On August 16, a group of solar manufacturers called the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) filed anti-circumvention petitions related to AD/CVD orders that had been imposed in December 2012 on photovoltaic cells from China. The petitions relate to imports from Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam, and allege

Last week, we wrote about [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-companies-ask-for-extension-of-section-201-solar-tariffs/] a petition filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) by two U.S. companies, Auxin Solar and Suniva, to extend the Section 201 safeguard tariffs/TRQs on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules, where the

Two U.S. companies in the solar industry filed a petition [http://docs.chinatrademonitor.com/PVCellsModules201ExtensionPetition.pdf] yesterday with the International Trade Commission to extend for another four years the Section 201 safeguard tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules. The current tariffs are due to expire on

On July 14, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced [https://usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2021/er0714ll1797.htm] that it had voted to institute a Section 337 investigation [https://www.usitc.gov/intellectual_property/about_section_337.htm] of certain silicon photovoltaic cells and modules with nanostructures,

On June 24, the Department of Homeland Security announced [https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/department-homeland-security-issues-withhold-release-order-silica] that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order [https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/forced-labor/withhold-release-orders-and-findings] (WRO) on imports from the Chinese company Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd. [http: