Notice2024-14763
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Final Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022
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July 5, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd. (Sungold), and the companies to which Commerce granted separate rates, did not sell subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022, the period of review (POR). Commerce also determined that certain companies do not qualify for a separate rate, and that it is appropriate to rescind this review with respect to certain companies that did not ship subject merchandise during the POR.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55562-55565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14763]
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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 and
Final Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd. (Sungold), and the companies to which
Commerce granted separate rates, did not sell subject merchandise at
prices below normal value (NV) during the period December 1, 2021,
through November 30, 2022, the period of review (POR). Commerce also
determined that certain companies do not qualify for a separate rate,
and that it is appropriate to rescind this review with respect to
certain companies that did not ship subject merchandise during the POR.
DATES: Applicable July 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dakota Potts or Paola Aleman Ordaz,
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0223 or (202)
482-4031, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 4, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this review in the Federal Register.\1\ For details regarding the
events that occurred since publication of the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register, 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; 2021-2022, 89 FR 457
(January 4, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the 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; 2021-2022'' dated
concurrently with, and adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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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. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all the issues raised in interested parties' case and
rebuttal briefs in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the
issues raised
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in parties' briefs is included in Appendix I 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 revised the
surrogate value of the EVA input used by Sungold.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that certain
companies did not have suspended entries of subject merchandise during
the POR and thus, announced its intent to rescind the review with
respect to these companies.\4\ For these final results, we continue to
determine that, the companies that are listed in Appendix II do not
have any suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR.
Accordingly, for the companies that are listed in Appendix II to this
notice, Commerce has rescinded its review of these companies.
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\4\ See Preliminary Results, 89 FR at 458. Other than Red Sun
Energy Co., Ltd., whose comments we address in the accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum, no parties commented on Commerce's
preliminary rescission determination.
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China-Wide Entity
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce found that 35 companies for
which a review was initiated did not establish their eligibility for a
separate rate.\5\ No parties contested this finding (see discussion
regarding the Yingli single entity below). As such, we continue to
determine these 35 companies identified in Appendix III are part of the
China-wide entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-
wide entity, and Commerce no longer considers the China-wide entity as
an exporter conditionally subject to administrative reviews,\6\ we did
not conduct a review of the China-wide entity. Thus, the weighted-
average dumping margin for the China-wide entity rate (i.e., 238.95
percent) is not subject to change.\7\
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\5\ Id.
\6\ 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, 65969-70 (November
4, 2013).
\7\ See Order, 83 FR at 60397.
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Final Determination of No Shipments
No parties commented on Commerce's preliminary no shipments
determination \8\ with respect to Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science and
Technology Co., Ltd. (Trina Solar Changzhou) and Jinko Solar.\9\ For
these final results of review, Commerce has continued to determine that
these two 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.
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\8\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 8-10.
\9\ Jinko Solar refers to the following companies which Commerce
treated as a single entity: Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.;
Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; Jinko Solar Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.;
Yuhuan Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.;
Jiangsu Jinko Tiansheng Solar Co., Ltd. ; JinkoSolar (Chuzhou) Co.,
Ltd.; JinkoSolar (Yiwu) Co., Ltd.; and JinkoSolar (Shangrao) Co.,
Ltd.
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Separate Rates
With the exception of Commerce's decision to deny Yingli \10\ a
separate rate, no parties commented on Commerce's preliminary separate
rate determinations. Commerce has continued to grant the companies that
are listed in the table in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of
this notice a separate rate, but has continued to deny a separate rate
to the companies, including Yingli,\11\ that are listed in Appendix III
to this notice, which are part of the China-wide entity and subject to
the China-wide entity rate.
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\10\ Yingli refers to the following companies which Commerce
treated as a single entity: (1) Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources
Co., Ltd.; (2) Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co. Ltd.;
(3) Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (4)
Beijing Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (5) Hainan
Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (6) Hengshui Yingli New
Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (7) Lixian Yingli New Energy Resources
Co., Ltd.; (8) Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; and
(9) Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited.
\11\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3.
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Dumping Margin for Separate Rate Companies
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address what dumping
margin to apply to respondents that are not selected for individual
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
respondents that are not individually examined in an administrative
review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally ``equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted
average dumping margins established for exporters and producers
individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis dumping
margins, and any dumping margins determined entirely {on the basis of
facts available{time} .'' When the weighted-average dumping margins
established for all individually examined respondents are zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of
the Act permits Commerce to ``use any reasonable method to establish
the estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers not
individually investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted
average dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers
individually investigated.'' Consistent with Commerce's practice,\12\
we have determined that a reasonable method would be to assign a
dumping margin to the non-individually examined separate rate companies
equal to the zero percent dumping margin calculated for Sungold.
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\12\ See Wooden Cabinet and Vanities and Components Thereof From
the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2021, 87 FR
67674 (November 9, 2022), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum at Comment 5.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period December 1, 2021, through November 30,
2022:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd............................. 0.00
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Separate Rate Companies
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BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd.......................... 0.00
Hongkong Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd......................... 0.00
Trina Solar Co., Ltd........................................ 0.00
Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Ltd............. 0.00
Zhejiang Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.............. 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to parties to the proceeding the
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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).
Assessment Rates
Because the weighted average dumping margins for the companies that
are listed in the table in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of
this notice are zero percent, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
entries of the companies' subject merchandise during the POR without
regard to antidumping duties. Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. If a timely summons
is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, in its assessment
instructions Commerce 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).
Pursuant to a refinement of its practice, Commerce will instruct
CBP to liquidate entries of Sungold's subject merchandise for which
sales were not reported in the U.S. sales database at the China-wide
entity rate.\13\
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\13\ See Solar Cells from China AR1 Final, 80 FR at 41002.
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Additionally, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of
subject merchandise during the POR that were recorded under the
company-specific case numbers for Trina Solar Changzhou or Jinko Solar
at the China-wide entity rate.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be in effect for all
shipments of 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 exporters that are listed in the table in the ``Final
Results of Review'' section of this notice above, the cash deposit rate
will be zero percent; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed
Chinese and non-Chinese exporters that are not listed in the rate table
in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice above that
have separate rates, 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 all non-
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 applicable to the China exporter(s) 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 has 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 28, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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 Rescind the Administrative Review with
Respect to Red Sun
Comment 2: Whether BYD HK Should Be Allowed to File a Separate
Rate Application in the Future
Comment 3: Whether to Grant Yingli a Separate Rate
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Applied an Appropriate Partial
Adverse Facts Available Methodology
Comment 5: The Appropriate Surrogate Values for Sungold's
Junction Box and EVA Input
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies for Which Commerce Is Rescinding the Review
1. Canadian Solar International Limited; Canadian Solar
Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc.; Canadian Solar Manufacturing
(Luoyang) Inc.; CSI Cells Co., Ltd.; CSI Solar Co., Ltd.; and CSI
Solar Manufacturing (Fu Ning) Co., Ltd.
2. Chint Solar (Hong Kong) Company Limited; Chint Solar (Jiuquan)
Co., Ltd.; Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; and Chint New Energy
Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.
3. JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd.
4. Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.
5. JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.
6. Longi Solar Technology Co. Ltd.
7. Red Sun Energy Long An Company Limited a.k.a Red Sun Energy Co.,
Ltd.
8. 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.; and Risen
Energy (YIWU) Co., Ltd.
9. Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd.
10. Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
11. Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd.
12. Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd.
13. Xiamen Yiyusheng Solar Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Companies Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity
1. Renesola Jiangsu Ltd.
2. BYD H.K. Co., Ltd.
3. CSI Modules (DaFeng) Co., Ltd.
4. De-Tech Trading Limited HK
5. Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd.
6. JA Solar Co., Ltd.
7. Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
8. Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd.
9. Longi (HK) Trading Ltd.
10. Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd.
11. Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
12. ReneSola Zhejiang Ltd.
13. Shanghai Nimble 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. Trina Solar Energy Development PTE Ltd.
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19. Jinko Solar International Limited
20. Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
21. Trina Solar (Singapore) Science and Technology Pte. Ltd.
22. Yingli Green Energy International Trading Company Limited
23. Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited
24. Changzhou Trina Hezhong Photoelectric Co., Ltd.
25. Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
26. Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd.
27. Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
28. Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
29. Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
30. Yancheng Trina Guoneng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.
31. Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
32. Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
33. Maodi Solar Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
34. Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Baoding 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.;
and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (Yingli Energy China).
35. Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
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