U.S. Section 232 Minimum Import Prices for Solar Modules
What happened
A September 22 OPIS Global Solar Markets Report, covered by pv magazine USA on September 29, 2026, assessed prices for TOPCon modules below 645W: the Chinese Module Marker unchanged at $0.108/W FOB China, U.S. delivered duty paid prices unchanged at $0.290/W, Southeast Asian cargoes at $0.277/W and Indian cargoes at $0.332/W. Section 232 minimum import prices are set to take effect December 4. OPIS reports uncertainty over whether the proclamation's "first arm's-length sale" rule would subject U.S.-assembled modules to the minimum import prices. The reports do not state the minimum import price levels or the scope of covered products.
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- pv magazine USAOPIS reports China and U.S. TOPCon module prices hold ahead of Section 232 minimum import prices
OPIS's Global Solar Markets Report of Sept. 22 assessed the Chinese Module Marker for TOPCon modules below 645W from China unchanged at $0.108/W FOB China, and U.S. delivered duty paid prices for TOPCon modules 645W and below unchanged at $0.290/W, with Southeast Asian cargoes at $0.277/W and Indian cargoes at $0.332/W. Section 232 minimum import prices are set to take effect Dec. 4, and OPIS reports uncertainty over whether the proclamation's "first arm's-length sale" rule would subject U.S.-assembled modules using imported cells to the $0.38/W module MIP.