Notice2022-17470
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019
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August 15, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People's Republic of China (China), covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, to correct ministerial errors.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50069-50071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17470]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-980]
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the
final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty
(CVD) order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not
assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People's Republic of
China (China), covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2019,
through December 31, 2019, to correct ministerial errors.
DATES: Applicable August 15, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3642.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce issued the Final Results of this review on June 29,
2022.\1\ On July 6, 2022, we received ministerial error comments from
the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing (the Alliance),\2\ a
domestic interested party, and JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd.
(JA Solar), one of the two mandatory
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respondents in this administrative review.\3\ On July 11, 2022, we
received rebuttal comments from JA Solar.\4\ We are amending the Final
Results to correct three ministerial errors raised by the Alliance and
JA Solar.
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\1\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2019, 87 FR 40491 (July 7, 2022) (Final Results), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
\2\ See the Alliance's Letter, ``Ministerial Error
Allegations,'' dated July 6, 2022.
\3\ See JA Solar's Letter, ``Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated
July 6, 2022. The second mandatory respondent in this administrative
review is Risen Energy Co. Ltd. (Risen).
\4\ See JA Solar's Letter, ``Rebuttal Ministerial Error
Comments,'' dated July 6, 2022.
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Legal Framework
A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers
ministerial.'' \5\ With respect to final results of administrative
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any
comments received and if appropriate, correct any ministerial error by
amending . . . the final results of review . . . .''
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Errors
Commerce determines that, in accordance with section 751(h) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), it made the following ministerial errors in
the Final Results: (1) used an incorrect formula to calculate the
benefit from Risen's use of the Provision of Solar Glass for Less Than
Adequate Remuneration program; (2) used an incorrect allocated benefit
amount to calculate the program rate for Risen's use of the Special
Reward Fund program; and (3) did not revise the calculations of the
sales denominators for certain JA Solar companies to exclude inter-
company sales to cross-owned producers. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e),
Commerce is amending the Final Results to reflect the corrections of
these ministerial errors in the calculation of the countervailable
subsidy rates, which change from 18.58 percent ad valorem to 18.55
percent ad valorem for JA Solar,\6\ and from 12.92 percent ad valorem
to 13.18 percent ad valorem for Risen.\7\ For a detailed discussion of
Commerce's analysis, see the Ministerial Error Allegations
Memorandum.\8\ As a result of these changes, the rate for the 12
companies not selected for individual examination in this review, which
is the simple average of JA Solar and Risen's amended final ad valorem
rates, changes from 15.75 percent ad valorem to 15.87 percent ad
valorem.\9\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Allegations of Ministerial Errors the
Final Results,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Ministerial Error Allegations Memorandum); see also
Memorandum, ``JA Solar's Amended Final Calculations,'' dated
concurrently with this notice.
\7\ See Ministerial Error Allegations Memorandum; see also
Memorandum, ``Risen's Amended Final Calculations,'' dated
concurrently with this notice.
\8\ See Ministerial Error Allegations Memorandum.
\9\ Id. at 6.
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Amended Final Results of Review
As a result of correcting the ministerial errors described above,
Commerce determines the following net countervailable subsidy rates for
the POR, January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019:
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\10\ JA Solar is cross-owned with the following 34 companies:
(1) Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; (2) JA (Hefei) Renewable
Energy Co., Ltd.; (3) Hefei JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; (4) JA
Solar Investment China Co., Ltd.; (5) Jing Hai Yang Semiconductor
Material (Donghai) Co., Ltd.; (6) Donghai JingAo Solar Energy
Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (JA Donghai); (7) Solar Silicon
Valley Electronic Science and Technology Co., Ltd.; (8) Beijing
Jinfeng Investment Co., Ltd.; (9) JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.; (10)
Ningjin Songgong Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.; (11) Jinglong
Industry and Commerce Group Co., Ltd.; (12) Ningjin County Jingyuan
New Energy Investment Co., Ltd.; (13) Hebei Jinglong New Materials
Technology Group Co., Ltd.; (14) Hebei Jinglong Sun Equipment Co.
Ltd.; (15) Hebei Jingle Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd.; (16)
Ningjin Jingxing Electronic Material Co., Ltd.; (17) Ningjin Saimei
Ganglong Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.; (18) Hebei Ningtong
Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.; (19) JA Solar (Xingtai) Co., Ltd.;
(20) Xingtai Jinglong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.; (21) Xingtai
Jinglong PV Materials Co., Ltd.; (22) JA PV Technology Co., Ltd.;
(23) Ningjin Jinglong PV Industry Investment Co., Ltd.; (24) Baotou
JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; (25) Xingtai Jinglong New Energy Co.,
Ltd.; (26) Ningjin County Jing Tai Fu Technology Co., Ltd.; (27) JA
Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; (28) Jinglong Technology Holdings Co.,
Ltd.; (29) Ningjin Guiguang Electronics Investment Co., Ltd.; (30)
Ningjin Longxin Investment Co., Ltd.; (31) Beijing JA Solar PV
Technology Co., Ltd.; (32) Solar Silicon Peak Electronic Science and
Technology Co., Ltd.; (33) Jingwei Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.;
and (34) Taicang Juren PV Material Co., Ltd. See the Final Results
IDM at 9-10.
\11\ Risen is cross-owned with the following 12 companies: (1)
Risen (Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd.; (2) Risen (Wuhai) New Energy
Co., Ltd.; (3) Risen Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.; (4) Risen Energy
(Yiwu) Co., Ltd.; (5) Zhejiang Boxin Investment Co., Ltd.; (6)
Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (7) JiuJiang
Shengchao Xinye Technology Co., Ltd. (including JiuJang Shengshao
Xinye Technology Co., Ltd. Ruichang Branch); (8) Jiangsu Sveck New
Material Co., Ltd.; (9) Changzhou Sveck Photovoltaic New Material
Co., Ltd.; (including Changzhou Sveck Photovoltaic New Material Co.,
Ltd. Jintan Danfeng Road Branch); (10) Changzhou Sveck New Material
Technology Co., Ltd. (including Changzhou Sveck Photovoltaic New
Material Co., Ltd. Jintan Danfeng Road Branch); (11) Ninghai Risen
Energy Power Development Co., Ltd.; and (12) Risen (Ningbo) Electric
Power Development Co., Ltd. See the Final Results IDM at 10-11.
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd. (JA Solar) \10\.. 18.55
Risen Energy Co., Ltd \11\.............................. 13.18
Non-Selected Companies \12\............................. 15.87
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Disclosure
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\12\ See the appendix of this notice for a list of all companies
that remain under review but were not selected for individual
examination and to which Commerce has assigned the non-selected
companies' rate.
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We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these amended
final results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border
Protections (CBP) shall assess, CVDs on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise in accordance with the amended final results of
this review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of these amended final
results of this review in the Federal Register. However, JA Solar and
Risen each have filed a summons at the U.S. Court of International
Trade challenging the original Final Results. Therefore, our assessment
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication of this notice).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the companies subject to
this review. For all non-reviewed companies, we will instruct CBP to
continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at
the most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash deposits, effective upon
publication of these amended final results, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of review
in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: August 8, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Non-Selected Companies Under Review
1. Canadian Solar International Limited
2. Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc.
3. Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc.
4. Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
5. CSI Cells Co., Ltd.
6. CSI-GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.
7. Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd.
8. Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
9. Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.
10. LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
11. Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
12. Yingli Energy (China) Co., Ltd
[FR Doc. 2022-17470 Filed 8-12-22; 8:45 am]
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