced preliminary affirmative determinations in the anti-dumping (AD) duty investigations on crystalline photovoltaic cells (whether or not assembled into modules) from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The AD duty rates for the four Southeast Asian countries range from 0% to 271.28%, with Hanwha Q-Cells Malaysia facing a 0% rate.
Notably, this round of AD and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations against the four Southeast Asian countries stemmed from a petition submitted by seven U.S. solar manufacturers on April 24. These companies include First Solar, the largest U.S. thin-film PV manufacturer; Meyer Burger, headquartered in Switzerland; Q-Cells, headquartered in South Korea; REC Silicon, a U.S. polysilicon manufacturer; Swift Solar, a U.S. perovskite-based PV company; Mission Solar, a U.S. PV manufacturer; and Convalt Energy, a renewable energy developer planning to establish cell production capacity in the U.S.
In October this year, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determinations in the CVD investigations on crystalline photovoltaic cells (whether or not assembled into modules) from the four Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam), initially finding that these products benefited from illegal government subsidies.
Data shows that in 2023, the U.S. imported approximately USD 2.3 billion, USD 1.9 billion, USD 3.7 billion, and USD 4 billion worth of the investigated products from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, respectively.
