US Delays Initial Verdict on Solar-Trade Spat to November

The US Commerce Department is delaying its preliminary decision on whether Chinese solar companies are circumventing import duties to November from this month: filing.

• Delay to Nov. 28 extends deadline for initial verdict until after US midterm elections
• NOTE: Even if Commerce finds that China has circumvented duties, new anti-dumping and countervailing duties on solar imports from fourth Southeast Asian nations are barred for two years under a temporary freeze Biden ordered in June
• NOTE: Probe announced in March, after small California manufacturer Auxin Solar Inc. alleged that some panel makers were circumventing existing duties on China by completing manufacturing ...