Notice2026-18947
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and the Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, in Part
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Published
September 16, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells) from India. The period of investigation is April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58643-58647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18947]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-943]
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules, From India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and the Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination, in Part
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters
of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled
into modules (solar cells) from India. The period of investigation is
April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
DATES: Applicable September 16, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jinny Ahn or Amber Hodak, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0339 or (202) 482-8034,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 26, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary
Determination and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ In
accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), Commerce aligned the deadline for
this countervailing duty (CVD) final determination with the deadline
for the final determination in the companion less-than-fair-value
investigation of solar cells from India.\2\
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\1\ 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
(February 26, 2026) (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Preliminary Determination, 91 FR 9555 (February 26,
2026).
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues
raised by parties for this final determination, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\3\ 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), which is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Affirmative Determination in the Countervailing Duty
Investigation of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or
Not Assembled Into Modules from India,'' dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is solar cells from
India. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation,
see Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time
for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope) in
scope-specific case briefs or other written comments.\4\ We received
scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. 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 Memorandum.\5\ In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce determined
that it is not modifying the scope language as it appeared in the
Initiation Notice.\6\ See Appendix I.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value 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: Scope Comments Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated April 21,
2026 (Preliminary Scope Memorandum).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value 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: Scope Comments Decision
Memorandum for the Final Determinations,'' dated concurrently with
this notice (Final Scope Memorandum).
\6\ See Crystalline Silicon 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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Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part
In the Preliminary Determination, in accordance with section
703(e)(1) of the Act, Commerce found that critical circumstances exist
with respect to imports of solar cells from India for Mundra Solar
Energy and Mundra Solar PV, but do not exist with respect to all other
producers and/or exporters not individually examined. In this final
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determination, Commerce continues to find that critical circumstances
exist for Mundra Solar Energy and Mundra Solar PV, and that critical
circumstances do not exist for all other producers and/or exporters of
solar cells from India, pursuant to section 705(a)(2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.206. For a discussion of Commerce's critical circumstances
analysis, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Verification
Because the mandatory respondents, Mundra Solar Energy Ltd. (Mundra
Solar Energy) and Mundra Solar PV Limited (Mundra Solar PV), did not
participate in this investigation, Commerce did not conduct
verification.
Analysis of Subsidy Programs and Comments Received
The subsidy programs under investigation, and the issues raised in
the case and rebuttal briefs that were submitted by parties in this
investigation, are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. For
a list of the issues raised by parties, and to which we responded in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this investigation in accordance with section
701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to be
countervailable, Commerce determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\7\ For a full
description of the methodology underlying our final determination, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. In making this final determination,
Commerce relied on facts otherwise available, including with an adverse
inference (AFA), pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a
full discussion of our application of AFA, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise
Available and Application of Adverse Inferences'' section in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
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\7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; see also section 771(5)(E) of the Act
regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding
specificity.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our review of comments received from parties, for this
final determination, we made certain changes to the selection of the
rates for Mundra Solar Energy and Mundra Solar PV and all other
producers/exporters. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
All-Others Rate
Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that Commerce
shall determine an estimated all-others rate for companies not
individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the
weighted average of the estimated subsidy rates established for those
companies individually examined, excluding any zero and de minimis
rates and any rates based entirely under section 776 of the Act.
Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, if the individual
estimated countervailable subsidy rates established for all exporters
and producers individually examined are zero, de minimis, or determined
entirely under section 776 of the Act, Commerce may use any reasonable
method to establish the estimated subsidy rate for all other producers
and/or exporters.
In this investigation, Commerce has determined the subsidy rate for
the individually examined respondents under section 776 of the Act.
This is the only rate available in this proceeding for deriving the
all-others rate. Consequently, as a reasonable method, pursuant to
sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, Commerce established
the all-others rate by applying the countervailable subsidy rate
assigned to Mundra Solar Energy and Mundra Solar PV, the mandatory
respondents in this investigation, as determined under section 776 of
the Act.\8\ For a full description of the methodology underlying
Commerce's analysis, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\8\ See, e.g., Melamine from Germany: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 89 FR 97586 (December 9, 2024);
see also Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs from the
People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination in Part, 90 FR 39374 (August 15, 2025).
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated countervailable
subsidy rates exist for the period, April 1, 2024, through March 31,
2025:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Mundra Solar Energy Limited............................. * 126.09
Mundra Solar PV Limited................................. * 126.09
All-Others.............................................. 126.09
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Disclosure
Commerce normally discloses the calculations and analysis performed
to interested parties in this 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 the notice of final
determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, because Commerce applied AFA to the mandatory
respondents, in accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are no
calculations to disclose for this final determination.
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
As a result of our Preliminary Determination and pursuant to
sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we instructed U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits and suspend
liquidation of entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported
by all other producers and/or exporters that were entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after February 26, 2026, the date
of the publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal
Register.\9\ Additionally, in accordance with section 703(e)(2)(A) of
the Act, because we preliminarily determined that critical
circumstances existed, we instructed CBP to suspend liquidation of
entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by Mundra Solar
Energy and Mundra Solar PV that were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption on or after November 28, 2025, which is 90
days before date of the publication of the Preliminary Determination in
the Federal Register.\10\ In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act,
we instructed CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation of all
entries of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse, on
or after June 26, 2026, the first day provisional measures were no
longer in effect, but to continue the suspension of liquidation of all
entries of subject merchandise on or before June 25, 2026.
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\9\ See Preliminary Determination, 91 FR 9557.
\10\ Id.
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If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final
affirmative injury determination, we will issue a CVD order, reinstate
the suspension of liquidation under section 706(a) of the Act, and
require a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties for entries
of subject merchandise in the amounts indicated above. Pursuant to
section 705(c)(2) of the Act,
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if the ITC determines that material injury, or threat of material
injury, does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all
estimated duties deposited or securities posted as a result of the
suspension of liquidation will be refunded or canceled.
ITC Notification
In accordance with section 705(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify
the ITC of its final affirmative determination that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to producers and/or exporters of solar
cells from India. Because the final determination is affirmative, in
accordance with section 705(b) of the Act, the ITC will determine,
within 45 days, 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. In addition, we are making available
to the ITC all non-privileged and non-proprietary information related
to this investigation. We will allow the ITC access to all privileged
and business proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC
confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or
under an administrative protective order (APO), without the written
consent of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of material
injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all cash
deposits will be refunded. If the ITC determines that such injury does
exist, Commerce will issue a CVD order directing CBP to assess, upon
further instruction by Commerce, countervailing 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 ``Continuation of
Suspension of Liquidation'' section.
Administrative Protective Order
In the event that ITC issues a final negative injury determination,
this notice will serve as the only 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/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 violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections
705(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
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 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
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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
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.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, In
Part
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce has the Legal Authority under the
World Trade Organization Rules and U.S. Law to Investigate
Transnational Subsidies
Comment 2: Whether Commerce's Decision to Countervail the Cross-
Border Provisions of Chinese Polysilicon, Silicon Wafer, Silver
Paste, Solar Glass, Aluminum Solar Frames, and Junction Boxes for
Less Than Adequate Remuneration is Based on Substantial Evidence and
in Accordance with Law
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Incorrectly Applied Adverse Facts
Available (AFA) in Determining
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Mandatory Respondents Received Benefits Under Various Programs
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Revise Certain AFA Rates in
the Final Determination
VII. Recommendation
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