[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26791-26798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11589]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-555-004, C-557-831, C-549-852, C-552-842]
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules, From Malaysia and Thailand: Amended Final Countervailing
Duty Determinations; Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or
Not Assembled Into Modules, From Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing countervailing duty (CVD) orders
on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled
into modules (solar cells) from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam). In addition, Commerce is
amending its final CVD determinations with respect to solar cells from
Malaysia and Thailand to correct ministerial errors.
DATES: Applicable June 24, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dusten Hom (Cambodia), Office I, at
(202) 482-5075; Janae Martin (Malaysia), Office VI, at (202) 482-0238;
Shane Subler (Thailand), Office VIII, at (202) 482-6241; and Amber
Hodak (Vietnam), Office VI, at (202) 482-8034, AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), on April 25, 2025, Commerce published its
affirmative final determinations that countervailable subsidies are
being provided to producers and exporters of solar cells from Cambodia,
Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.\1\ Between April
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28 and 29, 2025, various interested parties alleged that Commerce made
ministerial errors in the Malaysia Final Determination, Thailand Final
Determination, and Vietnam Final Determination.\2\ On May 5, 2025,
various parties submitted replies to those ministerial error
allegations.\3\
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\1\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled Into Modules from Cambodia: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 90 FR 17406 (April 25, 2025)
(Cambodia Final Determination); Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from Malaysia: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 90 FR 17384 (April
25, 2025) (Malaysia Final Determination); Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from
Thailand: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 90 FR
17380 (April 25, 2025) (Thailand Final Determination); and
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules, from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final
Affirmative Duty Determination and Final Affirmative Critical
Circumstances Determination, in Part, 90 FR 17399 (April 25, 2025)
(Vietnam Final Determination).
\2\ See American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade
Committee's (Petitioner) Letter, ``Ministerial Error Comments
Regarding the Preliminary Determination,'' dated April 29, 2025
(Petitioner's Malaysia Ministerial Error Allegation); see also TTL's
Letter, ``TTL's Ministerial Error Allegation,'' dated April 28, 2025
(TTL's Thailand Ministerial Error Allegation); Petitioner's Letter,
``Petitioner's Ministerial Error Allegation,'' dated April 28, 2025.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Response to TTL's Ministerial
Error Comments,'' dated May 5, 2025; see also Canadian Solar's
Letter, ``Ministerial Error Rebuttal Comments,'' dated May 5, 2025;
see also JA Solar Vietnam Company Limited's Letter, ``Rebuttal
Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated May 5, 2025.
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Section 705(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) define ministerial
errors as errors in addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic
function, clerical errors resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional error
which Commerce considers ministerial. We reviewed the allegations and
determined that we made ministerial errors in the Malaysia Final
Determination and Thailand Final Determination. See ``Amendment to the
Malaysia Final Determination'' and ``Amendment to the Thailand Final
Determination'' sections below for further discussions. We determined
no ministerial error was made in the Vietnam Final Determination.\4\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Ministerial Error Allegations in the Final
Determination,'' dated May 14, 2025.
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On June 9, 2025, pursuant to section 705(d) of the Act, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final affirmative determinations that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
subsidized imports of solar cells from Malaysia and Vietnam within the
meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, and is threatened with
material injury by reason of subsidized imports of solar cells from
Cambodia and Thailand within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(ii) of
the Act.\5\
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\5\ See ITC's Letter, ``Chair Determinations Letter to
{Commerce{time} --crystalline photovoltaic cells, whether or not
assembled into modules,'' dated June 9, 2025 (ITC Notification
Letter). Having made a determination that an industry in the United
States is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of
solar cells from Thailand, the ITC did not reach the issue of
critical circumstances regarding imports of subject merchandise from
Thailand. See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled Into Modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and
Vietnam, Investigation Nos. 701-TA-722-725 and 731-TA-1690-1693
(Final), USITC Pub. 5631 (June 2025) (ITC Final Report), at 1, n. 4.
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is solar cells from
Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. For a complete description
of the scope of the orders, see Appendix I and Appendix II to this
notice.
Amendment to the Malaysia Final Determination
On April 29, 2025, the petitioner timely alleged that Commerce made
a ministerial error in Malaysia Final Determination.\6\ Commerce
reviewed the record and, on May 27, 2025, agreed that the petitioner's
allegation constituted a ministerial error within the meaning of
section 705(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).\7\ Accordingly,
Commerce is amending the final determination by correcting the
countervailable subsidy rate calculated for Jinko Solar, and making the
necessary changes to the countervailable subsidy rates for all other
companies not selected for individual examination, and for the non-
responsive companies. See Malaysia Ministerial Error Analysis
Memorandum for additional details.
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\6\ See Petitioner's Malaysia Ministerial Error Allegation.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Ministerial Error Allegations in the Final
Determination,'' dated May 27, 2025 (Malaysia Ministerial Error
Analysis Memorandum).
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Amendment to the Thailand Final Determination
On April 28, 2025, Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Ltd.
(TTL) timely alleged that Commerce made ministerial errors in the
Thailand Final Determination.\8\ Commerce reviewed the record and, on
May 30, 2025, agreed that one of TTL's allegations constituted a
ministerial error within the meaning of section 705(e) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.224(f).\9\ Accordingly, Commerce is amending the final
determination by correcting the countervailable subsidy rate calculated
for TTL. See the Thailand Ministerial Error Analysis Memorandum for
additional details.
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\8\ See TTL's Thailand Ministerial Error Allegation.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis of Ministerial Error Allegations
for the Final Determination,'' dated May 30, 2025 (Thailand
Ministerial Error Analysis Memorandum).
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Countervailing Duty Orders
Based on the final affirmative determinations by the ITC that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
subsidized imports of solar cells from Malaysia and Vietnam, and is
threatened with material injury by reason of subsidized imports of
solar cells from Cambodia and Thailand,\10\ in accordance with section
705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing these CVD orders. Because the
ITC determined that imports of solar cells from Malaysia, and Vietnam
are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, are
subject to the assessment of countervailing duties.
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\10\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce
will direct U.S. Customs Border and Protection (CBP) to assess, upon
further instructions by Commerce, countervailing duties on unliquidated
entries of solar cells from Malaysia and Vietnam entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption on or after October 4, 2024, the date of
publication of the Malaysia Preliminary Determination and Vietnam
Preliminary Determination,\11\ but will not include entries occurring
after the expiration of the provisional measures period and before the
publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section
705(b) of the Act, as further described below.
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\11\ 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) (Malaysia Preliminary Determination), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM); see also
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
into Modules, from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary
Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, In Part, and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 89 FR 80866 (October 4, 2024) (Vietnam Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying PDM.
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Because the ITC determined that imports of solar cells from
Cambodia and Thailand are threatening to materially injure a U.S.
industry, pursuant to section 706(b)(2) of the Act, countervailing
duties shall be assessed on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for
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consumption on or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of
final determination of threat of material injury. Section 706(b)(1) of
the Act states, ``{i{time} f the Commission, in its final determination
under section 705(b), finds material injury or threat of material
injury which, but for the suspension of liquidation under section
703(d)(2), would have led to a finding of material injury, then entries
of the merchandise subject to the countervailing duty order, the
liquidation of which has been suspended under section 703(d)(2), shall
be subject to the imposition of countervailing duties under section
701(a).'' In addition, section 706(b)(2) of the Act requires CBP to
refund any cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties posted
before the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative
determination, if the ITC's final determination is based on threat
other than the threat described in section 706(b)(1) of the Act.
Because the ITC's final determinations with respect to Cambodia and
Thailand are based on the threat of material injury and are not
accompanied by a finding that injury would have resulted but for the
imposition of suspension of liquidation of entries since publication of
the Cambodia Preliminary Determination and Thailand Preliminary
Determination, section 706(b)(2) of the Act is applicable.\12\
Therefore, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties on entries of solar
cells from Cambodia and Thailand entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice
of final determinations of threat of material injury in the Federal
Register.
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\12\ See ITC Final Report at 96, n. 473; see also Crystalline
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules
from the Kingdom of Cambodia: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 89 FR 80877 (October 4, 2024)
(Cambodia Preliminary Determination), and accompanying PDM; and
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
into Modules, from Thailand: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination, in Part, and Alignment of Final Determination with
Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 89 FR 80877 (October 4, 2024)
(Thailand Preliminary Determination), and accompanying PDM.
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of solar
cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, effective on the
date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative determinations in
the Federal Register, and to assess, upon further instruction by
Commerce, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing
duties on each entry of subject merchandise in an amount based on the
net countervailable subsidy rates for the subject merchandise.\13\
These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
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\13\ For the Thailand Preliminary Determination, Commerce did
not instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of entries of subject
merchandise from TTL because TTL's preliminary net countervailable
subsidy rate was de minimis. See Thailand Preliminary Determination,
89 FR at 80875. However, Commerce instructed CBP to suspend
liquidation of entries of subject merchandise from TTL as a result
of the Thailand Final Determination because TTL's final net
countervailable subsidy rate was above de minimis. See Thailand
Final Determination, 90 FR at 17381. Therefore, the suspension of
liquidation with respect to TTL has already been instituted as of
the date of this amended final determination and CVD order for
Thailand. See the ``Termination of Suspension of Liquidation for
Thailand'' section below for the dates applicable to TTL.
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Commerce also intends, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, to
instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the amounts as indicated
below. Accordingly, effective on the date of the publication of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register,
CBP will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit
estimated customs duties on the subject merchandise, a cash deposit for
each entry of subject merchandise equal to the subsidy rates listed
below.\14\ The all-others rates apply to all producers or exporters not
specifically listed below, as appropriate.
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\14\ See section 706(a)(3) of the Act.
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Estimated Countervailable Subsidy Rates
The estimated countervailable subsidy rates are as follows:
Cambodia
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Subsidy rate (percent
Company ad valorem)
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Solarspace New Energy (Cambodia) Co., Ltd...... 534.67
Jintek Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd........ * 3,403.96
Hounen Solar Inc Co., Ltd...................... * 3,403.96
ISC Cambodia................................... * 3,403.96
Solar Long PV-Tech (Cambodia) Co., Ltd......... * 3,403.96
All Others..................................... 534.67
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Malaysia
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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 40.50
(Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; and Omega Solar Sdn. Bhd
Baojia New Energy.............................. * 170.92
Pax Union Resources SDN BHD.................... * 170.92
SunMax Energy SDN BHD.......................... * 170.92
All Others..................................... 34.09
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
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Thailand
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Subsidy rate (percent
Company ad valorem)
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Sunshine Electrical Energy..................... * 774.50
Taihua New Energy (Thailand) Co. Ltd........... * 774.50
Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Ltd 255.39
All Others..................................... 255.39
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Vietnam \15\
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Subsidy rate (percent
Company ad valorem)
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Boviet Solar Technology Co., Ltd............... 230.66
JA Solar Vietnam Company Limited; JA Solar PV 68.15
Vietnam Company Limited; JA Solar NE Vietnam
Company Limited...............................
GEP New Energy Viet Nam Company Limited........ * 542.64
Vietnam Green Energy Commercial Services * 542.64
Company Ltd...................................
Shengtian New Energy Vina Co., Ltd............. * 542.64
HT Solar Vietnam Limited Company............... * 542.64
All Others..................................... 124.57
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Provisional Measures
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\15\ As discussed in the Vietnam Preliminary Determination PDM,
Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-owned with JA
Solar Vietnam Company Limited: JA Solar PV Vietnam Company Limited;
JA Solar NE Vietnam Company Limited. See Vietnam Preliminary
Determination, 90 FR at 17401.
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Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months. Commerce published the Preliminary
Determinations \16\ on October 4, 2024.\17\ As such, the four-month
period beginning on the date of the publication of the Preliminary
Determinations ended on January 31, 2025. Therefore, entries of solar
cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam made on or after
February 1, 2025, and prior to the date of publication of the ITC's
final determinations in the Federal Register, are not subject to the
assessment of countervailing duties due to Commerce's discontinuation
of the suspension of liquidation.\18\
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\16\ See Cambodia Preliminary Determination; Malaysia
Preliminary Determination; Thailand Preliminary Determination;
Vietnam Preliminary Determination (collectively, Preliminary
Determinations).
\17\ See Preliminary Determinations.
\18\ In the Thailand Preliminary Determination, Commerce did not
instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of entries of subject
merchandise from TTL because TTL's preliminary net countervailable
subsidy rate was de minimis. See Thailand Preliminary Determination,
89 FR at 80875. Therefore, the discontinuation of suspension of
liquidation as a result of the expiration of provisional measures,
as described in this section, did not apply to TTL. See the
``Termination of Suspension of Liquidation for Thailand'' section
below for the dates applicable to TTL. In addition, in the Vietnam
Preliminary Determination, Commerce also did not instruct CBP to
suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise from Boviet
Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (Boviet Solar) because Boviet Solar's net
countervailable subsidy rate was de minimis. See Vietnam Preliminary
Determination, 89 FR at 80868. Therefore, the discontinuation of
suspension of liquidation as a result of the expiration of
provisional measures above, did not apply to Boviet Solar. See the
``Termination of Suspension of Liquidation for Vietnam'' section
below for the dates applicable for Boviet Solar.
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In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, Commerce instructed
CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate,
without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated entries of solar
cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after February 1, 2025,
the date on which the provisional measures expired, until and through
the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and
collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication of
the ITC's final determinations in the Federal Register.
Termination of Suspension of Liquidation for Thailand
In the Thailand Preliminary Determination, we preliminarily
determined that critical circumstances existed with respect to imports
of subject merchandise from Sunshine Electrical Energy, Taihua New
Energy (Thailand) Co. Ltd., and all other producers and exporters that
entered subject merchandise under the all-others subsidy rate.\19\
Accordingly, we instructed CBP to suspend liquidation for unliquidated
entries of subject merchandise from these producers/exporters that were
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July
6, 2024 (i.e., 90 days before publication of the Thailand Preliminary
Determination), and to require the posting of a cash deposit for such
entries of subject merchandise.\20\ Further, in the Thailand Final
Determination, Commerce determined that critical circumstances existed
with respect to imports of subject merchandise from TTL.\21\
Accordingly, we directed CBP to suspend liquidation for all imports of
the subject merchandise from TTL entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after January 25, 2025 (i.e., 90 days prior to
the date of publication of the Thailand Final Determination), and to
require the posting of a cash deposit for such entries of subject
merchandise.\22\ However, because the ITC's final determination with
respect to Thailand is based on the threat of material injury and is
not accompanied by a finding that injury would have resulted but for
the imposition of suspension of liquidation of entries since
publication of the Thailand Preliminary Determination, section
706(b)(2) of the Act is applicable. Additionally, having determined
that an industry in the United States is threatened with material
injury by reason of imports of solar cells from Thailand, the ITC did
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not reach the issue of critical circumstances regarding imports of
subject merchandise from Thailand. Therefore, Commerce will instruct
CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation of entries of solar
cells from Thailand entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption prior to the publication of the ITC's notice of final
determination in the Federal Register. Further, Commerce will also
instruct CBP to refund any cash deposits with respect to entries of
solar cells from Thailand entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption before the date of publication of the ITC's final
determination in the Federal Register.
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\19\ See Thailand Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 80875.
\20\ Id.
\21\ See Thailand Final Determination, 90 FR at 17381.
\22\ Id.
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Termination of Suspension of Liquidation for Vietnam
As a result of the Vietnam Preliminary Determination, and pursuant
to sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we instructed CBP to
collect cash deposits and suspend liquidation of entries of solar cells
from Vietnam that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after October 4, 2024, the date of the publication of
the Vietnam Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register, with
respect to entries of solar cells from Vietnam produced and/or exported
by JA Solar Vietnam Company Limited (JAVN).\23\ Because we
preliminarily determined that critical circumstances existed with
respect to imports of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by:
(1) GEP New Energy Viet Nam Company Limited; (2) Vietnam Green Energy
Commercial Services Company Ltd.; (3) Shengtian New Energy Vina Co.,
Ltd.; (4) HT Solar Vietnam Limited Company; and all other producers and
exporters whose imports enter under the all-others subsidy rate, we
instructed CBP to collect cash deposits and suspend liquidation of
entries of solar cells from Vietnam produced and/or exported by these
companies that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after July 6, 2024, which is 90 days prior to the
publication of the Vietnam Preliminary Determination in the Federal
Register. Because the subsidy rate at the Vietnam Preliminary
Determination for Boviet Solar was de minimis, Commerce did not direct
CBP to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise from this
company.\24\
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\23\ See Vietnam Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 80868.
\24\ Id.
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Provisional measures were not imposed for Boviet Solar following
the Vietnam Preliminary Determination because of Commerce's preliminary
negative determination with respect to Boviet Solar. However, Commerce
reached a final affirmative countervailing duty determination and a
final affirmative critical circumstances determination with respect to
Boviet Solar.\25\ Accordingly, pursuant to section 703(e)(2)(A) of the
Act, Commerce instructed CBP to suspend liquidation of entries solar
cells from Boviet Solar, which were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after 90 days prior to the date of
publication of the Vietnam Final Determination in the Federal Register.
Because the ITC made a negative critical circumstances determination
with regard to imports of solar cells from Vietnam,\26\ Commerce will
instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation for entries of
solar cells from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption prior to the publication of the ITC's notice of final
determination in the Federal Register. Further, Commerce will also
instruct CBP to refund any cash deposits with respect to entries of
solar cells from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption before the date of publication of the ITC's final
determination in the Federal Register.\27\
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\25\ See Vietnam Final Determination, 90 FR at 17400.
\26\ See ITC Notification Letter.
\27\ Id.
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Establishment of Annual Inquiry Service Lists
On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the Final Rule in the
Federal Register.\28\ On September 27, 2021, Commerce also published
the Procedural Guidance in the Federal Register.\29\ The Final Rule and
Procedural Guidance provide that Commerce will maintain an annual
inquiry service list for each order or suspended investigation, and any
interested party submitting a scope ruling application or request for
circumvention inquiry shall serve a copy of the application or request
on the persons on the annual inquiry service list for that order, as
well as any companion order covering the same merchandise from the same
country of origin.
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\28\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September
20, 2021) (Final Rule).
\29\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021)
(Procedural Guidance).
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at https://access.trade.gov, within five business days of publication of the
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type
called ``AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \30\
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\30\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list segment per case number, and the anniversary month will
be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance,\31\ the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
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\31\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
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Commerce may update an annual inquiry service list at any time as
needed based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of
appearance to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website at https://access.trade.gov.
Special Instructions for the Petitioner and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry
service list in the years that follow.'' \32\
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Accordingly, as stated above, the petitioner, the Government of
Cambodia, the Government of Malaysia, the Government of Vietnam, and
the Royal Thai Government (collectively, Governments) should submit
their initial entries of appearance after publication of this notice in
order to appear in the first annual inquiry service lists for these
orders. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the
Governments will not need to resubmit their entries of appearance each
year to continue to be included on the annual inquiry service list.
However, the petitioner and the Governments are responsible for making
amendments to their entries of appearance during the annual update to
the annual inquiry service list in accordance with the procedures
described above.
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\32\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the CVD orders with respect to solar cells
from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, pursuant to section
706(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping
and CVD orders currently in effect at https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-orders-and-suspension-agreements.
The amended Malaysia and Thailand final determinations and these
CVD orders are issued and published in accordance with sections 705(e)
and 706(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e) and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: June 17, 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 Orders (Cambodia, Malaysia, and Thailand)
The merchandise covered by these orders 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.
These orders cover 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 orders.
Excluded from the scope of the orders 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 orders 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 orders 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 orders 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 orders: 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 two-port rectangular connector.
Additionally excluded from the scope of these orders 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 these orders 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 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 two-port 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 orders 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
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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 orders 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 22 AWG 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 orders 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 these orders 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 orders;
however, modules, laminates, and panels produced in a subject
country from cells produced in a third-country are not covered by
the orders.
Also excluded from the scope of these orders 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 orders 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
orders is dispositive.
Appendix II
Scope of the Order (Vietnam)
The merchandise covered by this 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.
This order 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 order.
Excluded from the scope of the order is 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 order is crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000 mm\2\ 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 order is panels
with surface area from 3,450 mm\2\ to 33,782 mm\2\ 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 order is:
(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 cm\2\ 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 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 (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 order: 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
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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 (cm\2\) 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 two
port rectangular connector.
Additionally excluded from the scope of this order is 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 cm\2\ 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 order is 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
(cm\2\) per panel; (C) include a keep-out area of approximately
1,200 cm\2\ around the edges of the panel that does not contain
solar cells; (D) do not 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 order is:
(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 order is:
(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 order is:
(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 order is 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.
Additionally excluded from the scope of the order is off-grid
greenhouse shade tracking systems with between 3 and 30 flexible
CSPV panels, each permanently affixed to an outer aluminum frame,
with (A) no glass cover, (B) no back sheet, (C) no built-in
inverter, (D) power output of 220 watts or less per panel, (E)
surface area of 10,000 cm squared or less per panel, (F) two clear
plastic trusses per panel permanently attached running lengthwise on
the same side as the junction boxes, (G) visible parallel grid
collector metallic wire lines every 1-4 mm per each cell on same
side as junction box, (H) two rectangular plastic junction boxes per
panel with at least 16 diodes per panel, and (I) encased in an
aluminum frame and laminated without stitching.
Modules, laminates, and panels produced in a third-country from
cells produced in a subject country are covered by the order;
however, modules, laminates, and panels produced in a subject
country from cells produced in a third-country are not covered by
the order.
Also excluded from the scope of this order is 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 order 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
order is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2025-11589 Filed 6-23-25; 8:45 am]
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