[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 139 (Friday, July 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38978-38979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15742]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-980]


Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
Into Modules From the People's Republic of China: Partial Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is partially rescinding 
the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells (solar cells) from the People's 
Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) January 1, 
2019, through December 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable July 23, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chien-Min Yang, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 2, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
solar cells from China.\1\ Pursuant to requests from

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interested parties, on February 4, 2021, Commerce published the notice 
of initiation of an administrative review with respect to 83 companies, 
in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).\2\ Subsequent to the initiation of the administrative 
review, the petitioner \3\ timely withdrew its request for an 
administrative review of 19 companies on May 5, 2021.\4\ Eight \5\ of 
the 19 companies requested their own review of their entries and did 
not withdraw their requests for review.\6\ Thus, Commerce will only be 
rescinding this review with respect to the 11 companies for which a 
review request was received and subsequently withdrawn by the 
party(ies) requesting review.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 77431 (December 2, 2020).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 8166 (February 4, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \3\ The petitioner is the American Alliance for Solar 
Manufacturing.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the People's 
Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated May 5, 2021.
    \5\ These eight companies are Canadian Solar International 
Limited (Canadian Solar), Jinko Solar Co., Ltd., Jinko Solar Import 
and Export Co., Ltd. (collectively Jinko Solar), Shanghai JA Solar 
Technology Co., Ltd., JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd. JA 
Solar Co., Ltd. (a.k.a. JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.) (collectively JA 
Solar), Risen Energy Co., Ltd. (Risen), and Yingli Energy (China) 
Co., Ltd.(Yingli).
    \6\ See Canadian Solar's Letter, ``Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not Assembled into Modules from the People's Republic of 
China: Request for Review,'' dated December 29, 2020; see also Jinko 
Solar's Letter, ``GDLSK Respondents Request for Administrative 
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules (C-570-
980)(POR: 01/01/19-12/31/19),'' dated December 31, 2020; JA Solar's 
Letter, ``Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on 
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
into Modules from the People's Republic of China: Request for 
Review,'' dated December 29, 2020; Risen's Letter, ``Crystalline 
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells from the People's Republic of China--
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated December 31, 2020; and 
Yingli's Letter, ``Countervailing Duty Order on Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules: Yingli's 
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated December 22, 2020.
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    BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd. (BYD) also withdrew its self-
requested review on May 5, 2021.\7\ However, the petitioner also 
requested a review of BYD and has not withdrawn the request; therefore, 
Commerce will not rescind the review with respect to BYD. There are 
active review requests on the record for the remaining 72 companies.
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    \7\ See BYD's Letter, ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the People's Republic of 
China: Withdrawal of Request for Review--2019 Review Period,'' dated 
May 5, 2021.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. All requests for an 
administrative review were withdrawn by the established deadline of May 
5, 2021, for the companies listed in the appendix. As a result, 
Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to these companies, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The administrative review will 
continue with respect to the remaining 72 companies listed in our 
Initiation Notice.\8\
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    \8\ See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 8172-73.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For the 
companies for which this review is rescinded, countervailing duties 
shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated 
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). 
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of this rescission notice in 
the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. 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 terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: July 19, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

Appendix

Companies Rescinded From Review

1. Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
2. Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
3. Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.
4. Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
5. Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd.
6. Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd.
7. Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd.
8. Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd.
9. Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
10. Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
11. Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd.

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