[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 856-858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28639]
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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 Administrative
Review; Notice of Amended Final Results
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 20, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade
(CIT) issued its final judgment in Risen Energy Co., Ltd. et al. v.
United States, Consol. Court No. 20-03743, sustaining the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s first 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, 2017, through November 30, 2018.
Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not
in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative review,
and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the
dumping margin assigned to: (1) the mandatory respondents Risen Energy
Co., Ltd., Risen (Wuhai) New Energy Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Twinsel
Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Risen (Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd.,
Jiujiang Shengchao Xinye Technology Co., Ltd., Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye
Trade Co., Ltd., Ruichang Branch, Risen Energy (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.,
and Risen Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. (collectively, Risen) (2) Trina
Solar Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science and Technology Co.,
Ltd., Yancheng Trina Guoneng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd
(formerly, Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.), Changzhou
Trina Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd., Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co.,
Ltd., Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Hefei) Science
and Technology Co., Ltd. (THFT), and Changzhou Trina Hezhong
Photoelectric Co., Ltd. (collectively, Trina), and (3) certain separate
rate respondents.
DATES: Applicable December 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paola Aleman Ordaz, 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) 482-4031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 2, 2020, Commerce published its Final Results in the
2017-2018 AD administrative review of solar cells and modules from
China.\1\ Risen,\2\ Trina,\3\ JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd.
(JA Solar), JingAo Solar Co., Ltd., Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co.,
Ltd., Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd. (Wuxi), Anji DaSol Solar
Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Anji DaSol), Shenzhen Sungold
Solar Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen), Canadian Solar International Ltd. (Canadian
Solar), Yingli Energy (China) Co., Ltd. (Yingli), and Shanghai BYD Co.,
Ltd. (Shanghai) challenged Commerce's final results (CIT case numbers
20-03743, 20-03757, 20-03761, 20-03797, 20-03802, 20-03804). On April
4, 2020, the court sustained Commerce's Final Results with respect to
Commerce's primary surrogate country selection and calculation of the
surrogate financial ratios.\4\ However, the CIT remanded the Final
Results to Commerce to reconsider, or further explain: (1) Commerce's
decision to rely on the Malaysian import value for silver paste; (2)
Commerce's application of partial facts otherwise available with an
adverse inference to value missing factor of production information;
(3) Commerce's surrogate value selections for backsheet and ethyl vinyl
acetate (EVA); and (4) Commerce's calculation of the separate rate for
separate rate respondents.\5\
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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; 2017-2018, 85 FR 62275 (October 2,
2020) (Final Results), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum, as amended in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Correction to the Final Results of the 2017-2018
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 85 FR 79165 (December 9,
2020) (Amended Final Results).
\2\ In the Final Results, Commerce determined that Risen (Wuhai)
New Energy Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic Technology Co.,
Ltd.; Risen (Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd.; Jiujiang Shengchao Xinye
Technology Co., Ltd.; Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye Trade Co., Ltd.,
Ruichang Branch; Risen Energy (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.; and Risen
Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. are affiliated and treated them as a
single entity for the purpose of the dumping margin calculation.
\3\ Id. In the Final Results, Commerce determined that Trina
Solar Co., Ltd. (TCZ); Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science and
Technology Co., Ltd. (TST); Yancheng Trina Guoneng Photovoltaic
Technology Co., Ltd (formerly, Yancheng Trina Solar Energy
Technology Co., Ltd.) (TYC); Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy
Co., Ltd. (TYB); Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. (TLF); Hubei
Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. (THB); Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and
Technology Co., Ltd. (THFT); and Changzhou Trina Hezhong
Photoelectric Co., Ltd. (THZ) are affiliated and treated them as a
single entity for the purpose of the dumping margin calculation.
\4\ See Risen Energy Co. v. United States, 569 F. Supp. 3d 1315
(CIT 2022).
\5\ Id.
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In its final remand redetermination, issued in July 2022, Commerce:
(1) valued silver paste using Malaysian import data for HS 7106.92.00
rather than HS 7115.90.1000; (2) under respectful protest, applied
partial neutral facts available to value missing factor of production
information instead of an adverse inference when selecting facts
otherwise available when calculating Risen and Trina's dumping margins;
(3) continued to value backsheet using import data from Malaysia HS
3920.62.1000 and EVA using import data from Malaysia HS 3920.10.1900;
and (4) revised the weighted-average dumping margins assigned to the
separate rate respondents that participated in the litigation.\6\ On
December 20, 2022, the CIT sustained Commerce's final
redetermination.\7\
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\6\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court
Remand, Risen Energy Co., Ltd. et al., Consol. Court No. 20-03743,
Slip Op. 22-33 (CIT 2022), dated July 5, 2022.
\7\ See Risen Energy Co., Ltd. et al. v. United States, Consol.
Court No. 20-03743, Slip Op. 22-148 (CIT 2022).
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Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken,\8\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\9\
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 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 court decision that is not ``in
harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must suspend liquidation of
entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's December 20,
2022, judgment constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not in
harmony with Commerce's Final Results. Thus, this notice is published
in fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.
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\8\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.
1990) (Timken).
\9\ 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 as follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Trina Solar Co., Ltd./Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science 19.20
and Technology Co., Ltd./Yancheng Trina Guoneng
Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd./Changzhou Trina Solar
Yabang Energy Co., Ltd./Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co.,
Ltd./Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd./Trina Solar
(Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd./Changzhou
Trina Hezhong Photoelectric Co., Ltd...................
Risen Energy Co. Ltd./Risen (Wuhai) New Energy Co., Ltd./ 25.18
Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic Technology Co., Ltd./Risen
(Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd./Jiujiang Shengchao Xinye
Technology Co., Ltd./Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye Trade
Co., Ltd./Ruichang Branch, Risen Energy (HongKong) Co.,
Ltd./Risen Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.................
Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd... 23.02
Canadian Solar International Limited/Canadian Solar 23.02
Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc./Canadian Solar
Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc./CSI Cells Co., Ltd./CSI-
GCL Solar Manufacturing (YanCheng) Co., Ltd./CSI Solar
Power (China) Inc......................................
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd................... 23.02
JingAo Solar Co., Ltd................................... 23.02
Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd................................... 23.02
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd................... 23.02
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd......................... 23.02
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd...................... 23.02
Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited/Baoding Tianwei 23.02
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
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Because Risen, Trina, Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology
Co., Ltd.; 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.; JA Solar Technology Yangzhou
Co., Ltd.; Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Sungold
Solar Co., Ltd.; Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co. Ltd.; 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. have a superseding cash deposit rate, i.e., there
have been final results published in a subsequent administrative
review, we will not issue revised cash deposit instructions to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Thus, this notice will not affect
the current cash deposit rate for these exporters. For JingAo Solar
Co., Ltd., Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd., and exporters that do not have a
superseding cash deposit rate, Commerce will issue revised cash deposit
instructions to CBP.
Liquidation of Suspended Entries
At this time, Commerce remains enjoined, by orders of the CIT, from
liquidating entries that: (1) were exported by Risen Energy Co. Ltd.,
Risen (Wuhai) New Energy Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic
Technology Co., Ltd., Risen (Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd., Jiujiang
Shengzhao Xinye Technology Co., Ltd., Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye Trade
Co., Ltd., Ruichang Branch, Risen Energy (HongKong) Co., Ltd., or Risen
Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.; Trina Solar Co., Ltd., Trina Solar
(Changzhou) Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Yancheng Trina Guoneng
Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd., Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy
Co., Ltd., Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., Hubei Trina Solar
Energy Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd.,
and Changzhou Trina Hezhong Photoelectric Co., Ltd; Anji DaSol Solar
Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd.; Canadian Solar International
Limited, Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc., Canadian Solar
Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc., and CSI Cells Co., Ltd. and imported by
Canadian Solar (USA) Inc.; \10\ JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd.,
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd., or JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.;
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd.; Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co. Ltd.;
Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd.; 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., or
Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd. (2) that were subject of
the United States Department of Commerce's final determination in Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 85 FR
62275 (Oct. 2, 2020); (3) that were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption during the period December 1, 2017, through
November 30, 2018. These entries will remain enjoined pursuant to the
terms of the injunctions during the pendency of any appeals process.
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\10\ In the Final Results, Commerce treated 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. as a collapsed entity. In the event the
CIT's ruling is not appealed, or, if appealed, upheld by a final and
conclusive court decision, we intend to liquidate all the entries in
the collapsed entity by the rate specified in this notice.
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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 the review when the importer-specific ad
valorem assessment rate is not zero or de minimis. Where an import-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis,\11\ we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
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\11\ 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), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 29, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-28639 Filed 1-4-23; 8:45 am]
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