KHAT MANDU: The United States government has announced a 30% import tariff on solar products. This means that the United States (US) will impose a tax of 30% on solar equipment made abroad.
It has also announced another list of the countries that shall be exempted from the tariff. Nepal is on the exempted list along with India, Turkey, Brazil and many other countries which currently account for a small portion of US Solar imports. These countries are under Generalized System of Preferences(GSP).
imports from exempted countries are restricted to 3% of annual US crystalline silicon solar imports per country and 9% for all exempt countries combined. Furthermore, the reference period for those import quantities has not been determined yet.