Biden Administration Doubles Tariff-Free Solar Cell Import Quota

The Biden Administration has more than doubled the volumes of solar cell imports that would be allowed to enter the United States tariff-free to help solar module producers relying on imported materials. Tariffs on solar cell imports were introduced by former President Donald Trump to protect small American solar-product makers from competition from cheaper materials imported from Asia. The Biden Administration is now boosting the so-called tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells, not partially…