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        "msgid": "us-imposes-104-per-cent-duties-on-indonesian-solar-panels-1772100797",
        "date": "2026-02-26 12:22:20",
        "title": "US Imposes 104 Per Cent Duties on Indonesian Solar Panels",
        "author": "Erlangga Djumena",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Trade",
        "summary": "The US government has announced temporary countervailing duties on solar cells and panels imported from Indonesia, India, and Laos, citing alleged subsidies to their solar industries. This move is part of a series of import tariffs imposed by the US over the past decade on inexpensive solar panels from Asia, primarily produced by Chinese companies. The duties range from 80.67 per cent to 143.3 per cent for specific companies in the three countries.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The United States government has announced the\nimposition of temporary countervailing duties on cells and solar panels\nimported from Indonesia, India, and Laos.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting Reuters, Thursday (26\/2\/2026), the policy was taken in\nresponse to alleged subsidies received by the solar panel industry in\nthe three countries.<\/p>\n<p>Washington believes that the subsidies make products from the US\nuncompetitive in the domestic market.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest policy from the US, part of a series of import\ntariffs that have been in effect for more than a decade on imports of\ninexpensive solar panels from Asia, mostly produced by Chinese\ncompanies.<\/p>\n<p>US government trade data shows that imports of solar panels from the\nthree countries reached $4.5 billion last year, or about two-thirds of\ntotal US solar panel imports in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the US government has also set individual tariffs for a\nnumber of companies.<\/p>\n<p>From Indonesia, PT Blue Sky Solar is subject to a tariff of 143.3 per\ncent and PT REC Solar Energy 85.99 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Mundra Solar in India is subject to a tariff of 125.87 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Solarspace Technology Sole Co and Vietnam Sunergy Joint\nStock Company in Laos are subject to tariffs of 80.67 per cent and 80.67\nper cent respectively.<\/p>\n<p>This adds to the long list of US disruptions to global solar panel\ntrade.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, imports from Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia\nalso fell after being subject to high tariffs in a similar case decided\nlast year.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement is the first of two decisions expected to be\nreleased in the coming weeks in a trade case filed last year by an\nalliance of US solar panel manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Commerce is scheduled to announce a separate\ndecision next month to determine whether companies from the three\ncountries are selling products in the US market at prices below their\ncost of production (dumping).<\/p>\n<p>The issue originated from a lawsuit filed by a group of domestic\nindustries, namely the Alliance for American Solar Manufacturing and\nTrade.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/us-imposes-104-per-cent-duties-on-indonesian-solar-panels-1772100797",
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