Notice2025-18399
Crystalline Silicone Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules From India, Indonesia, and the Lao People's Democratic Republic: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations
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Published
September 23, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 45728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18399]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-943, C-560-847, C-553-004]
Crystalline Silicone Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules From India, Indonesia, and the Lao People's Democratic
Republic: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the
Countervailing Duty Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable September 23, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Hodak at (202) 482-8034 (India);
Theodore Pearson at (202) 482-2631 (Indonesia); and Laurel Smalley (the
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)) at (202) 482-3456, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of
crystalline silicone photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into
modules (solar cells) from India, Indonesia, and Laos.\1\ Currently,
the preliminary determinations are due no later than October 10, 2025.
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\1\ See Crystalline Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules, from India, Indonesia, and the Lao People's Democratic
Republic: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 90 FR
38745 (August 12, 2025) (Initiation Notice).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a
countervailing duty investigation within 65 days after the date on
which Commerce initiated the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1)
of the Act permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination
until no later than 130 days after the date on which Commerce initiated
the investigation if: (A) the petitioner \2\ makes a timely request for
a postponement; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned
are cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated,
and that additional time is necessary to make a preliminary
determination. Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a
request for postponement 25 days or more before the scheduled date of
the preliminary determination and must state the reasons for the
request. Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling
reasons to deny the request.
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\2\ The petitioner is the Alliance for American Solar
Manufacturing and Trade. See Initiation Notice.
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On September 15, 2025, the petitioner submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determinations in the CVD
investigations of solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos to 130
days from the date of initiation, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(b) and
(e).\3\ The petitioner stated that postponement of the preliminary
determinations is necessary because the current schedule does not
provide Commerce and interested parties with sufficient time to examine
the subsidies that producers and exporters of subject merchandise from
the investigated countries receive and for Commerce issue supplemental
questionnaires and receive responses prior to making a preliminary CVD
determination.\4\
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\3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Request to Postpone Preliminary
Determination,'' dated September 15, 2025.
\4\ Id.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner submitted
their request for postponement of the preliminary determinations in
these investigations 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determinations and has stated the reasons for their
request. Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the request.
Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, Commerce
is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations in the
CVD investigations of solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos to no
later than 130 days after the date on which these investigations were
initiated, i.e., December 15, 2025.\5\ Pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final
determinations of these investigations will continue to be 75 days
after the date of the preliminary determinations.
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\5\ Because the deadline for these preliminary determinations
falls on the weekend (i.e., December 14, 2025), the deadline becomes
the next business day (i.e. December 15, 2025). See Notice of
Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for
Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of
1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: September 17, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-18399 Filed 9-22-25; 8:45 am]
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