Trump the government to raise tariffs to 30% again, photovoltaic products

According to the pv magazine, USA. Reported that on Friday, the U. S. trade representative's office ( USTR) Announced that from October 1, will be a series of tariffs on Chinese goods from 25% to 30%, including $250 billion worth of Chinese imports. This applies to section 301 of the first three batch of duties, including the round of tariffs in September, the original is 10%, then increased to 25%.

the three batch contains photovoltaic cells, components, and inverter, but it is unlikely to have a significant impact on imports. The United States exports to China's battery and component has been restricted, causes include anti-dumping, countervailing duties ( CVD) , new article 301 and article 201 of the tariff, all these together constitute a high price tag.

as for the inverter, the damage has been caused, relevant enterprises has been a shift in the supply chain, including sunlight, huawei, Enphase.

the irony is that the component manufacturers may suffer more serious than other industries, because & other; 301' Tariff is also applicable to their components, including aluminum frame and imported from China for component backplane, and then assembled in the United States.

the U. S. trade representative's office will also be the latest round of section 301 tariffs from 10% to 15%, the new measures will take effect on Sunday. The affected goods including lithium ion battery, which may have a greater impact, because two-thirds of the world's lithium-ion battery production in China, and tesla in Nevada's factory is the only carrier in the United States gigawatt scale production factory.

so, South Korea, Japan and Poland demand for lithium ion batteries will fuel, the three countries manufacturing capability after China and the United States.