On June 28, Waaree Energies, an Indian photovoltaic manufacturer, announced that it had been confirmed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) investigation. The company did not export solar modules made from Chinese photovoltaic cells to the United States and cooperated fully in the investigation.
However, according to the ruling released by the US Customs and Border Protection Agency on June 23, Some of the photovoltaic modules exported to the United States by Waaree Energies are subject to anti-dumping tariffs of up to 271.28%. In September
2025, CBP announced that in January 2025, the U.S. Solar Manufacturing Trade Commission accused Waaree of circumvention-purchasing solar cells from third countries such as China, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, shipping them to India to form photovoltaic modules and exporting them to the United States. The goods are subject to anti-dumping and countervailing duties if they are not declared at the time of import declaration.
For this allegation, the evidence presented by the US Solar Manufacturing Trade Commission is that in 2024, Waaree exported more than 5.4 million kilograms of crystalline silicon modules to the United States, and the relevant import records declared the origin as India. However, data show that Waaree will not have local battery production capacity in India until the end of 2024. In the same period, the amount of battery data imported from India to China increased by more than 600% compared with 2022; US imports of Indian PV modules have increased by 800% , while Chinese PV module imports have fallen sharply due to trade barriers . Therefore, the Commission questioned that some of the components imported by the company to the United States might use photovoltaic cells originating in China, and accordingly submitted an application for investigation to CBP. According to the EAPA procedure (Enforce and Protect Act)
, CBP initiated an investigation into Waaree's imports of photovoltaic products to the United States-whether it evaded anti-dumping and countervailing tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China and four Southeast Asian countries. At the same time, check whether Waaree has circumvented the anti-circumvention ruling of the United States against four Southeast Asian countries.
According to previous reports, CBP's final ruling on the case should be announced by April 2026, and if postponed, it can be extended by up to 60 days. On June 23,
local time, CBP announced the final ruling of the case, finding that from 2021 to June 23, 2026, Waaree had circumvented the "double-anti" tariffs applicable to solar cells originating in Vietnam and Malaysia. Accordingly
, CBP will take measures to impose anti-dumping tariffs of up to 271.28% on all Waaree imported solar modules identified as subject to the corresponding tariffs. However, CBP said it would suspend the liquidation process of the company's related tariffs until the final tariff bill is determined or the final outcome of Waaree's appeal against the ruling in the case is determined.
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