PVTIME – On 13 September 2024, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) formally announced the final Section 301 tariff increases on solar PV and related products imported from China. China will be subject to increased tariff rates on these products, ranging between 25% and 100%, with effect from 27 September 2024.
The tariffs on electric vehicles, electric vehicle batteries, battery parts, respirators and facemasks, syringes and needles, ship-to-shore gantry cranes, solar panel cells and modules, steel and aluminium products, and certain critical minerals imported from China will be increased on 27 September 2024.
Furthermore, additional increases in tariffs are scheduled to take effect in 2025 and 2026 on a range of other products, including semiconductors, respirators and facemasks, syringes and needles, medical gloves, lithium-ion non-electrical vehicle batteries, permanent magnets, and natural graphite.
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