Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. › Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound and television recorders and reproducers

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Semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers); photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED), whether or not assembled with other light-emitting diodes (LED); mounted piezo-electric crystals; parts thereof

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Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED)

Photovoltaic cells not assembled in modules or made up into panels

Crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells of a kind described in statistical note 12 to this chapter

8541.42.00.10

Rates of duty

General rate (Column 1)Free

Special—

Column 235%

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for origin CN, entry date 2026-10-26 · base rate Free

Section 301 forced-labor tariff (12.5%)9903.05.31Applies+12.5%China: Column 1 rate + 12.5% additional
China 301 FYR-SOLAR9903.91.02Applies+50%8-digit subheading 8541.42.00 is on FYR-SOLAR
232 polysilicon & derivatives9903.45.30Scheduled+15%General (all other countries) | Photosensitive semiconductor devices ... Photovoltaic cells not assembled in modules or made up into panels: crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells
Section 201 safeguard: solar cells / modules (expired)9903.45.22 (over-quota)Expired—Measure period 2018-02-07 – 2026-02-06. Year-by-year rates and quotas are in the 201 table on the Data page. Followed by the 232 polysilicon proclamation from 2026-12-04.
AD/CVD: 4 orders in placeConditional—Cash deposits follow the company-specific rate (ACE case module). Coverage depends on each order's scope. The table below lists case numbers, status and the all-others rate. The all-others deposit rate is counted in the maximum exposure, not in the confirmed total.
AD/CVD 4 casesConditionalAD 238.95% + CVD 15.24% / AD 152.84% + CVD 33.58%China solar cell orders (2012); China solar products orders (2015)

Confirmed total 62.5% · max 316.69%Full duty breakdown →

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