US Sets Initial Duties on Indian Solar Imports at 126% (1)

The Trump administration set preliminary duties of 126% on solar imports from India after determining the country unfairly subsidized manufacturing.

The US Commerce Department also set initial duties from 86% to 143% for Indonesia and 81% for Laos. The rates are based on a determination of foreign subsidies that the US says allowed exporters from the countries to undercut products from domestic solar producers.

While the duties aim to benefit domestic manufacturers, they heighten uncertainty for an industry not favored by US President Donald Trump and threaten to increase costs for producers as well as for consumers.

These duties would ...