Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules From India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells) from India are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58658-58662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18945]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-942]


Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
Into Modules From India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, In Part

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into 
modules (solar cells) from India are being, or are likely to be, sold 
in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of 
investigation (POI) is July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

DATES: Applicable September 16, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Schueler or Noah Wetzel, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9175 or (202) 
482-7466, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 28, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Determination 
and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ On May 20, 2026, Commerce 
postponed the final determination to no later than 135 days after the 
date of publication of the Preliminary Determination and extended the 
provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more 
than six months.\2\ Accordingly, the

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deadline for this final determination is now September 10, 2026. We 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 
\3\ No interested party submitted comments on the Preliminary 
Determination. Accordingly, the final determination remains unchanged 
from, and hereby adopts, the Preliminary Determination and no decision 
memorandum accompanies this notice.
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    \1\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules from India: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 91 FR 
22798 (April 28, 2026) (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules from India: Postponement of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less- Than-Fair-Value Investigation and 
Extension of Provisional Measures, 91 FR 29459 (May 20, 2026).
    \3\ See Preliminary Determination, 91 FR at 22800.
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Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are solar cells from 
India. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, 
see the appendix to this notice.

Scope Comments

    During the course of this investigation, Commerce received scope 
comments from interested parties. Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope 
Decision Memorandum to address these comments and set aside a period of 
time for parties to address scope issues in scope specific case and 
rebuttal briefs.\4\ In May of 2026, Commerce received scope case and 
rebuttal briefs from interested parties.\5\ For a summary of the 
product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the 
record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and 
analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Decision 
Memorandum.\6\ Commerce is not modifying the scope language as it 
appeared in the Initiation Notice. See the appendix to this notice.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the 
Preliminary Determinations,'' dated April 21, 2026 (Preliminary 
Scope Decision Memorandum).
    \5\ See GameChange's Letter, ``GameChange's Scope Case Brief,'' 
dated May 22, 2026; see also Petitioner's Letter, ``Scope Rebuttal 
Brief,'' dated May 27, 2026.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value and Countervailing 
Duty Investigations of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not Assembled into Modules from the Republic of India, 
the Republic of Indonesia, and the Lao People's Democratic Republic: 
Final Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice (Final Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Verification

    Because the mandatory respondents in this investigation did not 
provide information requested by Commerce, Commerce did not conduct a 
verification.

Use of Adverse Facts Available

    In this final determination, consistent with the Preliminary 
Determination,\7\ Commerce continues to find that the use of facts 
otherwise available, with adverse inferences, is warranted in 
determining the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for the 
mandatory respondents, (1) Mundra Solar PV Limited (Mundra Solar PV), 
(2) Mundra Solar Energy Limited (Mundra Solar Energy), (3) Kowa Company 
Ltd (Kowa), and (4) Premier Energies Photovoltaic Private Limited 
(Premier Energies), pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). There is no information, or new 
arguments, on the record that warrant reconsideration from the 
Preliminary Determination. Thus, we made no changes to our analysis or 
to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins for the final 
determination. For a full description of the methodology underlying 
Commerce's final determination, see the Preliminary Determination.
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    \7\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 4-8.
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Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part

    We continue to find that critical circumstances exist for imports 
of the subject merchandise from India produced and/or exported by 
Mundra Solar Energy, Mundra Solar PV, Kowa, and Premier Energies 
pursuant to sections 735(a)(3)(A) and (B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.206 and that critical circumstances do not exist for all other 
exporters and producers of the subject merchandise.\8\
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    \8\ See Preliminary Determination, 91 FR at 22799.
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All-Others Rate

    Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act and Commerce's regulations at 19 
CFR 351.109(f)(1) provide that the estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin for all other producers and exporters not individually 
investigated shall be equal to the weighted average of the estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and 
producers individually investigated, excluding rates that are zero, de 
minimis, or determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.\9\ When 
there is no individually calculated estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act directs Commerce to ``use 
any reasonable method to establish the estimated all-others rate for 
exporters and producers not individually investigated.'' \10\ In a LTFV 
investigation, when the estimated-weighted-average dumping margins for 
all individually investigated companies are determined entirely on the 
basis of adverse facts available, Commerce's practice is to calculate 
the all-others rate as a simple average of the dumping margins alleged 
in the petition.\11\
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    \9\ See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
    \10\ See section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.109(f)(2)(iii); see also Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 
F.3d 1345, 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (Albemarle) (``. . . when all 
individually examined respondents are assigned de minimis margins, 
Commerce is expected to calculate the separate rate by taking the 
average of those margins. Commerce may use `other reasonable 
methods,' but only if Commerce reasonably concludes that the 
expected method is `not feasible' or `would not be reasonably 
reflective of potential dumping margins.' (internal citations 
omitted)'').
    \11\ See, e.g., Certain Preserved Mushrooms from Spain: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 88 FR 18120, (March 
27, 2023) (``In cases where no weighted-average dumping margins 
other than zero, de minimis, or those determined entirely under 
section 776 of the Act have been established for individually 
examined entities {. . .{time}  Commerce typically calculates a 
simple average of the margins alleged in the petition and applies 
the result to all other entities not individually examined.'')
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    In the Preliminary Determination, we assigned an estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin of 123.04 percent to all other 
producers and exporters, the sole dumping margin alleged in the 
petition, pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.\12\ As noted 
above, we received no comments in opposition to the all-others rate 
established in our Preliminary Determination, which is derived from the 
only reliable information available from which to establish an all 
others rate in the absence of an individually-calculated dumping margin 
that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available nor 
information which allows for weight-averaging of more than one margin; 
thus, use of the simple-average of the sole dumping margin alleged in 
the petition conforms to the ``any reasonable method'' standard. 
Therefore, we continue to assign an estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin of 123.04 percent to all other producers and exporters for this 
final determination.
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    \12\ See Preliminary Determination, 91 FR at 22799.
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Final Determination

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist:

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                                                      Cash deposit rate
                                  Weighted-average      (adjusted for
       Exporter/producer           dumping margin      subsidy offsets)
                                      (percent)           (percent)
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Mundra Solar PV Limited........            * 123.04               107.17
Mundra Solar Energy Limited....            * 123.04               107.17
Kowa Company Ltd...............            * 123.04               107.17
Premier Energies Photovoltaic              * 123.04               107.17
 Private Limited...............
All Others.....................              123.04               107.17
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.

Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with a final determination 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). However, because we made no changes from the 
Preliminary Determination, there are no calculations to disclose.

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because Commerce continues to find that critical circumstances 
exist with respect to Mundra Solar Energy, Mundra Solar PV, Kowa, and 
Premier Energies, pursuant to section 735(c)(4)(A) of the Act, 
suspension of liquidation will continue with respect to all applicable 
entries of subject merchandise from Mundra Solar Energy, Mundra Solar 
PV, Kowa, and Premier Energies, as described in the appendix of this 
notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after January 28, 2026, which is 90 days before the 
date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal 
Register.
    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B), Commerce will direct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation 
of entries of subject merchandise from all other companies, as 
described in the appendix to this notice, entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after April 28, 2026, the date of 
publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
    Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), 
upon the publication of this notice, Commerce will instruct CBP to 
require a cash deposit for estimated antidumping duties for such 
entries of merchandise, as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the 
respondents listed above will be equal to the company specific 
estimated weighted-average dumping margin determined in this final 
determination; (2) if the exporter is not a respondent identified 
above, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to 
the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin 
established for that producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the 
cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal 
to the all-others estimated weighted-average dumping margin.
    To determine the cash deposit rates in an LTFV investigation, 
Commerce normally adjusts the estimated weighted-average dumping 
margins by the amount of export subsidies countervailed in the 
companion countervailing duty (CVD) investigation. Accordingly, where 
Commerce has made a final affirmative determination of countervailable 
export subsides, Commerce offsets the estimated weighted average 
dumping margins in the LTFV investigation by the appropriate export 
subsidy rate from the companion CVD investigation.\13\ Commerce has 
continued to adjust the cash deposit rate for export subsidies found in 
the companion CVD investigation by the appropriate export subsidy rate; 
however, the suspension of liquidation of provisional measures in the 
companion CVD case has been discontinued.\14\ Therefore, we are not 
instructing CBP to collect cash deposits based on the adjusted 
estimated weighted-average dumping margin for export subsidies at this 
time. If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) makes a final 
affirmative determination of injury due to both dumping and subsidies, 
then the cash deposit rate will be revised effective on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative determination in the Federal 
Register to be the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin adjusted for export subsidies.
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    \13\ See Memorandum, ``Final Calculation of Export Subsidy 
Offsets,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
    \14\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules, from India: Preliminary Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical 
Circumstances Determination, in Part, and Alignment of Final 
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 91 FR 9555 
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U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify 
the ITC of its final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. 
Because the final determination in this investigation is affirmative, 
in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its 
final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United 
States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by 
reason of imports of solar cells from India no later than 45 days after 
our final determination. If the ITC determines that material injury or 
threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will be 
terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded or canceled, and 
suspension of liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC determines that 
such injury does exist, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order 
directing CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, 
antidumping duties on all imports of the subject merchandise that are 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
effective date of the suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in 
the section, ``Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation.''

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice will serve as the final reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of their responsibility concerning the destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3). 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 the terms of an 
APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).


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    Dated: September 10, 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

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is crystalline 
silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) 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.
    This investigation covers crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells 
of thickness equal to or greater than 20 micrometers, having a p/n 
junction formed by any means, whether or not the cell has undergone 
other processing, including, but not limited to, cleaning, etching, 
coating, and/or addition of materials (including, but not limited 
to, metallization and conductor patterns) to collect and forward the 
electricity that is generated by the cell.
    Merchandise under consideration may be described at the time of 
importation as parts for final finished products that are assembled 
after importation, including, but not limited to, modules, 
laminates, panels, building-integrated modules, building integrated 
panels, or other finished goods kits. Such parts that otherwise meet 
the definition of merchandise under consideration are included in 
the scope of the investigation.
    Excluded from the scope of the investigation are thin film 
photovoltaic products produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), 
cadmium telluride (CdTe), or copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS).
    Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000 mm\2\ 
in surface area, that are permanently integrated into a consumer 
good whose function is other than power generation and that consumes 
the electricity generated by the integrated crystalline silicon 
photovoltaic cell. Where more than one cell is permanently 
integrated into a consumer good, the surface area for purposes of 
this exclusion shall be the total combined surface area of all cells 
that are integrated into the consumer good.
    Additionally, excluded from the scope of the investigation are 
panels with surface area from 3,450 mm\2\ to 33,782 mm\2\ with one 
black wire and one red wire (each of type 22 AWG or 24 AWG not more 
than 206 mm in length when measured from panel extrusion), and not 
exceeding 2.9 volts, 1.1 amps, and 3.19 watts. For the purposes of 
this exclusion, no panel shall contain an internal battery or 
external computer peripheral ports.
    Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are:
    (1) Off grid CSPV panels in rigid form with a glass cover, with 
the following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 100 watts 
or less per panel; (B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 cm\2\ per 
panel; (C) do not include a built-in inverter; (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in either an 8 mm male 
barrel connector, or a two-port rectangular connector with two pins 
in square housings of different colors; (E) must include visible 
parallel grid collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 millimeters 
across each solar cell; and (F) must be in individual retail 
packaging (for purposes of this provision, retail packaging 
typically includes graphics, the product name, its description and/
or features, and foam for transport); and
    (2) Off grid CSPV panels without a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 100 watts or 
less per panel; (B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 cm\2\ per panel; 
(C) do not include a built-in inverter; (D) must include visible 
parallel grid collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 millimeters 
across each solar cell; and (E) each panel is (1) permanently 
integrated into a consumer good; (2) encased in a laminated material 
without stitching, or (3) has all of the following characteristics: 
(i) the panel is encased in sewn fabric with visible stitching, (ii) 
includes a mesh zippered storage pocket, and (iii) includes a 
permanently attached wire that terminates in a female USB-A 
connector.
    In addition, the following CSPV panels are excluded from the 
scope of the investigation: off-grid CSPV panels in rigid form with 
a glass cover, with each of the following physical characteristics, 
whether or not assembled into a fully completed off-grid hydropanel 
whose function is conversion of water vapor into liquid water: (A) a 
total power output of no more than 80 watts per panel; (B) a surface 
area of less than 5,000 square centimeters (cm\2\) per panel; (C) do 
not include a built-in inverter; (D) do not have a frame around the 
edges of the panel; (E) include a clear glass back panel; and (F) 
must include a permanently connected wire that terminates in a 
twoport rectangular connector.
    Additionally excluded from the scope of this investigation are 
off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels, 
with or without a glass cover, with the following characteristics: 
(1) a total power output of 200 watts or less per panel; (2) a 
maximum surface area of 16,000 cm\2\ per panel; (3) no built-in 
inverter; (4) an integrated handle or a handle attached to the 
package for ease of carry; (5) one or more integrated kickstands for 
easy installation or angle adjustment; and (6) a wire of not less 
than 3 meters either permanently connected or attached to the 
package that terminates in an 8 mm diameter male barrel connector.
    Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are off-grid 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels in rigid form with a glass 
cover, with each of the following physical characteristics, whether 
or not assembled into a fully completed off-grid hydropanel whose 
function is conversion of water vapor into liquid water: (A) a total 
power output of no more than 180 watts per panel at 155 degrees 
Celsius; (B) a surface area of less than 16,000 square centimeters 
(cm\2\) per panel; (C) include a keep-out area of approximately 
1,200 cm\2\ around the edges of the panel that does not contain 
solar cells; (D) do not include a built-in inverter; (E) do not have 
a frame around the edges of the panel; (F) include a clear glass 
back panel; (G) must include a permanently connected wire that 
terminates in a two-port rounded rectangular, sealed connector; (H) 
include a thermistor installed into the permanently connected wire 
before the twoport connector; and (I) include exposed positive and 
negative terminals at opposite ends of the panel, not enclosed in a 
junction box.
    Further excluded from the scope of the investigation are:
    (1) Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 10,500 cm\2\ per 
panel, (C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure, (E) must include visible parallel grid 
collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 millimeters across each 
solar cell, and (F) must be in individual retail packaging (for 
purposes of this provision, retail packaging typically includes 
graphics, the product name, its description and/or features); and
    (2) Off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic 
panels, with or without a glass cover, with the following 
characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or less per 
panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm\2\ per panel, (C) no 
built-in inverter, (D) an integrated handle or a handle attached to 
the package for ease of carry, (E) one or more integrated kickstands 
for easy installation or angle adjustment, and (F) a wire either 
permanently connected or attached to the package terminates in 
waterproof connector with a cylindrical positive electrode and a 
rectangular negative electrode with the positive and negative 
electrodes having an interlocking structure.
    Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are:
    (1) Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 10,500 cm\2\ per 
panel, (C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure, (E) must include visible parallel grid 
collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 millimeters across each 
solar cell, and (F) must be in individual retail packaging (for 
purposes of this provision, retail packaging typically includes 
graphics, the product name, its description and/or features); and
    (2) Small off-grid panels with glass cover, with the following 
characteristics: (A) surface area from 3,450 mm\2\ to 33,782 mm\2\, 
(B) with one black wire and one red wire (each of type 22AWG or 28 
AWG not more than 350 mm in length when measured from panel 
extrusion), (C) not exceeding 10 volts, (D) not exceeding 1.1 amps, 
(E) not exceeding 6 watts, and (F) for the purposes of this

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exclusion, no panel shall contain an internal battery or external 
computer peripheral ports.
    Additionally excluded from the scope of the investigation are:
    (1) Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 175 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 9,000 cm\2\ per panel, 
(C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure; (E) must include visible parallel grid 
collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 millimeters across each 
solar cell, and (F) must be in individual retail packaging (for 
purposes of this provision, retail packaging typically includes 
graphics, the product name, its description and/or features); and
    (2) Off grid CSPV panels without a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics, (A) a total power output of 220 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm\2\ per 
panel, (C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include 
visible parallel grid collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 
millimeters across each solar cell, and (E) each panel is encased in 
a laminated material without stitching.
    Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are off-grid 
CSPV panels in rigid form, with or without a glass cover, 
permanently attached to an aluminum extrusion that is an integral 
component of an automation device that controls natural light, 
whether or not assembled into a fully completed automation device 
that controls natural light, with the following characteristics:
    (1) a total power output of 20 watts or less per panel;
    (2) a maximum surface area of 1,000 cm\2\ per panel;
    (3) does not include a built-in inverter for powering third 
party devices.
    Modules, laminates, and panels produced in a third-country from 
cells produced in a subject country are covered by the 
investigation; however, modules, laminates, and panels produced in a 
subject country from cells produced in a third-country are not 
covered by the investigation.
    Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are all 
products covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders on 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 Order, 77 FR 73018 (December 7, 2012); and Crystalline 
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, 
from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 77 
FR 73017 (December 7, 2012).
    Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are all 
products covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 
Not Assembled into Modules from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination; Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules from 
Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Antidumping duty Orders, 90 FR 26786 (June 24, 2025); Crystalline 
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules 
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final Antidumping 
Duty Determination; Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether 
or Not Assembled into Modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; 
Correction, 90 FR 29843 (July 7, 2025); and Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from 
Malaysia and Thailand: Amended Final Countervailing Duty 
Determinations; Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 
Not Assembled into Modules, from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Countervailing Duty Orders, 90 FR 
26791 (June 24, 2025).
    Merchandise covered by the investigation is currently classified 
in the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS) under 
subheadings 8541.42.0010 and 8541.43.0010. Imports of the subject 
merchandise may enter under HTSUS 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, and 
8507.20.8091. These HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes; the written description of the scope of the 
investigation is dispositive.

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