[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73242-73244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28071]


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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: Notice of Court 
Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of International Trade 
(CIT) issued its final judgment in Canadian Solar International Limited 
et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 17-00173, sustaining the 
Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s fourth remand results pertaining to 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into 
modules (solar cells), from the People's Republic of China (China) 
covering the period December 1, 2014, through November 30, 2015. 
Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not 
in harmony with the final results of the 2014-2015 AD administrative 
review of solar cells from China and that Commerce is amending those 
final results with respect to the dumping margin assigned to the 
following companies: (1) The collapsed entity comprising Canadian Solar 
International Limited; Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc.; 
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang), Inc.; CSI Cells Co., Ltd.; CSI-
GCL Solar Manufacturing (YanCheng) Co., Ltd.; and CSI Solar Power 
(China) Inc. (collectively, Canadian Solar); (2) the collapsed entity 
comprising Yingli

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Energy (China) Company Limited; Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy 
Resources Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; 
Hengshui Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Lixian Yingli New 
Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology 
Co., Ltd.; Beijing Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; 
Hainan Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; and Shenzhen Yingli New 
Energy Resources Co., Ltd. (collectively, Yingli); and (3) Shanghai BYD 
Co., Ltd.

DATES: Applicable December 18, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 27, 2017, Commerce published the final results of the 2014-
2015 AD administrative review of solar cells from China. In the Final 
Results, Commerce selected Thailand as the primary surrogate country 
and relied on Thai import data to value nitrogen that was used in 
manufacturing solar cells.\1\
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    \1\ 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; 2014-2015, 82 FR 29033 (June 27, 
2017) (Final Results), and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum at Comment 13.
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    After correcting a ministerial error in the Final Results (i.e., 
Commerce inadvertently omitted certain U.S. indirect selling expenses 
from its calculations), on August 25, 2017, Commerce published the 
Amended Final Results.\2\
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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 Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 
82 FR 40560 (August 25, 2017) (Amended Final Results).
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    Respondents, Canadian Solar, Trina,\3\ Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd., and 
Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Qixin), and 
domestic interested party, SolarWorld Americas, Inc., challenged 
Commerce's Amended Final Results (CIT case numbers 17-00173, 17-00187, 
17-00193, and 17-00200). Yingli sought to intervene in CIT case number 
17-00197. The CIT consolidated case numbers 17-00173, 17-00187, 17-
00193, 17-00197, and 17-00200 into case number 17-00173 in September 
2017. On April 16, 2019, the CIT sustained Commerce's Amended Final 
Results with respect to: (1) The surrogates that it selected to value 
aluminum frames, nitrogen, polysilicon ingots and blocks, and financial 
ratios; (2) its decision to include import values with zero import 
quantities in its surrogate value calculations; and (3) its decision to 
deny Trina an offset for debt restructuring income. However, the CIT 
remanded the Amended Final Results to Commerce to reconsider, or 
further explain: (1) The surrogate that it selected to value solar 
module glass; (2) its application of an adverse inference in selecting 
partial facts available for use in calculating Canadian Solar's dumping 
margin; and (3) its decision to reject Ningbo Qixin's separate rate 
application.\4\
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    \3\ We used ``Trina'' to refer to the following companies that 
we treated as a single entity: Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., 
Ltd.; Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science and Technology Co., Ltd.; 
Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.; Changzhou Trina 
Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd.; Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.; 
and Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
    \4\ See Canadian Solar Int'l Ltd. et al. v. United States, 378 
F. Supp. 3d 1292 (CIT 2019).
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    In its first remand redetermination, issued in July 2019, Commerce: 
(1) Under respectful protest, valued solar module glass using Bulgarian 
import data, rather than Thai import data; (2) further explained its 
determination to rely on facts available with an adverse inference in 
calculating Canadian Solar's dumping margin; and (3) continued to deny 
Ningbo Qixin a separate rate after reopening the record to permit 
Ningbo Qixin to establish that it made a shipment of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR (which it failed to 
establish).\5\ The CIT sustained Commerce's redetermination with 
respect to the value of solar module glass, and its denial of Ningbo 
Qixin's request for a separate rate, but remanded to Commerce its 
partial adverse facts available determination with respect to Canadian 
Solar for a second time.\6\
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    \5\ See Results of Remand Redetermination, Canadian Solar 
International Limited, et al. v. United States, Court No. 17-00173, 
Slip Op. 19-47 (Court of International Trade April 16, 2019), dated 
July 15, 2019.
    \6\ See Canadian Solar Int'l Ltd. et al. v. United States, 415 
F. Supp. 3d 1326 (CIT 2019).
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    In its second remand redetermination, issued in February 2020, 
Commerce reexamined its partial adverse facts available determination 
with respect to Canadian Solar and, under respectful protest, 
determined not to apply an adverse inference when selecting from among 
the facts available in calculating a dumping margin for Canadian 
Solar.\7\ The CIT sustained Commerce's second redetermination.\8\
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    \7\ See Canadian Solar International Limited, et al. v. United 
States, Court No. 17-00173, Slip Op. 19-152 (Court of International 
Trade December 3, 2019) Final Results of Second Redetermination 
Pursuant to Court Order, dated February 10, 2020.
    \8\ See Canadian Solar Int'l Ltd. et al. v. United States, 448 
F. Supp. 3d 1333 (CIT 2020).
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    In June 2020, in SolarWorld, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit (CAFC) vacated the CIT's judgement sustaining 
Commerce's use of Thai import data to value nitrogen in the 2013-2014 
AD administrative review of solar cells from China and remanded the 
case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.\9\ 
Subsequently, the CIT held that SolarWorld constitutes an intervening 
change in controlling law, and thus, it vacated its earlier judgment 
sustaining Commerce's valuation of nitrogen in the 2014-2015 AD 
administrative review of solar cells from China.\10\ The CIT also 
remanded the nitrogen issue in the 2014-2015 AD administrative review 
of solar cells from China to Commerce for it to adequately explain why 
the Thai surrogate value for nitrogen was not aberrational or adopt an 
alternative surrogate value for nitrogen.
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    \9\ See SolarWorld Americas, Inc. et al. v. United States, 962 
F.3d 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2020) (SolarWorld).
    \10\ See Canadian Solar Int'l Ltd. et al. v. United States, 471 
F. Supp. 3d 1379 (CIT 2020).
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    In its third remand redetermination, issued in January 2021, 
Commerce continued to value nitrogen using Thai import data. 
Specifically, in its third remand redetermination Commerce explained 
why it did not find the average unit value (AUV) of Thai imports of 
nitrogen during the period of review (POR) to be aberrational, 
clarified its practice for evaluating whether an AUV from a surrogate 
country is aberrational, and addressed the discrepancies between U.S. 
POR exports of nitrogen to Thailand and Thai POR imports of nitrogen 
from the United States.\11\ The CIT remanded the case to Commerce for a 
fourth time, ordering Commerce to reconsider, or further explain, its 
use of Thai import data to value nitrogen.\12\
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    \11\ See Canadian Solar International Limited, et al. v. United 
States, Court No. 17-00173, Slip Op. 20-134 (CIT September 14, 
2020), dated January 12, 2021.
    \12\ See Canadian Solar Int'l Limited et al. v. United States, 
532 F. Supp. 3d 1273 (CIT 2021).
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    In its final remand redetermination, issued in September 2021, 
under respectful protest, Commerce used Mexican import data, rather 
than Thai import data, to value nitrogen.\13\ The CIT sustained 
Commerce's final redetermination.\14\
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    \13\ See Canadian Solar International Limited, et al. v. United 
States, Consol. Court No. 17-00173 (CIT July 28, 2021), dated 
September 27, 2021.
    \14\ See Canadian Solar International Limited et al. v. United 
States, Consol. Court No. 17-00173, Slip Op. 21-166 (CIT Dec. 8, 
2021).

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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken,\15\ as clarified by Diamond 
Sawblades,\16\ the CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516A(c) and (e) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce must publish 
a notice of a court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with Commerce's 
determination and must suspend liquidation of entries pending a 
``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's December 8, 2021, judgment 
constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not in harmony with 
Commerce's Amended Final Results. Thus, this notice is published in 
fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.
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    \15\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken).
    \16\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United 
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending 
its Final Results and Amended Final Results with respect to Canadian 
Solar, Yingli and Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd. as follows:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                        Exporter                              dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Canadian Solar International Limited; Canadian Solar                0.00
 Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc.; Canadian Solar
 Manufacturing (Luoyang), Inc.; CSI Cells Co., Ltd.; CSI-
 GCL Solar Manufacturing (YanCheng) Co., Ltd.; CSI Solar
 Power (China) Inc......................................
Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited; Baoding Tianwei              0.00
 Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Yingli
 New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Hengshui Yingli New
 Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Lixian Yingli New Energy
 Resources Co., Ltd.; Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic
 Technology Co., Ltd.; Beijing Tianneng Yingli New
 Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Hainan Yingli New Energy
 Resources Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Yingli New Energy
 Resources Co., Ltd.....................................
Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd...................................            0.00
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because Canadian Solar, Yingli, and Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd. all have 
a superseding cash deposit rate, i.e., final results covering these 
companies have been published in a subsequent administrative review of 
the AD order on solar cells from China, we will not issue revised cash 
deposit instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 
connection with this notice. Thus, this notice will not affect the 
current cash deposit rate of these companies.

Liquidation of Suspended Entries

    At this time, Commerce remains enjoined, by orders of the CIT, from 
liquidating entries of subject merchandise that was entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period December 1, 
2014, through November 30, 2015 and produced and/or exported by the 
collapsed entity comprising Canadian Solar International Limited; 
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc.; Canadian Solar 
Manufacturing (Luoyang), Inc.; CSI Cells Co., Ltd.; CSI-GCL Solar 
Manufacturing (YanCheng) Co., Ltd.; and CSI Solar Power (China) Inc., 
or exported by any of the following entities: (1) the collapsed entity 
comprising Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited; Baoding Tianwei 
Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Yingli New Energy 
Resources Co., Ltd.; Hengshui Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; 
Lixian Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Baoding Jiasheng 
Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.; Beijing Tianneng Yingli New Energy 
Resources Co., Ltd.; Hainan Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; and 
Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (2) Shanghai BYD Co., 
Ltd.; (3) Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.; (4) Chint 
Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; (5) ERA Solar Co., Ltd.; (6) ET Solar 
Energy Limited; (7) Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science & Technology Co., 
Ltd.; (8) Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd.; (9) JA Solar 
Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd.; (10) Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., 
Ltd.; (11) Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.; (12) JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.; 
(13) Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd.; (14) Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, 
Ltd.; (15) Risen Energy Co., Ltd.; (16) Shanghai JA Solar Technology 
Co., Ltd.; (17) Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd.; (18) Shenzhen Topray 
Solar Co., Ltd.; (19) Star Power International Limited; (20) Systemes 
Versilis, Inc.; (21) Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd.; (22) tenKsolar 
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; (23) Toenergy Technology Hangzhou Co., Ltd.; (24) 
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd.; (25) Zhejiang Era Solar Technology 
Co., Ltd.; and (26) Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & 
Technology Limited Liability Company. These entries will remain 
enjoined pursuant to the terms of injunctions during the pendency of 
any appeals process.
    In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed, or, if appealed, 
upheld by a final and conclusive court decision, Commerce intends to 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on any unliquidated entries 
described in the preceding paragraph, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b). We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review when either the respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis or the 
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not zero or de minimis. 
Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis, or an importer-specific assessment rate is de minimis 
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\17\
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 20, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, Performing the 
Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
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