[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43582-43583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15836]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-979]


Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Changed Circumstances Review

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

SUMMARY: On May 26, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') published its notice of initiation and preliminary 
results of a changed circumstances review of the

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antidumping duty (``AD'') order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic 
cells, whether or not assembled into modules (``solar cells''), from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ The Department 
preliminarily determined that Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science and 
Technology Co., Ltd. (``Hangzhou Sunny'') is the successor-in-interest 
to Hangzhou Zhejiang University Sunny Energy Science and Technology 
Co., Ltd. (``Hangzhou ZU Sunny'') for purposes of the AD order on solar 
cells from the PRC and, as such, is entitled to Hangzhou ZU Sunny's 
cash deposit rate with respect to entries of subject merchandise. We 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. As no 
parties submitted comments, and there is no other information or 
evidence on the record calling into question our Preliminary Results, 
the Department is making no changes to the Preliminary Results. For 
these final results, the Department continues to find that Hangzhou 
Sunny is the successor in interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny.
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    \1\ See Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules From the People's 
Republic of China, 81 FR 33463 (May 26, 2016) (``Preliminary 
Results''), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective Date: July 5, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 7, 2012, the Department published the AD Order on solar 
cells from the PRC in the Federal Register.\2\ On April 4, 2016, 
Hangzhou Sunny requested that the Department initiate an expedited 
changed circumstances review to determine that Hangzhou Sunny is the 
successor-in-interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny for AD purposes.\3\ On May 
20, 2016, the Department initiated a changed circumstances review and 
made a preliminary finding that Hangzhou Sunny is the successor-in-
interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny, and is entitled to Hangzhou ZU Sunny's 
cash deposit rate with respect to entries of merchandise subject to the 
AD Order on solar cells from the PRC.\4\ We provided interested parties 
14 days from the date of publication of the Preliminary Results to 
submit case briefs. No interested parties submitted case briefs or 
requested a hearing.
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    \2\ 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) (``Order'').
    \3\ See Letter from Hangzhou Sunny to the Department regarding, 
``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
Into Modules from the People's Republic of China: Request for 
Expedited Changed Circumstances Review'' (April 4, 2016) (``CCR 
Request'').
    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 81 FR 33463.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is crystalline silicon 
photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, subject to 
certain exceptions.\5\ Merchandise covered by this Order is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States 
(``HTSUS'') under subheadings 8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020, 
8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000. While these HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description 
of the scope of this Order is dispositive.
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    \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Preliminary 
Results of Changed Circumstances Review: Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the 
People's Republic of China'' (``Preliminary Results Memorandum'').
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Because the record contains no information or evidence that calls 
into question the Preliminary Results, for the reasons stated in the 
Preliminary Results, the Department continues to find that Hangzhou 
Sunny is the successor-in-interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny, and is 
entitled to Hangzhou ZU Sunny's cash deposit rate with respect to 
entries of merchandise subject to the AD Order on solar cells from the 
PRC.\6\ We are issuing this determination and publishing these final 
results and notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) 
and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 
351.216 and 351.221(c)(3).
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    \6\ For a complete discussion of the Department's findings, 
which remain unchanged in these final results and which are herein 
incorporated by reference and adopted by this notice, see generally 
the Preliminary Results Memorandum accompanying the Preliminary 
Results.
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Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    Based on these final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to collect estimated antidumping duties for all 
shipments of subject merchandise exported by Hangzhou Sunny and 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of this notice in the Federal Register at the current 
AD cash deposit rate for Hangzhou ZU Sunny (i.e., 9.67 percent).\7\ 
This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \7\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2012-2013, 80 FR 40998 (June 14, 
2015).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing this final results notice in 
accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.216.

    Dated: June 28, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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