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\u00a9 Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are set up in the solar farm at the University of California, Merced, in Merced, California, U.S. August 17, 2022. REUTERS\/Nathan Frandino\/File Photo<\/span>
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By Nichola Groom<\/p>\n

(Reuters) – The United States on Friday will finalize a decision to impose import duties on solar panel makers who finished their products in Southeast Asian nations to avoid tariffs on Chinese-made goods, according to a senior Commerce Department official.<\/p>\n

The decision, which largely mirrors a preliminary finding the agency made in December, was opposed by buyers of solar panels that rely on cheap products made overseas to make their projects competitive.<\/p>\n

But it is good news for the small U.S. solar manufacturing industry, which for years has struggled to compete with Chinese goods and is enjoying renewed investment due to subsidies in U.S. President Joe Biden’s landmark climate change law.<\/p>\n

The Commerce probe found that units of Chinese companies BYD (SZ:), Trina Solar, Longi Green Energy and Canadian Solar <\/span><\/span> (NASDAQ:) were dodging U.S. tariffs on Chinese solar cells and panels by conducting minor processing to finish their products in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam before shipping them to the U.S. market.<\/p>\n

Those countries account for about 80% of U.S. panel supplies. <\/p>\n

The agency will also impose duties on New East Solar because it refused to cooperate with an on-site audit of its operations in Cambodia, the official said.<\/p>\n

Other companies operating in those nations have the ability to pursue a certification process to show that they are not circumventing tariffs. To become certified, solar cells and panels must contain non-Chinese wafers and three other key components. <\/p>\n

The U.S. has had anti-dumping duties in place for a decade on Chinese-made solar products after a Commerce probe found Chinese companies were receiving unfair government subsidies that kept their prices artificially low.<\/p>\n

The companies and others will face the same duty rates the United States already assesses on their Chinese-made products.<\/p>\n

They will not kick in, however, until June of 2024 thanks to a two-year waiver from U.S. President Joe Biden that was intended to ensure ample panel supplies while domestic manufacturing ramps up. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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