Attention! The United States has not exempted solar cells from high "reciprocal tariffs"

On April 11, Eastern Time, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a tariff update guide. According to the guide, the United States exempted 20 tariff items in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) from the "reciprocal tariffs" under Executive Order 14257. These products include automatic data processors, computers, communications equipment, displays and modules, semiconductor-related categories, etc.

From the evening of the 12th to the 13th, some media reported that "solar cells" were also on the exemption list.

However, after checking HTSUS, solar cells were not explicitly mentioned in the 20 categories of products given in the exemption list. The current mainstream crystalline silicon solar cell tariff number is 8541.42.0010, and the crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells that have been made into components, the tariff number is 8541.43.0010, are not on the exemption list.

The following are the exemption product codes released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP on April 11: