Department of Commerce finds only some solar import circumvention

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has issued its preliminary determination concerning its inquiry into solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The finding is that four of eight examined companies have been circumventing. Of the list below, Hanwha, Jinko, and Trina are some of the very largest manufacturers in the world. Some further companies in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam were found to be circumventing by default, as they failed to provide the DoC with requested information. Even finding half of the companies to be circumventing is not an ambiguous outcome. Disbarring even a segment of South-East Asia’s production capacity – the DoC is clear that it will address this on a per-company basis – will have serious consequences…