Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018
| Published date | 02 October 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 62275 |
| Record Number | 2020-21823 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Commerce Department,International Trade Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 192 (Friday, October 2, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 192 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62275-62278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21823]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-979]
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No
Shipments; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that
manufacturers/exporters of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells,
whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People's
Republic of China (China) sold solar cells in the United States at less
than normal value during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2017
through November 30, 2018.
DATES: Applicable October 2, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, 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) 482-2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 10, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the preliminary results of the 2017-2018 administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on solar cells from the China.\1\ For events
subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see Commerce's Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\2\ The final weighted-average dumping margins are
listed below in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
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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 and
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018, 85 FR 7531
(February 10, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2017-2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled into Modules, From the People's Republic of China''
(Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice.
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On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
reviews by 50 days,\3\ thereby extending the deadline for these results
until July 28, 2020. On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all for all
preliminary and final results in administrative reviews by an
additional 60 days,\4\ thereby extending the deadline for these final
results until September 28, 2020.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April, 24, 2020.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
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Scope of the Order
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.\5\
Merchandise covered by this order is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
subheadings 8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6015, 8541.40.6020,
8541.40.6025, 8541.40.6030, 8541.40.6035, 8541.40.6045, and
8501.31.8000. Although these HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope
of this order is dispositive.
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\5\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties
in this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A
list of the issues that parties raised, and to which we responded in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, follows as an appendix to this
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The paper
and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
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Affiliation and Single Entity Determination
We preliminarily found that Risen Energy Co., Ltd. (Risen Energy);
Risen Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. (Changzhou); Risen (Wuhai) New
Energy Co., Ltd. (Wuhai); Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic Technology Co.,
Ltd. (Twinsel); Risen (Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd. (Luoyang);
Jiujiang Shengchao Xinye Technology Co., Ltd. (Jiujiang); Jiujiang
Shengzhao Xinye Trade Co., Ltd. Ruichang Branch (Jiujiang Ruichang
Branch); and Risen Energy (HongKong) Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong Risen)
(collectively, Risen) are affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(E) and
(F) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and that all of
these companies should be treated as a single entity pursuant to 19 CFR
351.401(f)(1)-(2). We also found that Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (formerly,
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.) (TCZ); Trina Solar (Changzhou)
Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (TST); Changzhou Trina Hezhong
Photoelectric Co., Ltd. (THZ); Yancheng Trina Guoneng Photovoltaic
Technology Co., Ltd (formerly, Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology
Co., Ltd.) (TYC); Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd. (TYB);
Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. (TLF); Hubei Trina Solar Energy
Co., Ltd. (THB); and Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and Technology Co.,
Ltd. (THFT) (collectively Trina) are affiliated pursuant to sections
771(33)(E) of the Act and all of these companies should be treated as a
single entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f)(1)-(2). No interested party
commented on these treatments, and these findings remain unchanged for
these final results.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminarily Results, we found no evidence calling into
question the no-shipment claims of the following companies: BYD
(Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd.; LERRI Solar Technology Co., Ltd.;
Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd.; Sumec Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd.; and
Sunpreme Solar Technology (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. No parties commented on
this preliminary decision. For the final results of review, we continue
to find that these companies had no shipments of subject merchandise to
the United States during the POR.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, and for the
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made
revisions to our preliminary calculations of the weighted-average
dumping margins for the mandatory respondents, Risen and Trina, which
also resulted in a revision of the dumping margin for the separate rate
respondents.
Separate Rates
In the Preliminary Results, we found that evidence provided by
Trina, Risen, and 16 other companies/company groups supported finding
an absence of both de jure and de facto government control, and,
therefore, we preliminarily granted a separate rate to each of these
companies/company groups. We received no comments since the issuance of
the Preliminary Results regarding our determination that these 18
companies/company groups are eligible for a separate rate. Therefore,
for the final results, we find that 18 entities are eligible for
separate rates. Commerce assigned a dumping margin to the separate rate
companies that it did not individually examine, but which demonstrated
their eligibility for a separate rate, based on the mandatory
respondents' dumping margins.
Final Results of Review
We are assigning the following dumping margins to the firms listed
below for the period December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2018:
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Weighted-
average
Producers/exporters dumping
margin
(percent)
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Trina Solar Co., Ltd./Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science and 50.33
Technology Co., Ltd./Yancheng Trina Guoneng Photovoltaic
Technology Co., Ltd./Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy
Co., Ltd./Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd./Hubei Trina
Solar Energy Co., Ltd./Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and
Technology Co., Ltd./Changzhou Trina Hezhong Photoelectric
Co., Ltd...................................................
Risen Energy Co. Ltd./Risen (Wuhai) New Energy Co., Ltd./ 106.39
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.....
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies \6\
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Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd....... 68.93
Canadian Solar International Limited/Canadian Solar 68.93
Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc./Canadian Solar Manufacturing
(Luoyang) Inc./CSI Cells Co., Ltd./CSI-GCL Solar
Manufacturing (YanCheng) Co., Ltd./CSI Solar Power (China)
Inc. (Canadian Solar)......................................
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd....................... 68.93
Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.................................. 68.93
JingAo Solar Co., Ltd....................................... 68.93
Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. (Jinko)............................... 68.93
Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd. (Jinko I&E)......... 68.93
Jinko Solar International Limited (Jinko Int'l)............. 68.93
Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd....................................... 68.93
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd....................... 68.93
Shenzhen Portable Electronic Technology Co., Ltd............ 68.93
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd............................. 68.93
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd.......................... 68.93
Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited/Baoding Tianwei Yingli 68.93
New Energy Resources Co., Ltd./Tianjin Yingli New Energy
Resources Co., Ltd./Hengshui Yingli New Energy Resources
Co., Ltd./Lixian Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd./
Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd./Beijing
Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd./Hainan
Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd./Shenzhen Yingli New
Energy Resources Co., Ltd..................................
Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd............................... 68.93
Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology Limited 68.93
Liability Company..........................................
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Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\7\ Under this policy, the
China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically
requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the entity. Because
no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, and we did not
self-initiate a review of the entity, the entity is not under review,
and the entity's dumping margin (i.e., 238.95 percent) is not subject
to change as a result of this review.\8\
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\6\ This rate is based on the rates for the respondents that
were selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero,
de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. See Memorandum, ``Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the
People's Republic of China: Calculation of the Cash Deposit Rate for
Non-Reviewed Companies,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
\7\ 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).
\8\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled Into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016, 83 FR 35616 (July 27,
2018).
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Assessment
We will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by
this review. We intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the publication date of these final results of review. In
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we are calculating importer- or
customer-specific assessment rates for the merchandise subject to this
review. For any individually examined respondent whose weighted-average
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent), we will
calculate importer- or customer-specific assessment rates for
merchandise subject to this review. Where the respondent reported
reliable entered values, we calculated importer- or customer-specific
ad valorem rates by aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all
U.S. sales to the importer or customer and dividing this amount by the
total entered value of the sales to the importer or customer.\9\ Where
we calculated an importer- or customer-specific weighted-average
dumping margin by dividing the total amount of dumping for reviewed
sales to the importer or customer by the total sales quantity
associated with those transactions, we will direct CBP to assess
importer- or customer-specific assessment rates based on the resulting
per-unit rates.\10\ Where an importer- or customer- specific ad valorem
or per-unit rate is greater than de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
collect the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where either
the respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
or an importer or customer-specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is zero
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\11\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ Id.
\11\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
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For merchandise whose sale/entry was not reported in the U.S. sales
database submitted by an exporter individually examined during this
review, but that entered under the case number of that exporter (i.e.,
at the individually-examined exporter's cash deposit rate), we will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the China-wide rate.
Additionally, if we determine that an exporter under review had no
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that
entered under that exporter's case number will be liquidated at the
China-wide rate.\12\
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\12\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full
discussion of this practice.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of
this notice in the Federal Register, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters listed in the table in
the ``Final Results of Review'' section above, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate listed for each exporter in the table, except if the
rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated Chinese and
non-Chinese exporters that received a separate rate in a prior segment
of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate previously
established for the China-wide entity (i.e., 238.95 percent); and (4)
for all non-China exporters of subject merchandise which have not
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied the non-Chinese
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final
results within five days of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, 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
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: September 28, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1. Unreported Factors of Production for Purchased Solar
Cells and Modules
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Comment 2. The Appropriate Surrogate Value for Silver Paste
Comment 3. The Appropriate Surrogate Value for Solar Glass
Comment 4. The Appropriate Surrogate Country
Comment 5. The Appropriate Surrogate Value for Ocean Freight
Comment 6. Selection of Surrogate Financial Statements
Comment 7. The Appropriate Surrogate Value for Aluminum Frames
Comment 8. The Appropriate Surrogate Value for Junction Boxes
Comment 9. The Appropriate Surrogate Value for Backsheet
Comment 10. The Appropriate Surrogate Value for Ethylene Vinyl
Acetate (EVA) Sheet
Comment 11. Adjusting the Surrogate Financial Ratio Calculations
Comment 12. Error in Calculating Market Economy Purchase Prices
Comment 13. Error in Calculating the International Freight
Surrogate Value
Comment 14. Error in Calculating the Domestic Brokerage and
Handling Surrogate Value
Comment 15. Failure to Adjust the U.S. Price for Subsidies
V. Recommendation
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