On the evening of April 12th, multiple domestic media outlets reposted a message stating that the United States would exempt some of its “equivalent tariffs,” which mentioned that smartphones and computers would not be affected by the Trump administration’s “equivalent tariffs” policy. In addition, the new tariff guidelines also include exemptions for other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors, solar cells, flat screen TV displays, flash drives, memory cards, and solid-state drives used for storing data.

According to the documents disclosed on the White House official website, the specific exemption numbers are as follows:

In the specific exemption numbers and product tables circulating domestically, 8541.49.10 and 8541.49.70 are translated as solar cells and other photovoltaic modules.

However, according to the SOLARZOOM think tank’s query of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS), the product description for 85414910 is: Other photosensitive semiconductor diodes, other than light-emitting， Translated as other photosensitive semiconductor diodes besides emitting light, not solar cells.

 

The product description for 85414970 is: Other photosensitive semiconductor transistors， Translated as other photosensitive semiconductor transistors, not solar cell modules. This obviously does not match the specific tax number and product description circulating domestically. However, the BBC report clearly pointed out that there are still solar cells among them, which have been reprinted by multiple domestic media.