China Tariffs Solar Panels

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China tariffs solar panels.

A new tariff on cheaper chinese solar panels to appease ontario based manufacturers is hurting b c s solar installation industry. This tariff was levied against goods from countries other than just china. The tariff focused on the components of solar panels either the components of solar panels or fully assembled modules and began at 30 gradually declining by 5 percentage points per year over four years. The administration had solar panels including bifacials among its first set of tariffs in early 2018.

Los angeles reuters a move by china to slash subsidies for domestic solar installations has unleashed a flood of low cost chinese made panels onto the global market pushing down prices and. The dispute up for discussion was over a section 201 tariff exemption for bifacial or two sided solar panels. The tariff started at 30 with annual decreases scheduled in years two through four. It was moved to the white house once the nsc became involved.