Auxin Solar Inc. is asking the U.S. Commerce Department to investigate possible efforts to circumvent tariffs with the imports of equipment from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.
The company alleges the solar imports use parts or components from China, and that producers are assembling equipment in the Southeast Asian nations as a way of skirting duties, according to a filing made to the department in Washington, D.C. It follows the department’s decision in November not to investigate related allegations.
Tariffs on Chinese solar products were first imposed in 2012, while President Joe Biden’s administration last year banned solar equipment using raw materials originally from China-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. in an effort to confront alleged human-rights abuses in the Xinjiang region.
Biden’s measure has led to blocks on imports of solar modules from key global producers including Longi Green Energy Technology Co.Read More…
Source : bloombergquint
