The US Department of Commerce has published anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders covering crystalline silicon solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos, including cells assembled into modules. The notices were published on November 9, 2026, following Commerce’s September final determinations and the US International Trade Commission’s affirmative injury finding.
For India, the underlying rates are unchanged from the September determinations. The new step is the issuance of the orders, with resumed cash deposits tied to November 5, when the ITC’s final determination was published.
Breakdown
The India anti-dumping table lists a weighted-average dumping margin of 123.04% and a cash-deposit rate of 107.17%, adjusted for subsidy offsets. The separate countervailing-duty table lists 126.09%. Each table includes an all-others rate alongside its named companies.
Why this matters
The distinction matters when reading the headline numbers. The dumping margin and adjusted deposit are two figures within the same anti-dumping proceeding. Countervailing duties are a separate measure addressing subsidies. The notices do not present a single all-in tariff or landed-cost figure.
The orders provide for resumed suspension of liquidation and cash-deposit collection from November 5. Suspension of liquidation postpones the final assessment of duties on an entry. The notices also contain separate provisions for earlier entries and periods when provisional measures had expired, so November 9 should not be read as the start date for every collection or assessment provision.
The Big Picture
Where the cells were manufactured is central to the scope. Modules, laminates and panels made in a third country using cells produced in a covered country fall within these orders. That includes modules assembled elsewhere using Indian-made cells.
Conversely, modules assembled in India using cells produced in a third country are outside these particular orders. Other duty orders may still apply. The location of the final module factory alone therefore does not establish how a product is treated.
The scope also contains exclusions, including specified thin-film products and certain small or off-grid products. Products covered by specified existing solar-duty orders are excluded from these orders. The written product description controls, rather than the customs codes listed for convenience.
The Crunch
For businesses assessing US-bound supply, useful starting points are the cell-production location, the precise product scope and the relevant entry date. The November notices put the cases into the duty-order stage. They leave the previously determined India rates intact while setting out the collection and assessment provisions that need to be read alongside them.
Cover: conceptual solar-trade illustration, created with AI for Makhana Mornings.
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