Where to find buyers
Where to find buyers for Solar panels
Photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels, sold to electrical wholesalers, solar developers, and EPCs.
Importing countries
HS 854143 is photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels. Loose cells and modules under older codes are not this heading.
Official description: Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels. Period 2024, flow import, partner World. Retrieved 2026-10-27. Reporters in the response: 132. The preview count matched the stored rows.
| # | Reporter | primaryValue USD | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 15193756743.0 | 103,775,332.0 u |
| 2 | Brazil | 2875444624.0 | 330,796,215.771 u |
| 3 | India | 2875192304.711 | — |
| 4 | Pakistan | 2197252312.067 | 37,417,095.0 u |
| 5 | Germany | 2061623089.467 | — |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1930661109.952 | 22,718,291.838 u |
| 7 | Spain | 1735156761.142 | — |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 1669527160.928 | 18,598,972.483 u |
Figures are Comtrade primaryValue literals. Aggregate partners (World, Areas, nes, and Other …, nes) are omitted. Rank in this table is by primaryValue among the reporters kept.
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Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 423610 (United States industry classification) wholesales electrical apparatus, which is how modules reach installers. Money is 5 because distributors buy containers. Authority is 4. Need is 5 because a panel is electrical apparatus of the kind this industry stocks.
Intersolar Europe
Intersolar Europe (intersolar.de) is the solar trade fair. Money is 5. Authority is 4 because distributors and developers attend. Need is 5 because modules are a core product of the show.
Source: Intersolar Europe
USA — reported imports of HS 854143
primaryValue 15193756743.0 USD (15,193,756,743.0) · 2024 imports from World · rank 1 of 131
USA reported primaryValue 15193756743.0 USD (shown with separators as 15,193,756,743.0) for HS 854143 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 103,775,332.0 u (quantity not flagged as estimated). Money is 5 because this reporter ranks 1 of 131 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 5. The official heading names this product, so the import value is a direct Comtrade measure of recorded trade in it. Official commodity description: Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels. The preview count matched the rows stored (132), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 854143, 2024 imports from World
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
O*NET 13 (United States occupation classification)-1023.00 purchasing agents buy equipment for companies and distributors. Money is 4. Authority is 5. Need is 5.
Solar Electric Power Generation
NAICS 221114 (United States industry classification) is solar electric power generation. Money is 5 because a plant buys modules at project scale. Authority is 4 because procurement and the EPC share the decision. Need is 4 because generators buy modules, often through an EPC rather than from a factory email.