[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55562-55565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14763]


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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 and 
Final Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and 
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that 
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd. (Sungold), and the companies to which 
Commerce granted separate rates, did not sell subject merchandise at 
prices below normal value (NV) during the period December 1, 2021, 
through November 30, 2022, the period of review (POR). Commerce also 
determined that certain companies do not qualify for a separate rate, 
and that it is appropriate to rescind this review with respect to 
certain companies that did not ship subject merchandise during the POR.

DATES: Applicable July 5, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dakota Potts or 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) 482-0223 or (202) 
482-4031, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 4, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this review in the Federal Register.\1\ For details regarding the 
events that occurred since publication of the Preliminary Results in 
the Federal Register, 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; 2021-2022, 89 FR 457 
(January 4, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the 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; 2021-2022'' dated 
concurrently with, and adopted by, this notice (Issues and 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. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed all the issues raised in interested parties' case and 
rebuttal briefs in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
issues raised

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in parties' briefs is included 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. 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 revised the 
surrogate value of the EVA input used by Sungold.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that certain 
companies did not have suspended entries of subject merchandise during 
the POR and thus, announced its intent to rescind the review with 
respect to these companies.\4\ For these final results, we continue to 
determine that, the companies that are listed in Appendix II do not 
have any suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR. 
Accordingly, for the companies that are listed in Appendix II to this 
notice, Commerce has rescinded its review of these companies.
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 89 FR at 458. Other than Red Sun 
Energy Co., Ltd., whose comments we address in the accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum, no parties commented on Commerce's 
preliminary rescission determination.
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China-Wide Entity

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce found that 35 companies for 
which a review was initiated did not establish their eligibility for a 
separate rate.\5\ No parties contested this finding (see discussion 
regarding the Yingli single entity below). As such, we continue to 
determine these 35 companies identified in Appendix III are part of the 
China-wide entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-
wide entity, and Commerce no longer considers the China-wide entity as 
an exporter conditionally subject to administrative reviews,\6\ we did 
not conduct a review of the China-wide entity. Thus, the weighted-
average dumping margin for the China-wide entity rate (i.e., 238.95 
percent) is not subject to change.\7\
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    \5\ Id.
    \6\ 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, 65969-70 (November 
4, 2013).
    \7\ See Order, 83 FR at 60397.
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    No parties commented on Commerce's preliminary no shipments 
determination \8\ with respect to Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science and 
Technology Co., Ltd. (Trina Solar Changzhou) and Jinko Solar.\9\ For 
these final results of review, Commerce has continued to determine that 
these two 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.
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    \8\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 8-10.
    \9\ Jinko Solar refers to the following companies which Commerce 
treated as a single entity: Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.; 
Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; Jinko Solar Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.; 
Yuhuan Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; 
Jiangsu Jinko Tiansheng Solar Co., Ltd. ; JinkoSolar (Chuzhou) Co., 
Ltd.; JinkoSolar (Yiwu) Co., Ltd.; and JinkoSolar (Shangrao) Co., 
Ltd.
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Separate Rates

    With the exception of Commerce's decision to deny Yingli \10\ a 
separate rate, no parties commented on Commerce's preliminary separate 
rate determinations. Commerce has continued to grant the companies that 
are listed in the table in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of 
this notice a separate rate, but has continued to deny a separate rate 
to the companies, including Yingli,\11\ that are listed in Appendix III 
to this notice, which are part of the China-wide entity and subject to 
the China-wide entity rate.
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    \10\ Yingli refers to the following companies which Commerce 
treated as a single entity: (1) Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources 
Co., Ltd.; (2) Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co. Ltd.; 
(3) Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (4) 
Beijing Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (5) Hainan 
Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (6) Hengshui Yingli New 
Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (7) Lixian Yingli New Energy Resources 
Co., Ltd.; (8) Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; and 
(9) Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited.
    \11\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3.
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Dumping Margin for Separate Rate Companies

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address what dumping 
margin to apply to respondents that are not selected for individual 
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 
respondents that are not individually examined in an administrative 
review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is 
normally ``equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted 
average dumping margins established for exporters and producers 
individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis dumping 
margins, and any dumping margins determined entirely {on the basis of 
facts available{time} .'' When the weighted-average dumping margins 
established for all individually examined respondents are zero, de 
minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of 
the Act permits Commerce to ``use any reasonable method to establish 
the estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers not 
individually investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted 
average dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers 
individually investigated.'' Consistent with Commerce's practice,\12\ 
we have determined that a reasonable method would be to assign a 
dumping margin to the non-individually examined separate rate companies 
equal to the zero percent dumping margin calculated for Sungold.
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    \12\ See Wooden Cabinet and Vanities and Components Thereof From 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2021, 87 FR 
67674 (November 9, 2022), and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum at Comment 5.
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Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period December 1, 2021, through November 30, 
2022:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd.............................        0.00
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                         Separate Rate Companies
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BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd..........................        0.00
Hongkong Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd.........................        0.00
Trina Solar Co., Ltd........................................        0.00
Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Ltd.............        0.00
Zhejiang Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd..............        0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose to parties to the proceeding the

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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).

Assessment Rates

    Because the weighted average dumping margins for the companies that 
are listed in the table in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of 
this notice are zero percent, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 
entries of the companies' subject merchandise during the POR without 
regard to antidumping duties. Commerce intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. If a timely summons 
is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, in its assessment 
instructions Commerce 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).
    Pursuant to a refinement of its practice, Commerce will instruct 
CBP to liquidate entries of Sungold's subject merchandise for which 
sales were not reported in the U.S. sales database at the China-wide 
entity rate.\13\
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    \13\ See Solar Cells from China AR1 Final, 80 FR at 41002.
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    Additionally, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR that were recorded under the 
company-specific case numbers for Trina Solar Changzhou or Jinko Solar 
at the China-wide entity rate.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be in effect for all 
shipments of 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 exporters that are listed in the table in the ``Final 
Results of Review'' section of this notice above, the cash deposit rate 
will be zero percent; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed 
Chinese and non-Chinese exporters that are not listed in the rate table 
in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice above that 
have separate rates, 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 all non-
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 applicable to the China exporter(s) 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 has 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 28, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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 Rescind the Administrative Review with 
Respect to Red Sun
    Comment 2: Whether BYD HK Should Be Allowed to File a Separate 
Rate Application in the Future
    Comment 3: Whether to Grant Yingli a Separate Rate
    Comment 4: Whether Commerce Applied an Appropriate Partial 
Adverse Facts Available Methodology
    Comment 5: The Appropriate Surrogate Values for Sungold's 
Junction Box and EVA Input
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies for Which Commerce Is Rescinding the Review

1. Canadian Solar International Limited; Canadian Solar 
Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc.; Canadian Solar Manufacturing 
(Luoyang) Inc.; CSI Cells Co., Ltd.; CSI Solar Co., Ltd.; and CSI 
Solar Manufacturing (Fu Ning) Co., Ltd.
2. Chint Solar (Hong Kong) Company Limited; Chint Solar (Jiuquan) 
Co., Ltd.; Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; and Chint New Energy 
Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd.
3. JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd.
4. Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.
5. JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.
6. Longi Solar Technology Co. Ltd.
7. Red Sun Energy Long An Company Limited a.k.a Red Sun Energy Co., 
Ltd.
8. 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.; and Risen 
Energy (YIWU) Co., Ltd.
9. Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd.
10. Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
11. Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd.
12. Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd.
13. Xiamen Yiyusheng Solar Co., Ltd.

Appendix III

Companies Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity

1. Renesola Jiangsu Ltd.
2. BYD H.K. Co., Ltd.
3. CSI Modules (DaFeng) Co., Ltd.
4. De-Tech Trading Limited HK
5. Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd.
6. JA Solar Co., Ltd.
7. Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
8. Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd.
9. Longi (HK) Trading Ltd.
10. Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd.
11. Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
12. ReneSola Zhejiang Ltd.
13. Shanghai Nimble Co., Ltd.
14. Sumec Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd.
15. Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
16. Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd.
17. tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
18. Trina Solar Energy Development PTE Ltd.

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19. Jinko Solar International Limited
20. Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd.
21. Trina Solar (Singapore) Science and Technology Pte. Ltd.
22. Yingli Green Energy International Trading Company Limited
23. Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited
24. Changzhou Trina Hezhong Photoelectric Co., Ltd.
25. Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
26. Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd.
27. Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
28. Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
29. Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
30. Yancheng Trina Guoneng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.
31. Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
32. Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
33. Maodi Solar Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
34. Shenzhen Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; Baoding 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.; 
and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (Yingli Energy China).
35. Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.

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