US Issues Final Solar Duty Orders on India, Indonesia and Laos

• Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos on Nov. 9, after a final ITC injury finding.
• Combined cash deposits run from 147.39% for Solarspace in Laos to 268.06% for PT Blue Sky Solar Indonesia, by list.solar's calculation.
• Only Indonesia faces retroactive duties; Commerce will refund some earlier countervailing deposits on India and Laos entries.

The US Department of Commerce issued antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on solar cells and modules from India, Indonesia and Laos, in a CVD notice and an AD notice published Nov. 9.

The orders are a new step in the US solar trade case. Commerce published final determinations on Sept. 16, and the International Trade Commission filed its material injury finding on Nov. 2. Cash deposits are tied to that finding's Nov. 5 publication. Petitioner members include First Solar, Hanwha Q CELLS USA and Mission Solar.

Rates depend on the producer. In India, every company faces 123.04% AD and 126.09% CVD. Indonesia's AD margin is 94.36% for all; CVD is 173.70% for PT Blue Sky Solar Indonesia and 73.20% for PT REC Solar Energy Indonesia and all others. In Laos, Solarspace Technology (Laos) Sole Co., Ltd. and the Laos-wide entity carry 65.76% AD, up from 65.43% after a ministerial-error correction. Laos CVD is 82.03% for Solarspace and all others and 153.67% for Vietnam Sunergy Joint Stock Company.

AD deposits can sit below the margin, because Commerce subtracts export subsidies found in the CVD case and, in Laos, domestic subsidy pass-through. India's deposit falls to 107.17% and Laos's to 65.36%. Indonesia gets no offset: Commerce found no export subsidies for Blue Sky or REC Solar.

The orders in numbers

• 268.06% combined AD and CVD deposit for PT Blue Sky Solar Indonesia, the highest for a named company (list.solar calculation).
• 233.26% for Indian producers: 107.17% AD plus 126.09% CVD (list.solar calculation).
• 167.56% for PT REC Solar Energy Indonesia and other Indonesian producers (list.solar calculation).
• 147.39% for Solarspace in Laos: 65.36% AD plus 82.03% CVD (list.solar calculation).
• 120.67 percentage points separate the highest and lowest deposits (list.solar calculation).
• 3,403.96% was the top CVD rate in the June 2025 orders on four Southeast Asian countries, a case list.solar covered in April 2025.

Only Indonesia faces retroactive duties: the ITC found critical circumstances there, not in India or Laos. CVD reaches back to Nov. 28, 2025 entries for Blue Sky and other Indonesian producers, except REC Solar. India and Laos get CVD deposit refunds for entries from that date up to Feb. 26, 2026.

The orders cover third-country modules made with cells from the three countries, but not modules made there from third-country cells. Thin-film products are excluded. Customs will assess final duties later, on Commerce's instructions.