AD/CVD investigation still ongoing for India, Indonesia and Laos, but solar panel imports haven’t stopped
SPW's year-end solar panel update.

In August 2025, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) decided to start an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation on solar cells and panels imported from India, Indonesia and Laos. An uptick in solar imports from Indonesia and Laos has been noticeable — more so than from India — but now the Dept. of Commerce is determining potential tariff amounts for solar imports from all three countries if the ITC finds unfair trade practices.

	Indonesia		Laos		India
	Cells	Panels	Cells	Panels	Cells	Panels
Average monthly imports (2024)	12 MW	150 MW	64 MW	101 MW	22 MW	367 MW
June 2025 imports	831 MW	1,420 MW	1,380 MW	875 MW	15 MW	520 MW
July 2025 imports	696 MW	1,250 MW	729 MW	554 MW	8 MW	415 MW

 

American panel manufacturers first requested the investigation in July, alleging that companies had relocated their operations to India, Indonesia and Laos to avoid tariffs placed on imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The ITC is investigating further. Commerce was scheduled to reveal its preliminary CVD amounts in October, but the government shutdown prevented that. Commerce’s preliminary antidumping amounts were scheduled to be announced in late December. The petitioners have identified dumping margins of 89.65% for Indonesia, up to 249.09% for Laos and 213.96% for India. There has been no confirmation on when the investigation schedule will resume.