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Final Results Announcement: 10/23/2026
Extension Days Remaining: 60
Period Covered: 12/1/2023 – 11/30/2024
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Preliminary Results Announcement: 12/28/2026
Extension Days Remaining: 7
Period Covered: 12/1/2024 – 11/30/2025
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, and modules, laminates, and panels, consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not partially or fully assembled into other products, including, but not limited to, modules, laminates, panels and building integrated materials.
This order covers crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells of thickness equal to or greater than 20 micrometers, having a p/n junction formed by any means, whether or not the cell has undergone other processing, including, but not limited to, cleaning, etching, coating, and/or addition of materials (including, but not limited to, metallization and conductor patterns) to collect and forward the electricity that is generated by the cell.
Merchandise under consideration may be described at the time of importation as parts for final finished products that are assembled after importation, including, but not limited to, modules, laminates, panels, building-integrated modules, building-integrated panels, or other finished goods kits. Such parts that otherwise meet the definition of merchandise under consideration are included in the scope of this order.
Excluded from the scope of this order are thin film photovoltaic products produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe), or copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS).
Also excluded from the scope of this order are crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000mm2 in surface area, that are permanently integrated into a consumer good whose function is other than power generation and that consumes the electricity generated by the integrated crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell. Where more than one cell is permanently integrated into a consumer good, the surface area for purposes of this exclusion shall be the total combined surface area of all cells that are integrated into the consumer good.
Modules, laminates, and panels produced in a third-country from cells produced in the PRC are covered by this order; however, modules, laminates, and panels produced in the PRC from cells produced in a third-country are not covered by this order.
Merchandise covered by this order is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (“HTSUS”) under subheadings 8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020, 8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) provided notification that HTSUS number 8501.31.8000 should be added to the scope of the investigation, as certain articles under this number may fall within the scope. See Memorandum from Gene H. Calvert through Mark Hoadley to the File, “ACE Case Reference File Update,” dated May 16, 2012. These HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.
Final Scope Rulings, Circumvention Determinations, and Changed Circumstance Determinations
| Record Type | Final Signature Date | Product Description | Decision | In Scope? | Scope Determination | HTS Change(s) | Scope Language Change(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changed Circumstances Review | 12/15/2025 | Nextracker Off Grid Panels | View Document | Yes | Commerce continues to find, pursuant to sections 751(d)(1) and 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g), that changed circumstances exist that warrant revocation of the Orders, in part. No interested party opposed this partial revocation. | ||
| Changed Circumstances Review | 07/18/2025 | Lutron - Small Off-Grid Panels | |||||
| Scope Inquiry Post AB10 | 08/13/2024 | Off-Grid Solar Charging Module GC4291F | View Document | Yes | We find that the off-grid solar charging module with part number GC4291F, GC4291FE, GC3291F, or GC3291FE (charging module) is covered by the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People’s Republic of China (China). | ||
| Changed Circumstances Review | 03/14/2024 | Source Global 2023 | View Document | No | The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is revoking, in part, the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People’s Republic of China (China) with respect to certain off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) panels. | ||
| Circumvention Inquiry | 08/17/2023 | from Vietnam 2022 | View Document | Yes | We determine that, except as noted below, imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells and modules), that have been completed in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia), Malaysia, the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand), or the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam), using parts and components produced in the People’s Republic of China (China), that are then subsequently exported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam to the United States are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on solar cells and modules from China. | ||
| Circumvention Inquiry | 08/17/2023 | from Cambodia 2022 | View Document | No | We determine, pursuant to section 781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225(g), that solar cells/solar modules exported from, and produced in, Malaysia, or Vietnam by the entities listed for each of those countries in Appendix III to this notice, using wafers produced in China that were exported by specific companies are not circumventing the Orders. | ||
| Circumvention Inquiry | 08/17/2023 | from Thailand 2022 | View Document | Yes | The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that, except as noted below, imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells and modules), that have been completed in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia), Malaysia, the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand), or the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam), using parts and component produced in the People’s Republic of China (China), as specified below, that are than subsequently exported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam to the United States are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on solar cells and modules from China. | ||
| Circumvention Inquiry | 08/17/2023 | from Malaysia 2022 | View Document | Yes | : The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that, except as noted below, imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells and modules), that have been completed in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia), Malaysia, the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand), or the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam), using parts and components produced in the People’s Republic of China (China), as specified below, that are then subsequently exported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam to the United States are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on solar cells and modules from China. | ||
| Scope Inquiry Post AB10 | 07/17/2023 | Anker T8700 eufy Cam Security SolarPanel | View Document | No | We determine that the T8700 eufyCam security solar panel is not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People’s Republic of China (China). | ||
| Changed Circumstances Review | 06/22/2023 | Hello Tech June 2022 | View Document | No | Commerce is revoking, in part, the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products (solar products) from the People’s Republic of China (China) with respect to certain off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) panels. | ||
| Scope Inquiry Post AB10 | 01/30/2023 | Anker 3 Port 100W Solar Panel | View Document | No | We determine that the PowerSolar 3-Port 100W Foldable Outdoor Solar Panel (Model A2431) is not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People’s Republic of China (China). | ||
| Scope Inquiry Post AB10 | 11/07/2022 | RNG International | View Document | No | In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(d) and 351.225(k)(1), we determine that the off-grid 100-watt solar panels with regular monocrystalline solar cells (model numbers RNG-KIT-STCS100D-NC, RNG-KIT-STCS100DVOY20, RNG-100D-SS, and RNG-100DB-H) and off-grid 50-watt solar panels (model numbers RNG-50D-SS and RKIT50DST) imported by RNG International, Inc. (RNG) are not within the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells) from the People’s Republic of China (China). | ||
| Changed Circumstances Review | 12/10/2021 | SOURCE Global 2020 | View Document | No | Commerce is revoking, in part, the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, Whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People’s Republic of China (China) with respect to certain off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) panels. | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 06/15/2021 | Solar Modules (ET Solar) | View Document | Yes | Based on the totality of the evidence and the comments made by both parties on the plain language of the orders and the five criteria of the substantial transformation analysis, Commerce continues to find that the unfinished Chinese solar cells used to produce the imported modules described by ET Solar in its scope inquiry are not substantially transformed as a result of the production processes undertaken in Vietnam. Accordingly, we continue to find that the modules at issue, as described in ET Solar’s scope request, are within the scope of the Orders. | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 04/08/2021 | Solaria PowerXT PV cells | View Document | Yes | We determined Solaria's Power XT PV cells manufactured in Taiwan or China and modules assembled in Korea are within the scope of the Order. | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 10/23/2020 | SunSpark Panels and Cells (Vietnam) | View Document | No | the photovoltaic products at issue are not covered by the scope of the Orders, to the extent that the silicon wafers exported from the People’s Republic of China (China) to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) lack the physical properties necessary to be considered crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells (solar cells), as described within the scope of the Orders. | ||
| Changed Circumstances Review | 12/14/2018 | Goal Zero 2018 | View Document | No | Commerce is revoking, in part, the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from the People’s Republic of China (China) (Orders) with respect to certain off-grid solar panels based on a lack of interest in the relief provided by the Orders with respect to those products. | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 12/13/2018 | Goal Zero 2018 | No | We determined that the product does not fall within the scope of the Order. | |||
| Scope Inquiry | 01/11/2018 | Solar Panels (Size, Voltage, Amperage, & Wattage) | |||||
| Scope Inquiry | 01/11/2018 | Certain Panels (Pitsco) | View Document | No | Commerce determines, pursuant to section 751(d)(1) of the Act, section 782(h) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.222(g), that there are changed circumstances that warrant revocation of the Orders, in part. | ||
| Changed Circumstances Review | 01/11/2018 | PITSCO Oct 2017 | View Document | No | For the final results of these CCRs, Commerce is revoking, in part, the Orders as to imports of certain solar panels as described below. | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 07/29/2016 | Bifacial Solar Products (Sunpreme) | View Document | Yes | The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that solar modules containing bifacial thin film cells made with amorphous silicon (bifacial solar products), as imported by Sunpreme Inc. (Sunpreme) and subject to this scope ruling, are within the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells or CSPV cells), from the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) (collectively, the Orders). | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 06/17/2016 | TriexTM PV Cells | View Document | Yes | We preliminarily found that, under 19 CFR 351.225(k)(2), the Triex photovoltaic cells are within the scope of the Orders. | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 08/05/2015 | Outdoor Tactical Enterprises June 2015 | View Document | No | We recommend finding that the solar chargers as described by the U.S. importer Outdoor Tactical Enterprises (OTE) in its scope ruling request are not covered by the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (certain solar cells), from the People's Republic of China (PRC). | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 01/10/2014 | NVT Solar Module | View Document | No | We recommend finding that the solar modules and the solar cells contained therein, as described by the U.S. importer NVT LLC (d/b/a SunEdison) ("NVT") in its scope ruling request, are made outside of the People's Republic of China ("PRC") and thus are not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty ("AD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells ("solar cells"), whether or not assembled into modules, from the PRC. | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 07/24/2013 | Torch 250 Flashlight | View Document | Yes | We recommend finding that the Torch 250 Flashlight is covered by the scope of the antidumping duty ("AD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules ("solar cells"), from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). | ||
| Scope Inquiry | 07/24/2013 | Hybrid Solar Tablets | View Document | Yes | We recommend finding that OYAMA Life Impact Energy Co., Ltd.'s OY340-XA Hybrid Solar Tablet Charger ("hybrid solar tablet") is covered by the scope of the antidumping duty ("AD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules ("solar cells"), from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). |

