With the exception of two suppliers – Trina Solar and Wuxi Suntech – all Chinese suppliers will pay a 26.9% duty on the product they sell into the US market, undercutting the significant cost advantage that most Chinese companies currently enjoy.

Trina, the world’s second largest module supplier, and a company that derived 17% of its $1.77bn in revenues last year from the US, was given a relatively mild rate of 18.6%.

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