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The United States has finalised solar duties on India, Indonesia and Laos.
The US Department of Commerce has finalised anti-dumping and countervailing duties on solar-panel imports originating in India, Indonesia and Laos.
Final decisions cover three Asian origins.
Reuters reports that the US Department of Commerce has finalised anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of solar panels originating in India, Indonesia and Laos . The report expressly identifies India, Indonesia and Laos as the three targeted countries of origin .
Reuters uses the term “solar panels” . Specialist publication pv magazine France, describing a preliminary stage of the anti-dumping investigations concerning the same three origins, refers instead to “crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules” . It states that the US Department of Commerce had issued preliminary determinations in those investigations .
The available Reuters extract does not reproduce an official decision by the US Department of Commerce, cite an investigation case reference or provide a customs classification . The available pv magazine France extract likewise does not reproduce the official decision, provide a case reference or mention a customs classification .
Reported anti-dumping margins for each origin.
Reuters reports a final anti-dumping margin of 123.04% for imports of solar panels originating in India . For Indonesia, the agency reports a final rate of 94.36% . Reuters attributes a final anti-dumping margin of 65.43% to Laos .
The figures previously published by pv magazine France are presented as preliminary dumping margins. The publication reports a rate of 123.04% for India, 35.17% for Indonesia and 22.46% for Laos . It describes these figures as affirmative preliminary findings in the US Department of Commerce’s anti-dumping investigations .
The 123.04% rate associated with India is identical in both reported sets of figures, but Reuters describes it as final whereas pv magazine France describes it as preliminary . For Indonesia and Laos, the final rates reported by Reuters, respectively 94.36% and 65.43%, differ from the preliminary rates of 35.17% and 22.46% published by pv magazine France .
According to pv magazine France, final decisions were then expected on 13 July 2026 for India and Indonesia, and around 9 September 2026 for Laos . In the available extract, Reuters does not detail the methodology for calculating the anti-dumping margins or their breakdown by producer .
Countervailing duties and the documentary record.
Reuters states that final countervailing duty rates differ by producer, without publishing the numerical details in the available extract . The extract neither breaks down final countervailing rates by company nor specifies their numerical relationship to the anti-dumping margins reported for the three origins . It also provides neither an effective date for the measures nor information on any injury determination by the International Trade Commission .
Specialist publication pv magazine France reported that preliminary countervailing duties had been announced in February 2026 and targeted public subsidies . It then indicated that final decisions were expected on 13 July 2026 for India and Indonesia, and around 9 September 2026 for Laos .
The available extracts do not provide final countervailing duty rates by producer. Nor do they publish company-specific rates for the preliminary countervailing duties mentioned by pv magazine France . The record contains no information on any prospective injury determination by the International Trade Commission or on the effective dates of the final duties .
Sources cited
- reuters.com - Les États-Unis finalisent des droits antidumping et compensateurs sur des importations de panneaux solaires
- pv-magazine.fr - USA : droits antidumping préliminaires sur les importations solaires venant d’Inde, d’Indonésie et du Laos – pv magazine France