USA-Polysilicon Tariff
USA-Polysilicon Tariff
Dateline : Aug 6, 2026/File
Location : China;United States
Duration : 1'06
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - Oct 2024 (CCTV Video News Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of White House, U.S. national flag
FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of polysilicon products
3. Various of production of photovoltaic products
FILE: Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, east China - April 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of robotic arms producing photovoltaic products; workers
FILE: Qinghai Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Aerial shots of solar panels
FILE: China - 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of solar panels on mountain
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7. Various of solar panels in offshore solar farm
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing minimum import prices and a 15 percent tariff on products made from polysilicon, a key material for solar panels and semiconductors.
The minimum import prices will be set at 21 U.S. dollars per kilogram for polysilicon and 100 dollars per kilogram for polysilicon ingots and wafers, according to a White House proclamation. The new trade measures are scheduled to take effect on Dec 4.
Trump also directed the U.S. Commerce Department to establish a program to encourage investment in domestic production of raw polysilicon and related downstream products.
According to a White House fact sheet, the measures are aimed at creating "a level playing field for American producers of these strategic goods," encouraging the "onshoring of these industries," and protecting "U.S. national security and its defense and defense-adjacent industrial base."
According to the fact sheet, the U.S. share of global polysilicon production capacity declined from 50 percent in 2005 to less than 2 percent in 2024.
ID : 8493227
Published : 2026-08-07 14:44
Last Modified : 2026-08-07 21:06:47
Source : CCTV Video News Agency,China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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