[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 79 (Friday, April 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17384-17388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07136]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-557-831]


Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
Into Modules, From Malaysia: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination

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 and exporters 
of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled 
into modules (solar cells), from Malaysia. The period of investigation 
is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable April 25, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston Cox, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 4, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary 
Determination, in which we also postponed the final determination until 
April 18, 2025.\1\ Commerce invited interested parties to comment on 
the Preliminary Determination.\2\ On November 7, 2024, Commerce 
published the Amended Preliminary Determination.\3\ On November 25, 
2024, we published the Correction to the Amended Preliminary 
Determination to correct text in the ``Amended Cash Deposits and 
Suspension of Liquidation'' section of the Amended Preliminary 
Determination.\4\
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    \1\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules, from Malaysia: Preliminary Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 89 FR 80861 
(October 4, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 80863.
    \3\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules, from Malaysia: Amended Preliminary 
Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR 88232 
(November 7, 2024) (Amended Preliminary Determination), and 
accompanying Amended Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \4\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules, from Malaysia: Amended Preliminary 
Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation; Correction, 89 
FR 92893 (November 11, 2024) (Correction to the Amended Preliminary 
Determination).
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    A summary of the events that occurred since the Preliminary 
Determination may be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ 
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, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Affirmative Determination in the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 
Not Assembled into Modules, from Malaysia,'' dated concurrently with 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is solar cells from 
Malaysia. For a complete description of the scope of this 
investigation, see Appendix I.

Scope Comments

    In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time 
for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope) in 
scope-specific case or other written comments on scope issues.\6\ 
Between December 27, 2024, and January 3, 2025, Commerce received a 
scope case brief and a rebuttal brief from JA Solar USA Inc. and JA 
Solar Vietnam Company Limited (collectively, JA Solar) and the American 
Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee (Petitioner), 
respectively.\7\ For a summary of the product coverage comments and 
rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final 
determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments 
timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum.\8\ In the Final Scope 
Memorandum, Commerce determined that it is modifying the scope language 
as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. See Appendix I.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from Cambodia, Malaysia, and 
Thailand: Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated November 
27, 2024. (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum).
    \7\ See JA Solar's Letter, ``Scope Case Brief,'' dated December 
27, 2024; and Petitioner's Letter ``Rebuttal Scope Brief,'' dated 
January 3, 2025.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from Cambodia, Malaysia, 
Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Scope 
Decision Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Final 
Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Verification

    In accordance with section 782(i) of the Act, Commerce conducted 
verification of the information of the information relied upon in 
making its final determination in this investigation. Specifically, 
Commerce conducted on-site verifications of the information and data on 
subsidies reported by the Government of Malaysia; Hanwha Q CELLS 
Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Hanwha Q CELLS); and Jinko Solar Technology Sdn. 
Bhd. (JST) and its cross-owned affiliates, Jinko Solar (Malaysia) Sdn. 
Bhd. (JSM) and Omega Solar Sdn. Bhd. (Omega) (collectively, Jinko 
Solar). We used standard verification procedures, including an 
examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original 
source documents provided by Hanwha Q Cells and Jinko Solar.

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by 
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parties are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of 
the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached 
to this notice as Appendix II.

Changes Since the Preliminary Determination

    We have made certain changes to the preliminary calculations for 
Hanwha Q Cells and Jinko Solar since the Preliminary Determination. For 
a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this investigation in accordance with section 
701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to be 
countervailable, Commerce determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 
financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit 
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\9\ For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our final determination, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. In making this final determination, 
Commerce relied on facts otherwise available, including with an adverse 
inference (AFA), pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a 
full discussion of our application of AFA, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum section entitled, ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 
Application of Adverse Inferences.''
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    \9\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; see also section 771(5)(E) of the Act 
regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding 
specificity.
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Use of Adverse Facts Available

    As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, Commerce assigned a 
countervailable subsidy rate on the basis of AFA, pursuant to sections 
776(a) and (b) of the Act, to four companies (i.e., Baojia New Energy, 
Pax Union Resources SDN BHD, and SunMax Energy SDN BHD (collectively, 
the non-responsive companies) that were non-responsive to the quantity 
and value questionnaire.\10\ There is no new information on the record 
that would cause us to revisit our decision in the Preliminary 
Determination. Accordingly, for the reasons explained in the 
Preliminary Determination, and consistent with Commerce's practice, as 
AFA, continue to base the CVD subsidy rate for the non-responsive 
companies on facts otherwise available in our final determination.
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    \10\ See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 82978.
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All-Others Rate

    In accordance with section 705(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we 
calculated an individual estimated countervailable subsidy rate for the 
two mandatory respondents, Hanwha Q Cells and Jinko Solar. Section 
705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states that, for companies not individually 
investigated, Commerce will determine an all-others rate equal to the 
weighted-average countervailable subsidy rates established for 
exporters and/or producers individually investigated, excluding any 
zero and de minimis countervailable subsidy rates, and any rates 
determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. For this final 
determination, we calculated individual estimated countervailable 
subsidy rates for Hanwha Q Cells and Jinko Solar that are not zero, de 
minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, we 
calculated the all-others rate using a weighted average of the 
individual estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined 
respondents Hanwha Q Cells and Jinko Solar) using each company's 
publicly ranged sales value for their exports to the United States of 
subject merchandise, in accordance with section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the 
Act.

Final Determination

    Commerce determines that the following countervailable subsidy 
rates exist:

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                                                  Subsidy rate  (percent
                    Company                            ad valorem)
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Hanwha Q CELLS Malaysia Sdn. Bhd...............                    14.64
Jinko Solar Technology Sdn. Bhd.; Jinko Solar                      38.38
 (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; and Omega Solar Sdn. Bhd
Baojia New Energy..............................                 * 168.80
Pax Union Resources SDN BHD....................                 * 168.80
SunMax Energy SDN BHD..........................                 * 168.80
All Others.....................................                    32.49
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.

Disclosure

    Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the 
calculations performed in connection with a final determination within 
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice 
of final determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.224(b).

Suspension of Liquidation

    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to start 
or continue to suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of 
subject merchandise, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which 
were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption as described 
below. As a result of our Preliminary Determination and pursuant to 
sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, Commerce instructed CBP to 
collect cash deposits and suspend liquidation of entries of solar cells 
from Malaysia that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after October 4, 2024, the date of the publication of 
the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.\11\
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    \11\ See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 82978.
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    In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we instructed CBP to 
discontinue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after February 1, 2025, but to continue the suspension of liquidation 
of all entries of solar cells on or before January 31, 2025.
    If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final 
affirmative injury determination, we will issue a countervailing duty 
order, reinstate the suspension of liquidation under section 706(a) of 
the Act, and require a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties 
for entries of subject merchandise in the amounts indicated above. If 
the ITC determines that material injury, or threat of material injury, 
does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all estimated 
duties deposited, or securities posted, as a result of the suspension 
of liquidation will be refunded or canceled.

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ITC Notification

    In accordance with section 705(d) of the Act, we will notify the 
ITC of our final affirmative determination that countervailable 
subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of solar cells 
from Malaysia. Because the final determination is affirmative, in 
accordance with section 705(b) of the Act, the ITC will make its final 
determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United States 
is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of 
imports of solar cells from Malaysia no later than 45 days after our 
final determination. In addition, we are making available to the ITC 
all non-privileged and non-proprietary information related to this 
investigation. We will allow the ITC access to all privileged and 
business proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC 
confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or 
under an administrative protective order (APO), without the written 
consent of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
    If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of material 
injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated and all cash 
deposits will be refunded. If the ITC determines that such injury does 
exist, Commerce will issue a CVD order directing CBP to assess, upon 
further instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties on all imports 
of the subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the 
suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in the ``Suspension 
Liquidation'' section.

Administrative Protective Order

    In the event that ITC issues a final negative injury determination, 
this notice will serve as the final reminder to parties subject to an 
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 the return/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 violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
705(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: April 18, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation 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.
    This investigation covers crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells 
of thickness equal to or greater than 20 micrometers, having a p/n 
junction formed by any means, whether or not the cell has undergone 
other processing, including, but not limited to, cleaning, etching, 
coating, and/or addition of materials (including, but not limited 
to, metallization and conductor patterns) to collect and forward the 
electricity that is generated by the cell.
    Merchandise under consideration may be described at the time of 
importation as parts for final finished products that are assembled 
after importation, including, but not limited to, modules, 
laminates, panels, building-integrated modules, building-integrated 
panels, or other finished goods kits. Such parts that otherwise meet 
the definition of merchandise under consideration are included in 
the scope of the investigations.
    Excluded from the scope of the investigation are thin film 
photovoltaic products produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), 
cadmium telluride (CdTe), or copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS).
    Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000 
mm2 in surface area, that are permanently integrated into 
a consumer good whose function is other than power generation and 
that consumes the electricity generated by the integrated 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell. Where more than one cell is 
permanently integrated into a consumer good, the surface area for 
purposes of this exclusion shall be the total combined surface area 
of all cells that are integrated into the consumer good.
    Additionally, excluded from the scope of the investigation are 
panels with surface area from 3,450 mm2 to 33,782 
mm2 with one black wire and one red wire (each of type 22 
AWG or 24 AWG not more than 206 mm in length when measured from 
panel extrusion), and not exceeding 2.9 volts, 1.1 amps, and 3.19 
watts. For the purposes of this exclusion, no panel shall contain an 
internal battery or external computer peripheral ports.
    Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are:
    1. Off grid CSPV panels in rigid form with a glass cover, with 
the following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 100 watts 
or less per panel; (B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 
cm2 per panel; (C) do not include a built-in inverter; 
(D) must include a permanently connected wire that terminates in 
either an 8 mm male barrel connector, or a two-port rectangular 
connector with two pins in square housings of different colors; (E) 
must include visible parallel grid collector metallic wire lines 
every 1-4 millimeters across each solar cell; and (F) must be in 
individual retail packaging (for purposes of this provision, retail 
packaging typically includes graphics, the product name, its 
description and/or features, and foam for transport); and
    2. Off grid CSPV panels without a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 100 watts or 
less per panel; (B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 cm2 
per panel; (C) do not include a built-in inverter; (D) must include 
visible parallel grid collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 
millimeters across each solar cell; and (E) each panel is (1) 
permanently integrated into a consumer good; (2) encased in a 
laminated material without stitching, or (3) has all of the 
following characteristics: (i) the panel is encased in sewn fabric 
with visible stitching, (ii) includes a mesh zippered storage 
pocket, and (iii) includes a permanently attached wire that 
terminates in a female USB-A connector.
    In addition, the following CSPV panels are excluded from the 
scope of the investigation: off-grid CSPV panels in rigid form with 
a glass cover, with each of the following physical characteristics, 
whether or not assembled into a fully completed off-grid hydropanel 
whose function is conversion of water vapor into liquid water: (A) a 
total power output of no more than 80 watts per panel; (B) a surface 
area of less than 5,000 square centimeters (cm2) per 
panel; (C) do not include a built-in inverter; (D) do not have a 
frame around the edges of the panel; (E) include a clear glass back 
panel; and (F) must include a permanently connected wire that 
terminates in a twoport rectangular connector.
    Additionally excluded from the scope of this investigation are 
off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels, 
with or without a glass cover, with the following characteristics: 
(1) a total power output of 200 watts or less per panel; (2) a 
maximum surface area of 16,000 cm2 per panel; (3) no 
built-in inverter; (4) an integrated handle or a handle attached to 
the package for ease of carry; (5) one or more integrated kickstands 
for easy installation or angle adjustment; and (6) a wire of not 
less than 3 meters either permanently connected or attached to the 
package that terminates in an 8 mm diameter male barrel connector.
    Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are off-grid 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels in rigid form with a glass 
cover, with each of the following physical characteristics, whether 
or not assembled into a fully completed off-grid hydropanel whose 
function is conversion of water vapor into liquid water: (A) a total 
power output of no more than 180 watts per panel at 155 degrees 
Celsius; (B) a surface area of less than 16,000 square centimeters 
(cm2) per panel; (C) include a keep-out area of 
approximately 1,200 cm2 around the edges of the panel 
that does not contain solar cells; (D) do not

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include a built-in inverter; (E) do not have a frame around the 
edges of the panel; (F) include a clear glass back panel; (G) must 
include a permanently connected wire that terminates in a two-port 
rounded rectangular, sealed connector; (H) include a thermistor 
installed into the permanently connected wire before the twoport 
connector; and (I) include exposed positive and negative terminals 
at opposite ends of the panel, not enclosed in a junction box.
    Further excluded from the scope of the investigation are:
    1. Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 10,500 cm\2\ per 
panel, (C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure, (E) must include visible parallel grid 
collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 millimeters across each 
solar cell, and (F) must be in individual retail packaging (for 
purposes of this provision, retail packaging typically includes 
graphics, the product name, its description and/or features); and
    2. Off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic 
panels, with or without a glass cover, with the following 
characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or less per 
panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm\2\ per panel, (C) no 
built-in inverter, (D) an integrated handle or a handle attached to 
the package for ease of carry, (E) one or more integrated kickstands 
for easy installation or angle adjustment, and (F) a wire either 
permanently connected or attached to the package terminates in 
waterproof connector with a cylindrical positive electrode and a 
rectangular negative electrode with the positive and negative 
electrodes having an interlocking structure.
    Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are:
    1. Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 10,500 cm\2\ per 
panel, (C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure, (E) must include visible parallel grid 
collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 millimeters across each 
solar cell, and (F) must be in individual retail packaging (for 
purposes of this provision, retail packaging typically includes 
graphics, the product name, its description and/or features); and
    2. Small off-grid panels with glass cover, with the following 
characteristics: (A) surface area from 3,450 mm2 to 
33,782 mm2, (B) with one black wire and one red wire 
(each of type 22AWG or 28 AWG not more than 350 mm in length when 
measured from panel extrusion), (C) not exceeding 10 volts, (D) not 
exceeding 1.1 amps, (E) not exceeding 6 watts, and (F) for the 
purposes of this exclusion, no panel shall contain an internal 
battery or external computer peripheral ports.
    Additionally excluded from the scope of the investigation are:
    1. Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 175 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 9,000 cm\2\ per panel, 
(C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure; (E) must include visible parallel grid 
collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 millimeters across each 
solar cell, and (F) must be in individual retail packaging (for 
purposes of this provision, retail packaging typically includes 
graphics, the product name, its description and/or features); and
    2. Off grid CSPV panels without a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics, (A) a total power output of 220 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm\2\ per 
panel, (C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include 
visible parallel grid collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 
millimeters across each solar cell, and (E) each panel is encased in 
a laminated material without stitching.
    Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are off-grid 
CSPV panels in rigid form, with or without a glass cover, 
permanently attached to an aluminum extrusion that is an integral 
component of an automation device that controls natural light, 
whether or not assembled into a fully completed automation device 
that controls natural light, with the following characteristics:
    1. a total power output of 20 watts or less per panel;
    2. a maximum surface area of 1,000 cm2 per panel;
    3. does not include a built-in inverter for powering third party 
devices.
    Modules, laminates, and panels produced in a third-country from 
cells produced in a subject country are covered by the 
investigations; however, modules, laminates, and panels produced in 
a subject country from cells produced in a third-country are not 
covered by the investigations.
    Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are all 
products covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders on 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); and 
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).
    Merchandise covered by the investigation is currently classified 
in the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS) under 
subheadings 8541.42.0010 and 8541.43.0010. Imports of the subject 
merchandise may enter under HTSUS 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, and 
8507.20.8091. These HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes; the written description of the scope of the 
investigations is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce has the Legal Authority Under the 
WTO Rules and U.S. Law To Investigate Transnational Subsidies
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce's Determination on Policy Lending 
From Chinese Banks for BRI Capacity Cooperation Projects Is Based on 
Substantial Evidence and Is in Accordance With the Law
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce's Decision To Countervail the Cross-
Border Provision of Chinese Origin Inputs for LTAR Is Based on 
Substantial Evidence and in Accordance With Law
    Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Use UN Comtrade Export Data 
as the Benchmark for Solar Glass
    Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Use HS 7115.90 As the 
Benchmark for the Silver Paste for LTAR Program
    Comment 6: Whether the Exemption of Import Duties and Sales 
Taxes for Raw Materials Through Licensed Manufacturing, Warehouses 
(LMWs) Countervailable
    Comment 7: Whether Commerce the Exemption on Import Duties and 
Sales Taxes for Imported Raw Materials, Spare Parts/Accessories, and 
Machinery Through Free Trade Zones (FTZs) Countervailable
    Comment 8: Whether the Import Duty and Sales Tax Exemptions 
Program Through Licensed Manufacturing Warehouse Should Be 
Considered an Export Subsidy
    Comment 9: Whether the Electricity for LTAR Program Is 
Countervailable
    Comment 10: Whether Singapore's Electricity Rates Are an 
Appropriate Benchmark
    Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should Revise Hanwha Q CELLS 
Benefit Calculation for Provision of Electricity for LTAR
    Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should Find the Provision of Land 
to Hanwha Countervailable
    Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should Reconsider Its Land 
Benchmark
    Comment 14: Whether Commerce Shound Find the GOM's Loan to 
Hanwha Q CELLS Countervailable
    Comment 15: Whether Commerce Should Remove Three Purchases of 
Imported Machinery From the Calculation of Hanwha's Benefits From 
the Import Duty

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and Sales Tax Exemptions for Machinery, Equipment, and Spare Parts 
Program
    Comment 16: Whether Jinko Solar Failed To Disclose Financing 
From a Chinese State-Owned Bank
    Comment 17: Whether Commerce Should Find Jinko Solar's Trade and 
Other Payables Accounts Countervailable
    Comment 18: Whether Commerce Should Correct Certain Errors in 
Its Post-Preliminary Analysis
    Comment 19: Whether Commerce Correctly Included Sales Tax in the 
Solar Glass Benchmark
    Comment 20: Whether Commerce Incorrectly Included a Non-Existent 
Entity in Its List of Non-Responsive Companies
VII. Recommendation

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