USITC clears solar cell duties on India, Indonesia and Laos

The US International Trade Commission determined on October 14, 2026 that a US industry is materially injured by imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from India, Indonesia and Laos (USITC). Chairman Brett W. Doyle and Commissioners Jason E. Kearns, Peter-Anthony Pappas, Bart Thanhauser and David Foley Jr. voted in the affirmative; Commissioner Samuel T. Negatu did not participate. With that, Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on the three countries.

The rates come from Commerce's final determinations, dated September 10 and published September 16, 2026. Dumping margins are 123.04% for India, 94.36% for Indonesia and 65.43% for Laos. Subsidy rates are 126.09% for India, 73.20% to 173.70% for Indonesia and 82.03% to 153.67% for Laos.

The highest margin of the three is the petitioners' own number. Commerce applied adverse facts available to all four companies in its Indian dumping table and used 123.04%, "the sole dumping margin alleged in the petition," for everyone else; in the subsidy case the two Mundra companies "did not participate." The Laos dumping table, meanwhile, reaches past Laos: its exporters include JA Solar Vietnam Co. Ltd. and Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Company Limited.

The commission split on critical circumstances. Commerce had found them for certain imports from all three countries, which in Indonesia's dumping case kept liquidation suspended on entries from 90 days before its April 28, 2026 preliminary determination. The commission agreed for certain Indonesian imports and disagreed for certain imports from India and Laos.

The petitions were filed on July 17, 2025 by the Alliance for American Solar Manufacturing and Trade, whose members include Hanwha Q CELLS USA, First Solar and Mission Solar Energy. The commission's report, with its views, is due on its website by November 23, 2026. The orders will sit alongside the Section 232 minimum import prices of $0.22 per watt for cells and $0.38 per watt for modules that take effect on December 4, 2026 (covered here).