The United States plans to impose anti-dumping duties of up to about 271% on photovoltaic products in four countries in South East Asia

On December 2nd, on the grounds that solar products from South East Asia are sold in the United States below the production cost price, the US Department of Commerce recently announced that it plans to impose anti-dumping duties of up to 271% on photovoltaic products from relevant countries. This plan has been questioned by the media and relevant countries. According to the preliminary ruling made by the US Department of Commerce after investigation, the proposed anti-dumping duties involve crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and their modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, and the specific tax rate depends on different companies. US solar cells and modules are mainly imported from the above countries, accounting for about 80% of US imports of such products. Joseph Mathews, a senior professor at Beltay International University in Cambodia, said imposing anti-dumping duties on products from Asean countries was illogical, would not bring back the US industry to life, and would also impose higher costs and losses on US importers and US consumers.