[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50069-50071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17470]


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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: Notice of Amended 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the 
final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty 
(CVD) 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 of review (POR) January 1, 2019, 
through December 31, 2019, to correct ministerial errors.

DATES: Applicable August 15, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, 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) 482-3642.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce issued the Final Results of this review on June 29, 
2022.\1\ On July 6, 2022, we received ministerial error comments from 
the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing (the Alliance),\2\ a 
domestic interested party, and JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd. 
(JA Solar), one of the two mandatory

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respondents in this administrative review.\3\ On July 11, 2022, we 
received rebuttal comments from JA Solar.\4\ We are amending the Final 
Results to correct three ministerial errors raised by the Alliance and 
JA Solar.
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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 and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2019, 87 FR 40491 (July 7, 2022) (Final Results), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
    \2\ See the Alliance's Letter, ``Ministerial Error 
Allegations,'' dated July 6, 2022.
    \3\ See JA Solar's Letter, ``Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated 
July 6, 2022. The second mandatory respondent in this administrative 
review is Risen Energy Co. Ltd. (Risen).
    \4\ See JA Solar's Letter, ``Rebuttal Ministerial Error 
Comments,'' dated July 6, 2022.
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \5\ With respect to final results of administrative 
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any 
comments received and if appropriate, correct any ministerial error by 
amending . . . the final results of review . . . .''
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Errors

    Commerce determines that, in accordance with section 751(h) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), it made the following ministerial errors in 
the Final Results: (1) used an incorrect formula to calculate the 
benefit from Risen's use of the Provision of Solar Glass for Less Than 
Adequate Remuneration program; (2) used an incorrect allocated benefit 
amount to calculate the program rate for Risen's use of the Special 
Reward Fund program; and (3) did not revise the calculations of the 
sales denominators for certain JA Solar companies to exclude inter-
company sales to cross-owned producers. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
Commerce is amending the Final Results to reflect the corrections of 
these ministerial errors in the calculation of the countervailable 
subsidy rates, which change from 18.58 percent ad valorem to 18.55 
percent ad valorem for JA Solar,\6\ and from 12.92 percent ad valorem 
to 13.18 percent ad valorem for Risen.\7\ For a detailed discussion of 
Commerce's analysis, see the Ministerial Error Allegations 
Memorandum.\8\ As a result of these changes, the rate for the 12 
companies not selected for individual examination in this review, which 
is the simple average of JA Solar and Risen's amended final ad valorem 
rates, changes from 15.75 percent ad valorem to 15.87 percent ad 
valorem.\9\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Allegations of Ministerial Errors the 
Final Results,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Ministerial Error Allegations Memorandum); see also 
Memorandum, ``JA Solar's Amended Final Calculations,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
    \7\ See Ministerial Error Allegations Memorandum; see also 
Memorandum, ``Risen's Amended Final Calculations,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
    \8\ See Ministerial Error Allegations Memorandum.
    \9\ Id. at 6.
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Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of correcting the ministerial errors described above, 
Commerce determines the following net countervailable subsidy rates for 
the POR, January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019:
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    \10\ JA Solar is cross-owned with the following 34 companies: 
(1) Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; (2) JA (Hefei) Renewable 
Energy Co., Ltd.; (3) Hefei JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; (4) JA 
Solar Investment China Co., Ltd.; (5) Jing Hai Yang Semiconductor 
Material (Donghai) Co., Ltd.; (6) Donghai JingAo Solar Energy 
Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (JA Donghai); (7) Solar Silicon 
Valley Electronic Science and Technology Co., Ltd.; (8) Beijing 
Jinfeng Investment Co., Ltd.; (9) JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.; (10) 
Ningjin Songgong Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.; (11) Jinglong 
Industry and Commerce Group Co., Ltd.; (12) Ningjin County Jingyuan 
New Energy Investment Co., Ltd.; (13) Hebei Jinglong New Materials 
Technology Group Co., Ltd.; (14) Hebei Jinglong Sun Equipment Co. 
Ltd.; (15) Hebei Jingle Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd.; (16) 
Ningjin Jingxing Electronic Material Co., Ltd.; (17) Ningjin Saimei 
Ganglong Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.; (18) Hebei Ningtong 
Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.; (19) JA Solar (Xingtai) Co., Ltd.; 
(20) Xingtai Jinglong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.; (21) Xingtai 
Jinglong PV Materials Co., Ltd.; (22) JA PV Technology Co., Ltd.; 
(23) Ningjin Jinglong PV Industry Investment Co., Ltd.; (24) Baotou 
JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; (25) Xingtai Jinglong New Energy Co., 
Ltd.; (26) Ningjin County Jing Tai Fu Technology Co., Ltd.; (27) JA 
Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; (28) Jinglong Technology Holdings Co., 
Ltd.; (29) Ningjin Guiguang Electronics Investment Co., Ltd.; (30) 
Ningjin Longxin Investment Co., Ltd.; (31) Beijing JA Solar PV 
Technology Co., Ltd.; (32) Solar Silicon Peak Electronic Science and 
Technology Co., Ltd.; (33) Jingwei Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.; 
and (34) Taicang Juren PV Material Co., Ltd. See the Final Results 
IDM at 9-10.
    \11\ Risen is cross-owned with the following 12 companies: (1) 
Risen (Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd.; (2) Risen (Wuhai) New Energy 
Co., Ltd.; (3) Risen Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.; (4) Risen Energy 
(Yiwu) Co., Ltd.; (5) Zhejiang Boxin Investment Co., Ltd.; (6) 
Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (7) JiuJiang 
Shengchao Xinye Technology Co., Ltd. (including JiuJang Shengshao 
Xinye Technology Co., Ltd. Ruichang Branch); (8) Jiangsu Sveck New 
Material Co., Ltd.; (9) Changzhou Sveck Photovoltaic New Material 
Co., Ltd.; (including Changzhou Sveck Photovoltaic New Material Co., 
Ltd. Jintan Danfeng Road Branch); (10) Changzhou Sveck New Material 
Technology Co., Ltd. (including Changzhou Sveck Photovoltaic New 
Material Co., Ltd. Jintan Danfeng Road Branch); (11) Ninghai Risen 
Energy Power Development Co., Ltd.; and (12) Risen (Ningbo) Electric 
Power Development Co., Ltd. See the Final Results IDM at 10-11.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Producer/exporter                       (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd. (JA Solar) \10\..           18.55
Risen Energy Co., Ltd \11\..............................           13.18
Non-Selected Companies \12\.............................           15.87
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Disclosure
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    \12\ See the appendix of this notice for a list of all companies 
that remain under review but were not selected for individual 
examination and to which Commerce has assigned the non-selected 
companies' rate.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these amended 
final results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protections (CBP) shall assess, CVDs on all appropriate entries of 
subject merchandise in accordance with the amended final results of 
this review.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of these amended final 
results of this review in the Federal Register. However, JA Solar and 
Risen each have filed a summons at the U.S. Court of International 
Trade challenging the original Final Results. Therefore, our assessment 
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until 
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has 
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication of this notice).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the companies subject to 
this review. For all non-reviewed companies, we will instruct CBP to 
continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at 
the most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the 
company, as appropriate. These cash deposits, effective upon 
publication of these amended final results, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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 return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

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Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of review 
in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: August 8, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Non-Selected Companies Under Review

1. Canadian Solar International Limited
2. Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc.
3. Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc.
4. Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
5. CSI Cells Co., Ltd.
6. CSI-GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.
7. Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd.
8. Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
9. Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.
10. LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
11. Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
12. Yingli Energy (China) Co., Ltd

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