The US has reached a commerce settlement with India that ought to scale back a few of the tariffs positioned on Indian imports. Few particulars have been really supplied, however news reports say that america is reducing India’s export tariff to 18%. It was beforehand as excessive as 50%.
It’s welcome information for Indian photo voltaic panel producers. Indian photo voltaic panel manufacturers have been changing into common in america, however import numbers comparatively stalled whereas the excessive tariff percentages have been in impact.
“The $500 billion India-U.S. commerce deal, with reciprocal tariffs rationalized to 18%, represents a structural inflection level for India’s power business — notably on the export entrance,” said Gyanesh Chaudhary, chairman and managing director of Indian panel firm Vikram Solar. “Indian power and clean-tech exports to the U.S. have all the time performed an instrumental function to the business, and this settlement considerably enhances our international competitiveness by bettering value effectivity, certainty of entry and long-term demand visibility. For Indian producers and resolution suppliers throughout photo voltaic, power gear, superior supplies and energy infrastructure, this creates a strong runway to scale exports, deepen worth addition and combine extra meaningfully into international provide chains.”
Whereas the overall tariff discount can be useful for Indian panel manufacturers, america continues to be exploring whether or not India panel imports ought to have antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD). The U.S. Worldwide Commerce Fee (ITC) started an AD/CVD investigation in August 2025 on photo voltaic cells and panels imported from India and the Southeast Asian international locations of Indonesia and Laos. The Dept. of Commerce will decide potential tariff quantities for photo voltaic imports from all three international locations if the ITC finds unfair commerce practices.
Import knowledge by way of November 2025 reveals the regular import numbers from India when in comparison with Indonesia and Laos. Information for the primary 11 months of 2025 reveals India in fourth place for complete panel imports, additionally behind Vietnam.
