Notice2026-09322
Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
May 12, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products (solar products) from Taiwan were not made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25862-25864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09322]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-853]
Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-
2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products
(solar products) from Taiwan were not made at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2024, through
January 31, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 12, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin, 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) 482-3936.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 18, 2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty (AD) order on solar products from Taiwan.\1\ On
February 3, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice
of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order for the
POR.\2\ On March 28, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the Order.\3\ On May 8, 2025, Commerce selected EEPV Corp.
(EEPV) as the sole mandatory respondent in this administrative
review.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from
Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 80 FR 8596 (February 18, 2015)
(Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 8785 (February 3,
2025).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 14081, 14084 (March 28, 2025).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated May 8, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\5\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\6\ On January 5, 2026, we extended the preliminary
results of this review by an additional 113 days.\7\ Finally, on April
30, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of this review by an
additional seven days.\8\ The deadline for issuing the preliminary
results is now May 7, 2026.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2024-2025 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
January 5, 2026.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 30,
2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\9\
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via 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 accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from Taiwan;
2024-2025,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is solar products from Taiwan.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Export price and constructed export price are calculated in accordance
with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with
section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as Appendix I to this notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin for the period of
February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025:
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Weighted-average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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EEPV Corp........................................... 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of the
publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the
date for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\11\ All
briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide, at the beginning of their
briefs, a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\12\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note
that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Hearing requests should contain (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any
participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of the issues to be
discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce will
inform parties of the time and date for the hearing.\14\ Parties should
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.\15\ If the
weighted-average dumping margin for an individually examined respondent
is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final
results of this review, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total
entered value of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\16\ For any individually examined respondent whose
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final
results of review, or if an importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\17\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\16\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\17\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by EEPV for which the
reviewed companies did not know that the merchandise they sold to the
intermediary (i.e., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was
destined for the United States.\18\ In such instances, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\19\ For EEPV 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 cash deposits of
estimated antidumping duties, where applicable. 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).
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\18\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
\19\ See Order.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of final results of this
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act:
(1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be equal
to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results
of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50
percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for previously investigated or reviewed companies not covered in this
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed segment of
this proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less than
fair value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 19.50
percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\20\
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\20\ See Order.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section
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751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 6, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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