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In a significant move impacting India’s renewable energy exports, the United States has announced steep preliminary anti-dumping duties on solar cells and panels imported from India, along with Indonesia and Laos.
The US Commerce Department stated that Indian solar exports could face duties as high as 123.04%, far higher than Indonesia (35.17%) and Laos (22.46%). The decision comes after US authorities concluded that companies from these countries were selling solar products at unfairly low prices in the American market.
India, Indonesia and Laos together accounted for nearly $4.5 billion worth of solar imports into the US last year, making up a major share of the country’s solar supply chain. The latest action is expected to hit exporters from these nations, especially as the US remains a fast-growing market for solar energy.
The Alliance for American Solar Manufacturing and Trade, which filed the petition, includes Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar, Qcells, the solar division of Korea’s Hanwha, and private companies Talon PV and Mission Solar. They argued that cheap imports were harming domestic production.
“The preliminary determinations confirm that producers in these countries are dumping solar cells and modules into the US market at unfairly low prices, undercutting American-made products and distorting market competition at a pivotal moment for the domestic manufacturing sector,” the Alliance said in a statement.
In addition to anti-dumping duties, the US had earlier proposed countervailing duties in February, citing government subsidies. These included rates of 125.87% for India, 104.38% for Indonesia, and 80.67% for Laos.
For India, the development signals fresh challenges in expanding its clean energy exports, even as it scales up domestic manufacturing under initiatives aimed at boosting self-reliance in the renewable sector.
In response to steep tariffs imposed by the US President Donald Trump administration in February, Climate Risk Horizons reported that India’s solar module exports to the United States (US) have dropped roughly 35 per cent due to disrupted trade flows.
The US is expected to take a final call on these duties by mid-July for India and Indonesia, with a separate decision on Laos likely later in September.
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