In late June, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a Withholding Order (WRO) on products containing materials from China’s largest manufacturer of metallurgical-grade silicon (mg-Si). We will discuss the ramifications of this decision on the US solar industry and examine the critical points of the WRO to understand how solar goals and plans could be affected.
How U.S. Solar Companies Can Manage Supply Chain Risks After Customs WRO on Hoshine
At the end of June, US Customs and Border Protection placed a release order (WRO) on products containing material from the largest Chinese manufacturer of metallurgical grade silicon (mg-Si) and the main supplier to all major polysilicon producers based in the region: Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. The WRO means that any importer who cannot prove to customs that their solar panels do not contain Hoshine’s mg-Si can have their shipment excluded from entry into the United States by Due to the tangled and mixed nature of solar power supply chains, almost no supplier today is equipped to prove this level of provenance.
In this Pv magazine webinar, Paul Wormser, Vice President, Technology, and Paul van Brenkelen, Director, ESG and Traceability at Clean Energy Associates (CEA’s), and Customs and International Trade Lawyer Elise Shibles will discuss the ramifications of this decision on the American solar industry. They will examine the critical points of the WRO to understand how goals and solar plans might be affected.
As for the larger picture, they will also focus on supply chain traceability and how he could help businesses navigate regulatory uncertainty. Concrete steps you can take to get started secure supply chains and mitigate risk will be more fully discussed.
pv magazine Webinar content
- Background and overview of the global solar supply chain, the importance of mg-Si and polysilicon, and the options available to solar power manufacturers to source these essential raw materials.
- Background on the history of WROs issued by CBP against China and others, and the potential impact this recent WRO could have on the U.S. solar industry
- Background, complications and importance of traceability to mitigate regulatory and supply chain risks
- Practical Steps for Solar Power Buyers to Mitigate and Manage Risk
- Questions and answers
Questions can be submitted in advance or during the webinar via a chat window. Becky Beetz, Content Manager at pv magazine, will be the moderator of this webinar.
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