Tariff Watch

Solar cells and modules tariffs from Malaysia

The duty a United States importer pays on solar cells and modules of Malaysia origin, resolved against HTS revision 2026HTSRev17.

Verified 2026-09-01
HTS 2026HTSRev17

8541.42.00.10 from Malaysia resolves to 10.00%: a Column 1 General rate of 0.00% and one trade remedy on top of it. That is one line of many under solar cells and modules. Rates within the category differ, so the figure is what this line draws rather than a rate for the category as a whole.

ProgramRate as publishedContributionReported underIn force from
Column 1 General (MFN)Free0.00%not established

Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 2026 HTS Revision 17, published 2026-08-24. Verified 2026-09-01.

Section 301The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 10%10.00%9903.05.542026-07-24

Source: USTR, Notice of Actions in Section 301 Investigations of Various Economies (FR Doc. 2026-15181), published 2026-07-28. Verified 2026-09-01.

Table 1Duty stack for 8541.42.00.10 from Malaysia, resolved 2026-09-01. Each layer is charged against the same customs value. Nothing compounds.Heading 8541

What is in scope

Section 301 reaches solar cells and modules under Chapter 99 heading group 9903.91 and the provisions of HTS 854142, 854143. The full list of classifications and the instrument behind the action are on the solar cells and modules page.

Malaysia also faces a country-wide additional duty of 10.0%, reported under 9903.05.54. That reaches goods of Malaysia whatever they are. The Malaysia page sets out every action reaching that origin.

Reading this figure

Duty is assessed at the ten-digit statistical line, not at the category and not at the four-digit heading. A different line under solar cells and modules can carry a different Column 1 rate and, where a trade remedy enumerates provisions rather than a whole chapter, a different set of layers. The calculator resolves a specific code, origin and value.

For what each layer above is: Section 232, Section 301, Section 338, how the layers combine.