[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43302-43305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14428]


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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 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No 
Shipments; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that 
companies in the People's Republic of China (China) sold subject 
merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review 
(POR), December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021. Commerce has also 
determined that one company did not sell subject merchandise below NV 
and that 18 companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide 
entity.

DATES: Applicable July 7, 2023,

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dakota Potts or Paola Aleman Ordaz, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0223 or (202) 482-4031, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 6, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this review in the Federal Register.\1\ For details regarding the 
events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this administrative review 
in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).
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    \1\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled Into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review, and 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021, 88 FR 1046 
(January 6, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2020-2021 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the People's Republic of 
China'' dated concurrently with, and adopted by, this notice (Issues 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \3\
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    \3\ 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).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is crystalline silicon 
photovoltaic cells, and modules, laminates, and panels, consisting of 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not partially or 
fully assembled into other products, including, but not limited to, 
modules, laminates, panels and building integrated materials.\4\ 
Merchandise covered by this order is currently classified under 
subheadings 8501.71.0000, 8501.72.1000, 8501.72.2000, 8501.72.3000, 
8501.72.9000, 8501.80.1000, 8501.80.2000, 8501.80.3000, 8501.80.9000, 
8507.20.8010, 8507.20.8031, 8507.20.8041, 8507.20.8061, 8507.20.8091, 
8541.42.0010, and 8541.43.0010 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS).\5\ Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the 
scope of the Order is dispositive.
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    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Issues Decision Memorandum.
    \5\ During the POR, solar cells and modules were primarily 
classified under USHTS subheadings 8541.40.6015 and 8541.40.6025. 
These two categories were updated to USHTS subheadings 8541.42.0010 
and 8541.43.0010 in 2022.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs 
filed in this administrative review in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. A list of the issues raised in parties' briefs is included 
in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, and for the reasons 
explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made certain 
changes to the Preliminary Results. Specifically, we changed (1) the 
calculations of the weighted-average dumping margins for Chint Solar 
\6\ and Shenzhen Glory Industries Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Glory) (the 
mandatory respondents), including changing certain surrogate values 
used in those calculations; (2) granted Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., 
Ltd. a separate rate; and (3) updated the dumping margin assigned to 
the non-individually examined companies that demonstrated their 
eligibility for a separate rate.
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    \6\ We have continued to treat the following companies as a 
single entity: Chint New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (f/k/a Chint 
New Energy Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.); Chint Solar (Hong Kong) 
Company Limited; Chint Solar (Jiuquan) Co., Ltd.; Chint Solar 
(Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; Chint New Energy Technology (Yancheng) Co., 
Ltd.; Chint Solar (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.; Haining Chint Solar Energy 
Technology Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Taiheng New Energy Co., Ltd.; 
Hangzhou Taifu New Energy Co., Ltd (collectively, Chint Solar).
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that nine 
companies/company groupings did not export or sell subject merchandise, 
nor did they have knowledge that their subject merchandise was entered 
into the United States during the POR.\7\ No parties commented on 
Commerce's preliminary no shipments determination. For these final 
results of review, we have continued to determine that these nine 
companies/company

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groupings \8\ did not export or sell subject merchandise, nor did they 
have knowledge that their subject merchandise was entered into the 
United States, during the POR.
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    \7\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 5-6.
    \8\ The nine companies/company groupings are: (1) BYD H.K. Co., 
Ltd.; (2) Canadian Solar International Limited, Canadian Solar 
Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc., Canadian Solar Manufacturing 
(Luoyang) Inc., CSI Cells Co., Ltd., CSI Solar Power (China) Inc., 
CSI-GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. (collectively, 
Canadian Solar); (3) CSI Modules (Dafeng) Co. Ltd.; (4) JA Solar 
Co., Ltd.; (5) JingAo Solar Co., Ltd. (JingAo); (6) Risen Energy 
Co., Ltd., Risen Energy (Changzhou) 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 (HongKong) Co., Ltd.; (7) Shanghai BYD 
Co., Ltd.; (8) Xiamen Yiyusheng Solar Co., Ltd.; and (9) Zhejiang 
Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
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Separate Rates

    We have continued to grant the companies listed in the table in the 
``Final Results of Review'' section below, a separate rate because they 
demonstrated that they are entitled to separate rate status. We have 
continued to find that the companies listed in Appendix II have not 
demonstrated their entitlement to a separate rate because they did not 
file a separate rate application or certification. Consequently, we are 
treating the companies listed in Appendix II as part of the China-wide 
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, 
the entity is not under review and the entity's rate (i.e., 238.95 
percent \9\) is not subject to change.\10\
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    \9\ The China-wide entity rate was last changed in the first 
administrative review of this proceeding and has been the applicable 
rate for the entity in each subsequent review, including the most 
recently completed review. 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, 41002 (July 14, 2015); see also 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; 2019-
2020, 87 FR 38379, 38381 (June 28, 2022).
    \10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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Dumping Margins for Separate Rate Companies

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address what dumping 
margin to apply to respondents not selected for individual examination 
when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review 
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to 
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when 
calculating the dumping margin for non-selected respondents that are 
not individually examined in an administrative review. Section 
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the all-others rate should be 
calculated by averaging the weighted-average dumping margins calculated 
for individually-examined respondents, excluding dumping margins that 
are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. Because we 
calculated a dumping margin of zero or de minimis for Shenzhen Glory, 
and a dumping margin that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 
facts available for Chint Solar, we assigned the separate rate 
recipients that we did not individually examine a dumping margin equal 
to Chint Solar's dumping margin consistent with Commerce's practice and 
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

Final Results of Review

    We are assigning the following dumping margin to the firms listed 
below for the period December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021:1.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                        Exporter                          dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Chint New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (f.k.a. Chint New            36.50
 Energy Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.);\11\ Chint Solar
 (Hong Kong) Company Limited; Chint Solar (Jiuquan) Co.,
 Ltd.; Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; Chint New
 Energy Technology (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.; Chint Solar
 (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.; Haining Chint Solar Energy
 Technology Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Taiheng New Energy Co.,
 Ltd.; Hangzhou Taifu New Energy Co., Ltd...............
Shenzhen Glory Industries Co., Ltd......................            0.00
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   Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies:
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Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd...           36.50
BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd......................           36.50
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd...................           36.50
Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.; Jinko Solar               36.50
 Co., Ltd.; Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd. (f/k/a Jinko
 Solar Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.); Yuhuan Jinko
 Solar Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.;
 Jiangsu Jinko Tiansheng Solar Co., Ltd.................
LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd.........................           36.50
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd...................           36.50
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd.........................           36.50
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd..........................           36.50
Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Baoding            36.50
 Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.; Baoding
 Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Beijing
 Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Hainan
 Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Hengshui Yingli
 New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Lixian Yingli New
 Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Yingli New Energy
 Resources Co., Ltd.; Yingli Energy (China) Company
 Limited................................................
Trina Solar Co., Ltd.; Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science             36.50
 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.........
Trina Solar (Singapore) Science and Technology Pte. Ltd.           36.50
Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited..........           36.50
Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Ltd.........           36.50
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd......................           36.50
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose to parties to the proceeding the 
calculations performed for these final results of review within five 
days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    \11\ Based on our successor-in-interest analysis, we have 
determined that Chint New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is the entity 
formerly known as Chint New Energy Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd. 
For further information, see Comment 5 of the accompanying Issues 
Decision Memorandum.
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by the final results of this review. Commerce intends 
to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 
the date of publication of the final results of this review in the 
Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the 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).
    For the individually examined respondents whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis, we calculated importer-
specific assessment rates in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1) \12\ 
by dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for all reviewed 
U.S. sales to the importer by the total entered value of the 
merchandise sold to the importer.\13\ Where either the respondent's ad 
valorem weighted average dumping margin, or an importer-specific ad 
valorem assessment rate, is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct 
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\14\
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    \12\ We applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted 
in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average 
Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \14\ Id.
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    Where sales of subject merchandise exported by an individually 
examined respondent were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted 
by the respondent, but the merchandise was entered into the United 
States during the POR under the CBP case number of the respondent, 
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate any entries of such merchandise 
at the weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide entity (i.e., 
238.95 percent). Additionally, where Commerce determines that an 
exporter under review made no shipments of subject merchandise during 
the POR, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate any suspended entries 
of subject merchandise that entered under that exporter's CBP case 
number during the POR at the weighted-average dumping margin for the 
China-wide entity.
    The antidumping duty assessment rate for the companies not 
individually examined in this administrative review that qualified for 
a separate rate, will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
listed for the company in the table above.
    For companies not eligible for a separate rate which Commerce 
considered to be part of the China-wide entity, the assessment rate 
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide 
entity, i.e., 238.95 percent.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on, or after, the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the companies listed in the table 
above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average 
dumping margin listed for the company in the table; (2) for a 
previously investigated or reviewed exporter of subject merchandise not 
listed in the table above that has a separate rate, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the exporter's existing cash deposit rate; (3) 
for all China exporters of subject merchandise that do not have a 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin assigned to the China-wide entity, which is 
238.95 percent; and (4) for a non-China exporter of subject merchandise 
that does not have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal 
to the weighted-average dumping margin applicable to the China exporter 
that supplied that non-China exporter.
    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant POR entries. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and 
the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties, and/or an 
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the 
countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO 
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.305(a)(3), 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

    We are issuing these final results of administrative review and 
publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: June 30, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether to Grant Shenzhen Sungold Separate Rate 
Status
    Comment 2: Whether to Assess Duties on Canadian Solar's Entries 
at the China-
    Wide Rate
    Comment 3: The Appropriate Surrogate Value (SV) for Labor
    Comment 4: Whether Commerce Incorrectly Included Rental Expenses 
as Factory Overhead
    Comment 5: The Correct Name of a Company in the Collapsed Chint 
Solar Entity
    Comment 6: The Appropriate SV for Anti-Reflective Glass
    Comment 7: The Appropriate SV for Junction Boxes
    Comment 8: The Appropriate SV for Silver Paste
    Comment 9: Whether to Deduct a Service Fee Related to Movement 
Expenses from U.S. Prices

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    Comment 10: The Appropriate SV for Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) 
Input
    Comment 11: The Appropriate SV for Packing Strap
    Comment 12: Whether Commerce Incorrectly Deducted 301 Duties
    Comment 13: The Appropriate SV for Shenzhen Glory's Baseboard 
Input
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity

1. De-Tech Trading Limited HK
2. Fuzhou Sunmodo New Energy Equipment
3. Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd.
4. Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
5. Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.
6. Jinko Solar International Limited
7. Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd.
8. Longi (HK) Trading Ltd.
9. Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd.
10. Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
11. Renesola Jiangsu Ltd.
12. ReneSola Zhejiang Ltd.
13. Sumec Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd.
14. Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
15. Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd.
16. tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
17. Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.; Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
18. Yingli Green Energy International Trading Company Limited

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