[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44399-44402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18063]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-010]


Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From the 
People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') preliminarily 
determines that certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products 
(``certain solar products'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'') are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at 
less than fair value (``LTFV''), as provided in section 733(b) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The period of 
investigation (``POI'') is April 1, 2013, through September 30, 2013. 
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales at LTFV are 
shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary 
determination.

DATES: Effective Date: July 31, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Pedersen or Thomas Martin, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2769 or (202) 482-3936, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published the notice of initiation of this 
investigation on January 29, 2014.\1\ Pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) 
of the Act, the Department postponed this preliminary LTFV 
determination by a period of 43 days.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From 
the People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Initiation of Antidumping 
Duty Investigations, 79 FR 4661 (January 29, 2014) (``Initiation 
Notice'').
    \2\ See Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From 
the People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 79 FR 
30084 (May 27, 2014).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is crystalline 
silicon photovoltaic cells, and modules, laminates and/or panels 
consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not 
partially or fully assembled into other products, including building 
integrated materials. For purposes of this investigation, subject 
merchandise also includes modules, laminates and/or panels assembled in 
the subject country consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic 
cells that are completed or partially manufactured within a customs 
territory other than that subject country, using ingots that are 
manufactured in the subject country, wafers that are manufactured in 
the subject country, or cells where the manufacturing process begins in 
the subject country and is completed in a non-subject country.
    Subject merchandise includes 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.
    Excluded from the scope of this 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 this investigation are any products covered 
by the existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into 
modules, from the People's Republic of China. 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); 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 crystalline 
silicon photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000mm\2\ in surface area, 
that are permanently integrated into a consumer

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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.
    Merchandise covered by this investigation is currently classified 
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 
subheadings 8501.61.0000, 8507.20.8030, 8507.20.8040, 8507.20.8060, 
8507.20.8090, 8541.40.6020, 8541.40.6030 and 8501.31.8000. These HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the 
written description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

Methodology

    The Department conducted this investigation in accordance with 
section 731 of the Act. We calculated constructed export prices and 
export prices in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the 
PRC is a non-market economy within the meaning of section 771(18) of 
the Act, we calculated normal value (``NV'') in accordance with section 
773(c) of the Act. Further, we determined to apply facts otherwise 
available with an adverse inference to the PRC-wide entity in 
accordance with sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain 
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People's Republic of 
China'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, (``Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum'') dated concurrently with this determination and 
hereby adopted by this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered 
users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in 
the Department's Central Records Unit, located in room 7046 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Combination Rates

    In the Initiation Notice, the Department stated that it would 
calculate combination rates for the respondents that are eligible for a 
separate rate in this investigation. Policy Bulletin 05.1 describes 
this practice.\3\
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    \3\ See Enforcement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin No. 05.1, 
regarding, ``Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination 
Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy 
Countries,'' (April 5, 2005) (``Policy Bulletin 05.1''), available 
on the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf.
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Preliminary Determination

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the exporter-producer 
combinations listed below during the period April 1, 2013 through 
September 30, 2013:

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                                                       Weighted-average
           Exporter                   Producer          dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Changzhou Trina Solar Energy   Changzhou Trina Solar               26.33
 Co., Ltd./Trina Solar          Energy Co., Ltd./
 (Changzhou) Science &          Trina Solar
 Technology Co., Ltd.           (Changzhou) Science
                                & Technology Co.,
                                Ltd.
Renesola Jiangsu Ltd./         Renesola Jiangsu Ltd./              58.87
 Renesola Zhejiang Ltd./Jinko   Jinko Solar Co. Ltd.
 Solar Co. Ltd./Jinko Solar
 Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Anji DaSol Solar Energy        Anji DaSol Solar                    42.33
 Science & Technology Co.,      Energy Science &
 Ltd.                           Technology Co., Ltd.
Asun Energy Co., Ltd. (a/k/a   Asun Energy Co., Ltd.               42.33
 Suzhou Asun Energy Co.,        (a/k/a Suzhou Asun
 Ltd.).                         Energy Co., Ltd.).
Baoding Tianwei Yingli New     Baoding Tianwei                     42.33
 Energy Resources Co., Ltd.     Yingli New Energy
                                Resources Co., Ltd.,
                                Yingli Energy
                                (China) Co., Ltd,
                                and Lixian Yingli
                                New Energy Co., Ltd.
BYD (Shangluo) Industrial      BYD (Shangluo)                      42.33
 Co., Ltd.                      Industrial Co., Ltd.
Canadian Solar International   Canadian Solar                      42.33
 Limited.                       Manufacturing
                                (Luoyang) Inc.,
                                Canadian Solar
                                Manufacturing
                                (Changshu), Inc.
Canadian Solar Manufacturing   Canadian Solar                      42.33
 (Changshu), Inc.               Manufacturing
                                (Changshu), Inc.
Canadian Solar Manufacturing   Canadian Solar                      42.33
 (Luoyang) Inc.                 Manufacturing
                                (Luoyang) Inc.
CEEG Nanjing Renewable Energy  CEEG Nanjing                        42.33
 Co., Ltd.                      Renewable Energy
                                Co., Ltd.
Changzhou Almaden Co., Ltd...  Changzhou Almaden                   42.33
                                Co., Ltd.
Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co.,    Chint Solar                         42.33
 Ltd.                           (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
ET Solar Industry Limited....  ET Solar Industry                   42.33
                                Limited.
Hainan Yingli New Energy       Hainan Yingli New                   42.33
 Resources Co. Ltd.             Energy Resources Co.
                                Ltd.
Hangzhou Zhejiang University   Hangzhou Zhejiang                   42.33
 Sunny Energy Science and       University Sunny
 Technology Co., Ltd.           Energy Science and
                                Technology Co., Ltd.
Hanwha SolarOne (Qidong) Co.,  Hanwha SolarOne                     42.33
 Ltd.                           (Qidong) Co., Ltd.
Hanwha SolarOne Hong Kong      Hanwha SolarOne                     42.33
 Limited.                       (Qidong) Co., Ltd.
Hefei JA Solar Technology      Hefei JA Solar                      42.33
 Co., Ltd.                      Technology Co., Ltd.
Hengdian Group DMEGC           Hengdian Group DMEGC                42.33
 Magnetics Co., Ltd.            Magnetics Co., Ltd.
Hengshui Yingli New Energy     Hengshui Yingli New                 42.33
 Resources Company Limited.     Energy Resources
                                Company Limited.
Jiangyin Hareon Power Co.,     Jiangyin Xinhui Solar               42.33
 Ltd.                           Co., Ltd.; Altusvia
                                Energy Taicang Co.,
                                Ltd.; Hareon Solar
                                Technology Co., Ltd.
Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd...  Jiawei Solarchina                   42.33
                                (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Jiawei Technology (HK) Ltd...  Shenzhen Jiawei                     42.33
                                Photovoltaic
                                Lighting Co. Ltd.
LDK Solar Hi-Tech (Nanchang)   LDK Solar Hi-Tech                   42.33
 Co., Ltd.                      (Nanchang) Co., Ltd.
Lixian Yingli New Energy       Lixian Yingli New                   42.33
 Company Ltd.                   Energy Company Ltd.

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MOTECH (Suzhou) Renewable      MOTECH (Suzhou)                     42.33
 Energy Co., Ltd.               Renewable Energy
                                Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical  Ningbo Qixin Solar                  42.33
 Appliance Co., Ltd.            Electrical Appliance
                                Co., Ltd.
Perlight Solar Co., Ltd......  Perlight Solar Co.,                 42.33
                                Ltd.
Risen Energy Co., Ltd........  Risen Energy Co., Ltd               42.33
Shanghai JA Solar Technology   Shanghai JA Solar                   42.33
 Co., Ltd.                      Technology Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Solar Energy Science  Lianyungang Shenzhou                42.33
 & Technology Co., Ltd.         New Energy Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Jiawei Photovoltaic   Shenzhen Jiawei                     42.33
 Lighting Co. Ltd.              Photovoltaic
                                Lighting Co. Ltd.
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co.,    Shenzhen Sungold                    42.33
 Ltd.                           Solar Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co.,     Shenzhen Topray Solar               42.33
 Ltd.                           Co., Ltd.
Sun Earth Solar Power Co.,     Sun Earth Solar Power               42.33
 Ltd.                           Co., Ltd.
Sunny Apex Development Ltd...  Shenzhen Jiawei                     42.33
                                Photovoltaic
                                Lighting Co. Ltd.,
                                Wuhan FYY Technology
                                Co., Ltd.
SunPower Systems SARL........  SunEnergy (S.Z.) Co.,               42.33
                                Ltd.
Upsolar Global Co., Ltd. and   Shandong Dahai Group                42.33
 including Upsolar Group,       Co. Ltd.
 Co., Ltd.
Wanxiang Import & Export Co.,  Zhejiang Wanxiang                   42.33
 Ltd.                           Solar Co., Ltd.
Wuhan FYY Technology Co., Ltd  Wuhan FYY Technology                42.33
                                Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd..  Wuxi Suntech Power                  42.33
                                Co., Ltd.
Yingli Energy (China) Company  Yingli Energy (China)               42.33
 Limited.                       Company Limited,
                                Baoding Tianwei
                                Yingli New Energy
                                Resources Co., Ltd.
                                and Lixian Yingli
                                New Energy Co., Ltd.
Yingli Green Energy            Yingli Energy (China)               42.33
 International Trading          Company Limited,
 Limited.                       Baoding Tianwei
                                Yingli New Energy
                                Resources Co., Ltd.,
                                and Hainan Yingli
                                New Energy Resources
                                Co., Ltd.
Zhongli Talesun Solar Co.,     Zhongli Talesun Solar               42.33
 Ltd.                           Co., Ltd.
PRC-Wide Rate................                                     165.04
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Case briefs or other written 
comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
and Compliance, through Enforcement and Compliance's electronic records 
system IA ACCESS, no later than seven days after the date on which the 
final verification report is issued in this proceeding.\4\ Rebuttal 
briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted 
through IA ACCESS no later than five days after the deadline for case 
briefs.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged 
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate in a hearing if one is requested, 
must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed 
electronically through IA ACCESS. Electronically filed case briefs/
written comments and hearing requests must be received successfully in 
their entirety by the Department's electronic records system, IA 
ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Hearing requests must be 
received by the Department within 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice \6\ and should contain the party's name, address, and 
telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues 
to be presented at the hearing. If a request for a hearing is made, the 
Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230, at a time and location to be determined. Parties should confirm 
by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days 
before the scheduled date.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, the Department 
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to suspend 
liquidation of all entries of certain solar products from the PRC, as 
described in the ``Scope of the Investigation'' section above, entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), the Department will instruct CBP to 
require a cash deposit \7\ equal to the weighted-average amount by 
which NV exceeds U.S. price, adjusted where appropriate for export 
subsidies \8\ and estimated domestic subsidy pass-through,\9\ as 
follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for the exporter/producer 
combinations listed in the table above will be the rate identified for 
that combination in the table; (2) for all combinations of PRC 
exporters/producers of merchandise under consideration that have not 
received their own separate rate above, the cash-deposit rate will be 
the cash deposit rate established for the PRC-wide entity, 164.04 
percent; and (3) for all non-PRC exporters of the merchandise under 
consideration which have not received their own separate rate above, 
the cash-deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate applicable to the 
PRC exporter/producer combination that supplied that non-PRC exporter.
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    \7\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of 
Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 
(October 3, 2011).
    \8\ See section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act. Unlike in 
administrative reviews, the Department calculates the adjustment for 
export subsidies in investigations not in the margin calculation, 
but in the cash deposit instructions issued to CBP. See Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Negative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain Lined Paper 
Products from India, 71 FR 45012 (August 8, 2006), and accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1.
    \9\ For further discussion see the Preliminary Decision 
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Certification Requirements

    If an importer imports solar panels/modules that were assembled in 
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PRC and it claims the panels/modules do not contain solar cells 
manufactured in third countries using ingots, wafers, or partially 
produced solar cells manufactured in the PRC, the importer is required 
to maintain the importer certification included in the Department's 
cash deposit instructions. The importer and exporter are also required 
to maintain the exporter certification included in the Department's 
cash deposit instructions if the exporter of the panels/modules for 
which the importer is making the claim is located in the PRC. The 
importer and PRC-exporter are also required to maintain sufficient 
documentation supporting their certifications. We note that while 
importers and PRC-exporters will be required to maintain the 
aforementioned certifications and documentation, they will not have to 
provide this information to CBP as part of the entry documents, unless 
the certification or documentation is specifically requested by CBP.
    If it is determined that the certification or documentation 
requirements noted in the certification have not been met, the 
Department intends to instruct CBP to suspend all unliquidated entries 
for which these requirements were not met and require the posting of an 
antidumping duty cash deposit on those entries equal to the PRC-wide 
rate in effect at the time of the entry.
    If a solar panel/module assembled in the PRC contains some solar 
cells manufactured in third countries using ingots, wafers, or 
partially produced solar cells manufactured in the PRC, but the 
importer is unable, or unwilling, to identify the total value of the 
panel/module subject to provisional measures, the Department intends to 
instruct CBP to suspend all unliquidated entries for which the importer 
has failed to supply this information and require the posting of an 
antidumping duty cash deposit on the total entered value of the panel/
module equal to the PRC-wide rate in effect at the time of the entry.

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    Pursuant to requests from the mandatory respondents Changzhou Trina 
Solar Energy Co., Ltd.,\10\ and Renesola Jiangsu Ltd.,\11\ we are 
postponing the final determination. Accordingly, we intend to make our 
final determination no later than 135 days after the date of 
publication of this preliminary determination, pursuant to section 
735(a)(2) of the Act.\12\ Further, Trina Solar and Renesola/Jinko 
requested to extend the application of the provisional measures 
prescribed under section 733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), 
from a four-month period to a six-month period. The suspension of 
liquidation described above will be extended accordingly.\13\
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    \10\ See letter from Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. to 
the Secretary of Commerce regarding ``Certain Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Products from the People's Republic of China; Request 
for Postponement of Final Determination'' dated July 9, 2014.
    \11\ See letter from Renesola Jiangsu Ltd. to the Secretary of 
Commerce regarding ``Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 
Products from China; Request to Extend Final Determination'' dated 
July 10, 2014.
    \12\ See also 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e).
    \13\ Id.
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International Trade Commission (``ITC'') Notification

    In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we notified the ITC 
of our preliminary affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because 
the preliminary determination in this investigation is affirmative, 
section 735(b)(2) of the Act requires the ITC to 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 certain solar products from the PRC, or sales (or the 
likelihood of sales) for importation, of the merchandise under 
consideration before the later of 120 days after the date of this 
preliminary determination or 45 days after our final determination. 
Because we are postponing the deadline for our final determination to 
135 days from the date of publication of this preliminary determination 
the ITC will make its final determination no later than 45 days after 
our final determination.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: July 24, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Attachment I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Period of Investigation
4. Postponement of Preliminary Determination
5. Scope of the Investigation
6. Scope Comments
7. Selection of Respondents
8. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Non-Market Economy Country
    b. Surrogate Country
    c. Surrogate Value Comments
    d. Separate Rates
    e. Margin for the Separate Rate Companies
    f. Combination Rates
    g. The PRC-Wide Entity
    h. Application of Facts Available and Adverse Facts Available
    i. Single Entity Treatment
    j. Date of Sale
    k. Fair Value Comparisons
    l. Export Price
    m. Constructed Export Price
    n. Normal Value
    o. Factor Valuation Methodology
    p. Comparisons to Normal Value
    q. Currency Conversion
9. Verification
10. Section 777A(f) of the Act
11. Conclusion

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