There is “an emerging and significant compliance risk” for US solar manufacturers and buyers around the origin of solar wafers, according to new analysis from law firm Wiley Rein.
Historical rulings by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) offer contradictory definitions of the precise role of solar wafers in defining the origin of PV cells and modules, which Wiley Rein said could cause issues for solar buyers and manufacturers looking to access tax credits and avoid the impacts of antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs.
The lead author of the analysis, Tim Brightbill, has represented a group of US companies which brought AD/CVD cases to Commerce under the name the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee.
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