Notice2023-14428
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; 2020-2021
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July 7, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that companies in the People's Republic of China (China) sold subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021. Commerce has also determined that one company did not sell subject merchandise below NV and that 18 companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide entity.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43302-43305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14428]
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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: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No
Shipments; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that
companies in the People's Republic of China (China) sold subject
merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR), December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021. Commerce has also
determined that one company did not sell subject merchandise below NV
and that 18 companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide
entity.
DATES: Applicable July 7, 2023,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-0223 or (202) 482-4031,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 6, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this review in the Federal Register.\1\ For details regarding the
events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this administrative review
in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
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\1\ See 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, 88 FR 1046
(January 6, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2020-2021 Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the People's Republic of
China'' dated concurrently with, and adopted by, this notice (Issues
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \3\
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\3\ 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, 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.\4\
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).\5\ 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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\4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
the Issues Decision Memorandum.
\5\ 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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Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs
filed in this administrative review in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the issues raised in parties' briefs is included
in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file electronically 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, the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received, and for the reasons
explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made certain
changes to the Preliminary Results. Specifically, we changed (1) the
calculations of the weighted-average dumping margins for Chint Solar
\6\ and Shenzhen Glory Industries Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Glory) (the
mandatory respondents), including changing certain surrogate values
used in those calculations; (2) granted Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co.,
Ltd. a separate rate; and (3) updated the dumping margin assigned to
the non-individually examined companies that demonstrated their
eligibility for a separate rate.
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\6\ We have continued to treat the following companies as a
single entity: Chint New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (f/k/a Chint
New Energy Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.); Chint Solar (Hong 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 (collectively, Chint Solar).
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Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that nine
companies/company groupings did not export or sell subject merchandise,
nor did they have knowledge that their subject merchandise was entered
into the United States during the POR.\7\ No parties commented on
Commerce's preliminary no shipments determination. For these final
results of review, we have continued to determine that these nine
companies/company
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groupings \8\ did not export or sell subject merchandise, nor did they
have knowledge that their subject merchandise was entered into the
United States, during the POR.
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\7\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 5-6.
\8\ The nine companies/company groupings are: (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.
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Separate Rates
We have continued to grant the companies listed in the table in the
``Final Results of Review'' section below, a separate rate because they
demonstrated that they are entitled to separate rate status. We have
continued to find 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
percent \9\) is not subject to change.\10\
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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); 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).
\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 provides 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 dumping margin of zero or de minimis for Shenzhen Glory,
and a dumping margin that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on
facts available for Chint Solar, we assigned the separate rate
recipients that we did not individually examine a dumping margin equal
to Chint Solar's dumping margin consistent with Commerce's practice and
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
Final Results of Review
We are assigning the following dumping margin to the firms listed
below for the period December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021:1.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Chint New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (f.k.a. Chint New 36.50
Energy Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.);\11\ Chint Solar
(Hong 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... 36.50
BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd...................... 36.50
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd................... 36.50
Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.; Jinko Solar 36.50
Co., 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......................... 36.50
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd................... 36.50
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd......................... 36.50
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd.......................... 36.50
Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Baoding 36.50
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 36.50
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. 36.50
Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited.......... 36.50
Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Ltd......... 36.50
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd...................... 36.50
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to parties to the proceeding the
calculations performed for these final 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).
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\11\ Based on our successor-in-interest analysis, we have
determined that Chint New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is the entity
formerly known as Chint New Energy Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.
For further information, see Comment 5 of the accompanying Issues
Decision Memorandum.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by the final results of this review. Commerce intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after
the 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).
For the individually examined respondents whose weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis, we calculated importer-
specific assessment rates in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1) \12\
by dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for all reviewed
U.S. sales to the importer by the total entered value of the
merchandise sold to the importer.\13\ Where either the respondent's ad
valorem weighted average dumping margin, or an importer-specific ad
valorem assessment rate, is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\14\
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\12\ We applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted
in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\14\ Id.
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Where sales of subject merchandise exported by an individually
examined respondent were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted
by the respondent, but the merchandise was entered into the United
States during the POR under the CBP case number of the respondent,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate any entries of such merchandise
at the weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide entity (i.e.,
238.95 percent). Additionally, where Commerce determines that an
exporter under review made no shipments of subject merchandise during
the POR, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate any suspended entries
of subject merchandise that entered under that exporter's CBP case
number during the POR at the weighted-average dumping margin for the
China-wide entity.
The antidumping duty assessment rate for the companies not
individually examined in this administrative review that qualified for
a separate rate, will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
listed for the company in the table above.
For companies not eligible for a separate rate which Commerce
considered to be part of the China-wide entity, the assessment rate
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide
entity, i.e., 238.95 percent.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on, or after, the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the companies listed in the table
above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin listed for the company in the table; (2) for a
previously investigated or reviewed exporter of subject merchandise not
listed in the table above that has a separate rate, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the exporter's existing cash deposit rate; (3)
for all China exporters of subject merchandise that do not have a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin assigned to the China-wide entity, which is
238.95 percent; and (4) for a non-China exporter of subject merchandise
that does not have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal
to the weighted-average dumping margin applicable to the China exporter
that supplied that non-China exporter.
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant POR entries. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and
the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties, and/or an
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the
countervailing duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19
CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing these final results of administrative review and
publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: June 30, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Grant Shenzhen Sungold Separate Rate
Status
Comment 2: Whether to Assess Duties on Canadian Solar's Entries
at the China-
Wide Rate
Comment 3: The Appropriate Surrogate Value (SV) for Labor
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Incorrectly Included Rental Expenses
as Factory Overhead
Comment 5: The Correct Name of a Company in the Collapsed Chint
Solar Entity
Comment 6: The Appropriate SV for Anti-Reflective Glass
Comment 7: The Appropriate SV for Junction Boxes
Comment 8: The Appropriate SV for Silver Paste
Comment 9: Whether to Deduct a Service Fee Related to Movement
Expenses from U.S. Prices
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Comment 10: The Appropriate SV for Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)
Input
Comment 11: The Appropriate SV for Packing Strap
Comment 12: Whether Commerce Incorrectly Deducted 301 Duties
Comment 13: The Appropriate SV for Shenzhen Glory's Baseboard
Input
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies 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. Sumec Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd.
14. Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
15. Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd.
16. tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
17. Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.; Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
18. Yingli Green Energy International Trading Company Limited
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