Notice2023-00069
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review, and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021
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Published
January 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that, with the exception of the nine companies with no shipments, 14 companies under review sold subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021, and one did not sell merchandise below normal value. Commerce also preliminarily determines that 19 companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide entity because they did not demonstrate their eligibility for a separate rate. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to 11 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1046-1050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-979]
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Administrative Review, and Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that, with the exception of the nine companies with no
shipments, 14 companies under review sold subject merchandise at less
than normal value during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2020,
through November 30, 2021, and one did not sell merchandise below
normal value. Commerce also preliminarily determines that 19 companies
subject to this review are part of the China-wide entity because they
did not demonstrate their eligibility for a separate rate.
Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to 11
companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable January 6, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, Dakota Potts or Paola
Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2769, (202) 482-0223, or (202) 482-4031, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 4, 2022, in response to review requests from multiple
parties, Commerce initiated an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not
assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People's Republic of
China (China) with respect to 54 exporters.\1\ The POR is December 1,
2020, through November 30, 2021. On August 23, 2022, Commerce extended
the time limit for completing the preliminary results of this
review.\2\ The extended deadline for issuing the preliminary results of
this review is December 30, 2022.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 6487, 6489-90 (February 4, 2022)
(Initiation Notice).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021,''
dated August 23, 2022.
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On March 18, 2022, Commerce selected two exporters to individually
examine as mandatory respondents, Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
(Chint Solar) and Shenzhen Glory Industries Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen
Glory).\3\ During the course of this review, the mandatory respondents
filed responses to Commerce's questionnaire and supplemental
questionnaires, the petitioner (the American Alliance for Solar
Manufacturing) commented on those responses, and multiple other
companies for which Commerce initiated the review filed either no-
shipment claims or separate rate applications or certifications. For
details regarding the events that occurred subsequent to the initiation
of the review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated March 18,
2022.
\4\ See Memorandum ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2020-2021 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or not Assembled
into Modules, from the People's Republic of China,'' issued
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \5\
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\5\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled Into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and
Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018 (December 7, 2012) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the order is crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells,
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and modules, laminates, and panels, consisting of crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, whether or not partially or fully assembled into
other products, including, but not limited to, modules, laminates,
panels and building integrated materials.\6\ Merchandise covered by
this order is currently classified under subheadings 8501.71.0000,
8501.72.1000, 8501.72.2000, 8501.72.3000, 8501.72.9000, 8501.80.1000,
8501.80.2000, 8501.80.3000, 8501.80.9000, 8507.20.8010, 8507.20.8031,
8507.20.8041, 8507.20.8061, 8507.20.8091, 8541.42.0010, and
8541.43.0010 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS).\7\ Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the order
is dispositive.
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\6\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\7\ During the POR, solar cells and modules were primarily
classified under USHTS subheadings 8541.40.6015 and 8541.40.6025.
These two categories were updated to USHTS subheadings 8541.42.0010
and 8541.43.0010 in 2022.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
We found no record evidence calling into question the no shipment
claims of the following companies/company groupings: (1) BYD H.K. Co.,
Ltd.; (2) Canadian Solar International Limited, Canadian Solar
Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc., Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang)
Inc., CSI Cells Co., Ltd., CSI Solar Power (China) Inc., CSI-GCL Solar
Manufacturing (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. (collectively, Canadian Solar); (3)
CSI Modules (Dafeng) Co. Ltd.; (4) JA Solar Co., Ltd.; (5) JingAo Solar
Co., Ltd. (JingAo); (6) Risen Energy Co. Ltd., Risen Energy (Changzhou)
Co., Ltd., Risen (Wuhai) New Energy Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Twinsel
Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Risen (Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd.,
Jiujiang Shengchao Xinye Technology Co., Ltd., Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye
Trade Co., Ltd., Ruichang Branch, Risen Energy (HongKong) Co., Ltd.;
(7) Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd.; (8) Xiamen Yiyusheng Solar Co., Ltd.; and
(9) Zhejiang Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Therefore, we have
preliminarily determined that these nine companies/company groupings
had no reviewable shipments of subject merchandise to the United States
during the POR. For additional information regarding this preliminary
determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Consistent with
our assessment in non-market economy (NME) administrative reviews,\8\
Commerce is not rescinding this review for these nine companies.
Commerce intends to complete this review and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final results of this review.
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\8\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) (NME
Assessment of Dumping Duties).
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that
requested a review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date
of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. All
parties timely withdrew their requests for an administrative review of
the following companies: (1) Amass Freight International Co Ltd; (2)
Boe Technology (HK) Limited; (3) Dongguan Sunworth Solar Energy Co.;
(4) Jiangsu Crevo Science & Technology; (5) Jiangsu High Hope
International; (6) Penglai Jutal Offshore Engineering; (7) Qinghuangdao
Boostsolar Photovoltaic; (8) Shanghai Sansi Electronic; (9) Shanxi
Hando Xinyu Technology Co., Ltd; (10) Zhejiang Garden Imp&Exp Co.,
Ltd.; and (11) Sunpower Corporation, System. Accordingly, Commerce is
rescinding this review with respect to these companies, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Preliminary Affiliation and Single Entity Determination
Consistent with Commerce's treatment of Chint Solar in the fifth
administrative review of the Order, we have continued to find that
Chint Solar is affiliated with certain companies, pursuant to section
771(33)(F) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and that
they should be treated as a single entity, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.401(f)(1)-(2): (1) Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; (2) Chint New
Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (f/k/a Chint New Energy Technology
(Haining) Co., Ltd.; (3) Chint Solar (Hong Kong) Company Limited; (4)
Chint Solar (Jiuquan) Co., Ltd.; (5) Haining Chint Solar Energy
Technology Co., Ltd.; (6) Chint New Energy Technology (Yancheng) Co.,
Ltd.; (7) Chint Solar (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.; (8) Zhejiang Taiheng New
Energy Co., Ltd.; and (9) Hangzhou Taifu New Energy Co., Ltd. For
additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Use of Facts Available (FA) and Adverse Facts Available (AFA)
Certain unaffiliated suppliers of solar cells and tollers of solar
modules failed to provide factors of production (FOP) data for use in
calculating the weighted-average dumping margin of Chint Solar. Because
the unreported cell FOPs account for a small percentage of Chint
Solar's total FOPs, and because Chint Solar produces merchandise
comparable to the materials for which we are missing FOPs that we can
substitute for the missing FOPs, we preliminarily determine to apply
neutral facts available (FA), pursuant to section 776(a) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), with respect to Chint Solar's
unreported cell FOPs by substituting Chint Solar's own information for
the unreported cell FOPs.
With regard to Shenzhen Glory, its solar cells suppliers failed to
provide FOP data for use in calculating the weighted-average dumping
margin of Shenzhen Glory. Because the unreported cell inputs FOPs
represent a material amount of necessary information, and the solar
cells suppliers are interested parties, we preliminarily determine to
apply partial facts available with an adverse inference, pursuant to
sections 776(a)(1), (2)(A)-(C), and 776(b) of the Act, with respect to
Shenzhen Glory's missing solar cell inputs FOP data not reported by
Shenzhen Glory's unaffiliated solar cell producers. For details
regarding these determinations, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Separate Rates
We have preliminarily determined that the information placed on the
record by Chint Solar and Shenzhen Glory, as well as by the other
companies listed in the rate table in the ``Preliminary Results of
Review'' section below, demonstrate that these companies are entitled
to separate rate status.
We have preliminarily determined that the companies listed in
Appendix II have not demonstrated their entitlement to a separate rate
because they did not file a separate rate application or certification.
Consequently, we are treating the companies listed in Appendix II as
part of the China-wide entity. Because no party requested a review of
the China-wide entity, the entity is not under review and the entity's
rate (i.e., 238.95
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percent \9\) is not subject to change.\10\ For additional information
regarding Commerce's preliminary separate rate determinations, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\9\ The China-wide entity rate was last changed in the first
administrative review of this proceeding and has been the applicable
rate for the entity in each subsequent review, including the most
recently completed review. See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2012-2013, 80 FR
40998, 41002 (July 14, 2015) (AR1 Final); see also Crystalline
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules,
from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments;
2019-2020, 87 FR 38379, 38381 (June 28, 2022) (AR8 Final Results
FR).
\10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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Dumping Margins for Separate Rate Companies
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address what dumping
margin to apply to respondents not selected for individual examination
when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for
calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when
calculating the dumping margin for non-selected respondents that are
not individually examined in an administrative review. Section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that the all-others rate should be
calculated by averaging the weighted-average dumping margins calculated
for individually-examined respondents, excluding dumping margins that
are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. Because we
calculated a preliminary dumping margin of zero or de minimis for
Shenzhen Glory, and a preliminary dumping margin that is not zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts available for Chint Solar, we
assigned the separate rate recipients a dumping margin equal to Chint
Solar's preliminary dumping margin and excluded Shenzhen Glory's de
minimis dumping margin consistent with Commerce's practice and section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. In determining the dumping
margins in this review, we calculated export prices in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Because Commerce has determined that China is
an NME country,\11\ within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act,
we calculated normal value in this review in accordance with section
773(c) of the Act.
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\11\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Aluminum Foil
from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value and Postponement of
Final Determination, 82 FR 50858, 50861 (November 2, 2017) (citing
Memorandum, ``China's Status as a Non-Market Economy,'' dated
October 26, 2017 (China NME Status Memorandum)), unchanged in
Certain Aluminum Foil from the People's Republic of China: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 9282 (March 5,
2018).
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For a full description of the methodology underlying the
preliminary results of this review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document
and is made available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Results of Review
We are assigning the following dumping margins to the firms listed
below for the period December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Chint Energy (Haining) Co., Ltd.; Chint Solar (Hong 28.98
Kong) Company Limited; Chint Solar (Jiuquan) Co., Ltd.;
Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; Chint New Energy
Technology (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.; Chint Solar (Yancheng)
Co., Ltd.; Haining Chint Solar Energy Technology Co.,
Ltd.; Zhejiang Taiheng New Energy Co., Ltd.; Hangzhou
Taifu New Energy Co., Ltd..............................
Shenzhen Glory Industries Co., Ltd...................... 0.00
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies
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Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd... 28.98
BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd...................... 28.98
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd................... 28.98
Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd; Jinko Solar Co., 28.98
Ltd.; Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd. (f/k/a Jinko
Solar Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.); Yuhuan Jinko
Solar Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.;
Jiangsu Jinko Tiansheng Solar Co., Ltd.................
LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd......................... 28.98
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd................... 28.98
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd.......................... 28.98
Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Baoding 28.98
Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.; Baoding
Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Beijing
Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Hainan
Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Hengshui Yingli
New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Lixian Yingli New
Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Yingli New Energy
Resources Co., Ltd.; Yingli Energy (China) Company
Limited................................................
Trina Solar Co., Ltd.; Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science 28.98
and Technology Co., Ltd.; Yancheng Trina Guoneng
Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.; Changzhou Trina
Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd.; Turpan Trina Solar
Energy Co., Ltd.; Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.;
Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd.;
Changzhou Trina Hezhong Photoelectric Co., Ltd.........
Trina Solar (Singapore) Science and Technology Pte. Ltd. 28.98
Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited.......... 28.98
Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Ltd......... 28.98
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd...................... 28.98
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose to parties to the proceeding the
calculations performed for these preliminary results of review within
five days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication
of these preliminary results of review in the Federal Register.\12\
Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later than seven days after case briefs
are due and may respond only to arguments raised in the case
briefs.\13\ Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary
information until further notice.\14\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\14\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 29615 (May 18,
2020); and Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due
to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10,
2020).
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A table of contents, list of authorities used, and an executive
summary of issues should accompany any briefs submitted to Commerce.
The summary should be limited to five pages total, including
footnotes.\15\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a
written request for a hearing to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.\16\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and
telephone number, the number of individuals from the requesting party's
firm(s) that will attend the hearing, and a list of the issues the
party intends to discuss at the hearing. Oral arguments at the hearing
will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a
hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date and
time to be determined.\17\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date
and time of the hearing two days before the scheduled date of the
hearing.
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions must be filed electronically using ACCESS.\18\ An
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m.
Eastern Time (ET) on the due date.\19\ Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, which will include the results of its analysis of issues raised
in any briefs, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary
results of review in the Federal Register, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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\18\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements);
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing
Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 39263
(July 6, 2011).
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce will
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\20\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after date of publication of the final results of
this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at
the U.S. Court of International Trade, the 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).
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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For each individually examined respondent in this review whose
weighted-average dumping margin in the final results of review is not
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), Commerce intends to
calculate importer/customer-specific assessment rates.\21\ Where the
respondent reported reliable entered values, Commerce intends to
calculate importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by
aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S. sales to the
importer/customer and dividing this amount by the total entered value
of the merchandise sold to the importer/customer.\22\ Where the
respondent did not report entered values, Commerce will calculate
importer/customer-specific assessment rates by dividing the amount of
dumping for reviewed sales to the importer/customer by the total
quantity of those sales. Commerce will calculate an estimated ad
valorem importer/customer-specific assessment rate to determine whether
the per-unit assessment rate is de minimis; however, Commerce will use
the per-unit assessment rate where entered values were not
reported.\23\ Where an importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is not zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to collect
the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where either the
respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or
an importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\24\
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\21\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification).
\22\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\23\ Id.
\24\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
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For the respondents that were not selected for individual
examination in this administrative review, but which qualified for a
separate rate, the assessment rate will be based on the weighted-
average dumping margin(s) assigned to the respondent(s) selected for
individual examination, as appropriate, in the final results of this
review.\25\
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\25\ See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments: 2014-2015, 81
FR 29528 (May 12, 2016), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum at 10-11, unchanged in Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; Final Determination of No Shipments; 2014-
2015, 81 FR 54042 (August 15, 2016).
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Pursuant to Commerce's refinement to its practice, for sales that
were not reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by an exporter
individually examined during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to
liquidate the entry of such merchandise at the dumping margin assigned
to the China-wide entity.\26\ Additionally, where Commerce determines
that an exporter under review had no shipments of subject merchandise
to the United States during the POR, any suspended entries of subject
merchandise that entered under that exporter's CBP case number during
the POR will be liquidated at the dumping margin assigned to the China-
wide entity.
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\26\ See NME Assessment of Dumping Duties, for a full discussion
of this practice.
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In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated antidumping
duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for
antidumping duties equal to the weighted-average amount by which normal
value exceeds U.S. price. The following cash deposit requirements apply
to all subject merchandise from China entered, or
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withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the notice of the final results of this review in the
Federal Register, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
for the exporters listed in the table above, the cash deposit rate will
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this review for the exporter (except, if the dumping
margin is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then the cash
deposit rate will be zero for that exporter); (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters that are not
listed in the table above but that have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate established
in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) for all
Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to
be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate
for the China-wide entity (i.e., 238.95 percent \27\) and (4) for all
non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not received
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to
the China exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\27\ See AR1 Final, 80 FR at 41002.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties and/or
countervailing duties has occurred, and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of
antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 30, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Sections in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
VI. Selection of Respondents
VII. Single Entity Treatment
VIII. Discussion of the Methodology
IX. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Preliminarily Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity
1. De-Tech Trading Limited HK
2. Fuzhou Sunmodo New Energy Equipment
3. Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd.
4. Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
5. Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.
6. Jinko Solar International Limited
7. Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd.
8. Longi (HK) Trading Ltd.
9. Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd.
10. Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
11. Renesola Jiangsu Ltd.
12. ReneSola Zhejiang Ltd.
13. Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd.
14. Sumec Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd.
15. Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
16. Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd.
17. tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
18. Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.; Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
19. Yingli Green Energy International Trading Company Limited
[FR Doc. 2023-00069 Filed 1-5-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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