[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44108-44110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14563]


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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: Final Results and 
Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers/exporters of 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into 
modules (solar cells), from the People's Republic of China (China) 
during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2020, through December 31, 
2020. Commerce is also rescinding this review with respect to sixty 
companies that had no reviewable entries during the POR.

DATES: Applicable July 11, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lingjun Wang, 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) 482-2316.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 10, 2023, Commerce published the preliminary results of 
this administrative review.\1\ For a description of the events that 
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\2\
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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 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 
Rescission, and Intent to Rescind, in Part; 2020, 88 FR 1355 
(January 10, 2023) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results and Partial Rescission of the 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; 2020,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are solar cells from China.\3\ 
For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \3\ On December 7, 2012, the Order was published. See 
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing 
Duty Order, 77 FR 73017 (December 7, 2012). On December 17, 2021, 
based on a changed circumstances review, the Order was amended. See 
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Revocation of the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, 86 FR 71615 (December 21, 2021) 
(Order).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The Issues and Decision Memorandum addresses all issues raised in 
the interested parties' briefs. A list of topics discussed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in Appendix I 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. A 
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Verification

    Pursuant to section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.307(b)(v), we conducted verification of the 
questionnaire responses of Risen Energy Co., Ltd. (Risen).\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of Risen's Questionnaire 
Responses,'' dated January 13, 2023.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on comments received from interested parties and record 
information, we made certain changes from the Preliminary Results 
regarding the calculations of Risen's and Jinko Solar Import and Export 
Co., Ltd.'s (Jinko) program rates. These changes are explained in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each subsidy program found to be 
countervailable, Commerce finds that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 
financial contribution from a government or public entity that gives 
rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\5\ For a description of the methodology underlying all of 
Commerce's conclusions, including any determination that relied upon 
the use of adverse facts available pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) 
of the Act, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    It is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of a 
countervailing duty order, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there 
are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for 
which liquidation is suspended.\6\ Normally, upon completion of an 
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the 
countervailing duty assessment rate calculated for the review 
period.\7\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company to be 
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce 
can instruct U.S. Customs

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and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the calculated 
countervailing duty assessment rate calculated for the review 
period.\8\
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    \6\ See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2015, 82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); and 
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic 
of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2017, 84 FR 14650 (April 11, 2019).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    We continue to find that sixty companies subject to this review did 
not have reviewable entries of subject merchandise for which 
liquidation is suspended. Because there is no evidence on the record to 
indicate that these companies had entries, exports, or sales of subject 
merchandise during the POR, we are rescinding this review with respect 
to these companies consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). See Appendix 
III for a complete list of these companies.

Companies Not Selected for Individual Review

    The Act and Commerce's regulations do not directly address the 
establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for 
individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an 
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. 
Generally, Commerce looks to section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for determining the all-others rate in an 
investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for companies 
that were not selected for individual examination in an administrative 
review. Section 777A(e)(2) of the Act provides that ``the individual 
countervailable subsidy rates determined under subparagraph (A) shall 
be used to determine the all-others rate under section 705(c)(5) {of 
the Act{time} .'' Under section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others 
rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the 
countervailable subsidy rates established for exporters and producers 
individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis 
countervailable subsidy rates, and any rates determined entirely {on 
the basis of facts available{time} .''
    For these final results, we calculated above de minimis rates for 
Risen and Jinko. Therefore, for the remaining companies under review, 
we calculated the rate for the non-examined companies using a weighted 
average of the individual subsidy rates calculated for the two 
mandatory respondents, which is 12.61 percent ad valorem.\9\ See 
Appendix II for a complete list of these companies.
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    \9\ See Rate for Non-Examined Companies Memorandum.
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Final Results of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we determine that, for the 
period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, the following net 
countervailable subsidy rates exist:
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    \10\ This rate applies to: Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., 
Ltd. and its cross-owned companies: Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; 
JinkoSolar Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.; Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; 
Yuhuan Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; JinkoSolar (Chuzhou) Co., Ltd.; 
JinkoSolar (Yiwu) Co., Ltd.; JinkoSolar (Shangrao) Co., Ltd.; 
Xinjiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; JinkoSolar (Sichuan) Co., Ltd.; 
Jiangxi Jinko Photovoltaic Materials Co., Ltd.; Ruixu Industrial 
Co., Ltd.; and Jinko Solar (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd.
    \11\ This rate applies to: Risen Energy Co., Ltd. and its cross-
owned companies: Risen Energy (Luoyang) Co., Ltd.; Risen Energy 
(Wuhai) Co., Ltd.; Risen Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.; Risen Energy 
(Ningbo) Co., Ltd.; Risen Energy (Yiwu) Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Boxin 
Investment Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic Technology Co., 
Ltd.; Jiangsu Sveck New Material Co., Ltd.; Changzhou Sveck 
Photovoltaic New Material Co., Ltd. (including Changzhou Sveck 
Photovoltaic New Material Co., Ltd. Jintan Danfeng Road Branch); 
Changzhou Sveck New Material Technology Co., Ltd.; Ninghai Risen 
Energy Power Development Co., Ltd.; Risen (Ningbo) Electric Power 
Development Co., Ltd.; Changzhou Jintan Ningsheng Electricity Power 
Co., Ltd.; and Risen (Changzhou) Import and Export Co., Ltd.
    \12\ See Appendix II 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-examined 
company rate.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Producer/exporter                       (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.\10\.............           10.33
Risen Energy Co., Ltd.\11\..............................           14.27
Non-Examined Companies \12\.............................           12.61
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Disclosure

    Commerce will disclose to the parties in this proceeding the 
calculations performed for these final results within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\13\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) and (a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b), Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise 
in accordance with 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 companies for which this review is rescinded, Commerce will 
instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries 
at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, during the POR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).

Cash Deposit Instructions

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) and (a)(2)(C) of the Act, 
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the companies listed 
above on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this administrative review. For all non-reviewed 
firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of 
estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most 
recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. 
These cash deposits, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to the 
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(a)(3). Timely 
written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to a judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing the final results and publishing this notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: June 29, 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. Rescission of the Administrative Review, in Part

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V. Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review
VI. Use of Facts Available and Application of Adverse Inferences
VII. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VIII. Subsidies Valuation
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Discussion of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Adverse Facts Available 
(AFA) to the Export Buyer's Credit Program (EBCP)
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Find That Input Producers of 
Solar Grade Polysilicon, Aluminum Extrusions, and Solar Glass Are 
Authorities
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Find That the Provision of 
Electricity for Less Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) Program Is 
Countervailable
    Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Revise Jinko's Denominator
    Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Attribute Risen's Subsidies 
to Its Consolidated Sales
    Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Change the Benchmark for the 
Provision of Polysilicon for LTAR
    Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Change the Benchmark for the 
Provision of Solar Glass for LTAR
    Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Change the Benchmark for the 
Provision of Aluminum Extrusions for LTAR
    Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Change the Inland Freight 
Values Used for the Benefit Calculation of the Provision of Solar 
Glass, Aluminum Extrusions, and Solar Grade Polysilicon for LTAR 
Programs
    Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should Change the Ocean Freight 
Benchmark
    Comment 11: Whether Commerce Made Errors in Jinko's Preliminary 
Calculation
    Comment 12: Whether Commerce Made Errors in Risen's Preliminary 
Calculation
XI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Non-Examined Companies Under Review

1. Anji Dasol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
2. BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd.; Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd.
3. Chint New Energy Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.
4. Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
5. JA Solar (Xingtai) Co., Ltd.
6. JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd.
7. Jiangsu High Hope Int'l Group
8. Jiangsu Huayou International Logistics
9. LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
10. Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
11. Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd.
12. Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
13. Toenergy Technology Hangzhou Co., Ltd.
14. Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
15. Trina Solar Co., Ltd.
16. Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd.
17. Yingli Energy (China) Co., Ltd.
18. Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.; Changzhou Trina Solar 
Yabang Energy Co., Ltd.; Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.; Turpan 
Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.; Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology 
Co., Ltd.; Changzhou Trina PV Ribbon Materials Co., Ltd.

Appendix III

List of Rescinded Companies

1. Canadian Solar Inc.; Canadian Solar International Limited; 
Canadian Solar Manufacturing; Canadian Solar Manufacturing 
(Changshu) Inc.; Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc.; CSI 
Cells Co., Ltd.; CSI Modules (Dafeng) Co., Ltd.; CSI Solar Power 
(China) Inc.; CSI-GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.
2. Changzhou Trina Hezhong Photoelectric Co., Ltd.
3. Trina (Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
4. Yancheng Trinasolar Guoneng Science
5. Astronergy Co., Ltd.
6. Astronergy Solar
7. Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.
8. Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.
9. Beijing Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.
10. Boviet Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
11. BYD (Shaoguan) Co., Ltd.
12. Chint Solar (HongKong) Company Limited
13. Chint Solar (Jiuquan) Co., Ltd.
14. DelSolar (Wujiang) Ltd.
15. DelSolar Co., Ltd.
16. De-Tech Trading Limited HK
17. Dongguan Sunworth Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
18. Eoplly New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
19. ERA Solar Co., Ltd.
20. ET Solar Energy Limited
21. Fuzhou Sunmodo New Energy Equipment Co., Ltd.
22. GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd.
23. Hainan Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.
24. Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
25. Hefei JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
26. Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd.
27. Hengshui Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.
28. JA Solar Co., Ltd. (aka JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.)
29. JA Solar International Limited
30. Jiangsu Jinko Tiansheng Solar Co., Ltd.
31. Jinko Solar International Limited
32. Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye Technology Co., Ltd.
33. Light Way Green New Energy Co., Ltd.
34. Lixian Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.
35. Longi (HK) Trading Ltd.
36. Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
37. Nice Sun PV Co., Ltd.
38. Ningbo ETDZ Holdings Ltd.
39. Penglai Jutal Offshore Engineering
40. ReneSola Jiangsu Ltd.
41. Renesola Zhejiang Ltd.
42. Risen Energy (HongKong) Co., Ltd.
43. Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd.
44. Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.
45. Solar Philippines Module
46. Sumec Hardware and Tools Co., Ltd.
47. Sunpreme Solar Technology (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd.
48. Suntimes Technology Co., Limited
49. Systemes Versilis, Inc.
50. Taimax Technologies Inc.
51. Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd.
52. Talesun Energy
53. Talesun Solar
54. tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
55. Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.
56. Vina Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
57. Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
58. Yingli Green Energy International Trading Company Limited
59. Zhejiang ERA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
60. Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology Limited 
Liability Company

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