Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 43582-43583 [2016-15836]
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Adverse Inferences
A. Application of AFA: Non-Responsive
Companies to the Q&V Questionnaire
B. Application of AFA: Nanjing Tianyuan
C. Application of AFA: Provision of
Electricity for LTAR
D. Application of AFA: Policy Loans to the
Silica Fabric Industry
E. Application of AFA: Provision of ‘‘Other
Subsidies’’ as Specific
XI. Analysis of Programs
A. Programs Preliminarily Determined To
Be Countervailable
1. Policy Loans to the Silica Fabric
Industry
2. Provision of Electricity for LTAR
B. Programs Preliminary Determined Not
To Be Used During the POI
1. Preferential Export Financing
2. Preferential Loans to SOEs
3. Export Seller’s Credits
4. Export Buyer’s Credits
5. Export Credit Insurance
6. Provision of Land for LTAR in SEZs
7. Provision of Fiberglass Yarn for LTAR
8. Provision of Services at LTAR Through
Demonstration Bases and Common
Service Platform Programs
9. Income Tax Reduction for HNTEs
10. Income Tax Reduction for R&D Under
the EITL
11. Income Tax Reduction/Exemption for
HNTEs for Geographic Location
12. Import Tariff and VAT Exemptions on
Imported Equipment in Encouraged
Industries
13. City Construction Tax and Education
Fees Exemptions for FIEs
14. Other VAT Subsidies
15. GOC and Sub-Central Government
Subsidies for Development of Famous
Brands and China World Top Brands
16. International Market Exploration Fund
(SME Fund)
17. Science and Technology Awards
XII. ITC Notification
XIII. Disclosure and Public Comment
Also excluded from the scope are
amorphous silica fabric rope and tubing (or
sleeving). Amorphous silica fabric rope is a
knitted or braided product made from
amorphous silica yarns. Silica tubing (or
sleeving) is braided into a hollow sleeve from
amorphous silica yarns.
The subject imports are normally classified
in subheadings 7019.59.4021, 7019.59.4096,
7019.59.9021, and 7019.59.9096 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS), but may also enter under
HTSUS subheadings 7019.40.4030,
7019.40.4060, 7019.40.9030, 7019.40.9060,
7019.51.9010, 7019.51.9090, 7019.52.9010,
7019.52.9021, 7019.52.9096 and
7019.90.1000. HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
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XIV. Verification
XV. Conclusion
Appendix II
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation
is woven (whether from yarns or rovings)
industrial grade amorphous silica fabric,
which contains a minimum of 90 percent
silica (SiO2) by nominal weight, and a
nominal width in excess of 8 inches. The
investigation covers industrial grade
amorphous silica fabric regardless of other
materials contained in the fabric, regardless
of whether in roll form or cut-to-length,
regardless of weight, width (except as noted
above), or length. The investigation covers
industrial grade amorphous silica fabric
regardless of whether the product is
approved by a standards testing body (such
as being Factory Mutual (FM) Approved), or
regardless of whether it meets any
governmental specification.
Industrial grade amorphous silica fabric
may be produced in various colors. The
investigation covers industrial grade
amorphous silica fabric regardless of whether
the fabric is colored. Industrial grade
amorphous silica fabric may be coated or
treated with materials that include, but are
not limited to, oils, vermiculite, acrylic latex
compound, silicone, aluminized polyester
(Mylar®) film, pressure-sensitive adhesive, or
other coatings and treatments. The
investigation covers industrial grade
amorphous silica fabric regardless of whether
the fabric is coated or treated, and regardless
of coating or treatment weight as a percentage
of total product weight. Industrial grade
amorphous silica fabric may be heat-cleaned.
The investigation covers industrial grade
amorphous silica fabric regardless of whether
the fabric is heat-cleaned.
Industrial grade amorphous silica fabric
may be imported in rolls or may be cut-tolength and then further fabricated to make
welding curtains, welding blankets, welding
pads, fire blankets, fire pads, or fire screens.
Regardless of the name, all industrial grade
amorphous silica fabric that has been further
cut-to-length or cut-to-width or further
finished by finishing the edges and/or adding
grommets, is included within the scope of
this investigation.
Subject merchandise also includes (1) any
industrial grade amorphous silica fabric that
has been converted into industrial grade
amorphous silica fabric in China from
fiberglass cloth produced in a third country;
and (2) any industrial grade amorphous silica
fabric that has been further processed in a
third country prior to export to the United
States, including but not limited to treating,
coating, slitting, cutting to length, cutting to
width, finishing the edges, adding grommets,
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the investigation if performed in the
country of manufacture of the in-scope
industrial grade amorphous silica fabric.
Excluded from the scope of the
investigation is amorphous silica fabric that
is subjected to controlled shrinkage, which is
also called ‘‘pre-shrunk’’ or ‘‘aerospace
grade’’ amorphous silica fabric. In order to be
excluded as a pre-shrunk or aerospace grade
amorphous silica fabric, the amorphous silica
fabric must meet the following exclusion
criteria: (1) The amorphous silica fabric must
contain a minimum of 98 percent silica
(SiO2) by nominal weight; (2) the amorphous
silica fabric must have an areal shrinkage of
4 percent or less; (3) the amorphous silica
fabric must contain no coatings or treatments;
and (4) the amorphous silica fabric must be
white in color. For purposes of this scope,
‘‘areal shrinkage’’ refers to the extent to
which a specimen of amorphous silica fabric
shrinks while subjected to heating at 1800
degrees F for 30 minutes.
purposes only; the written description of the
scope of this investigation is dispositive.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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International Trade Administration
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
[A–570–979]
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Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules, From the People’s Republic
of China: Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 26, 2016, the
Department of Commerce (the
‘‘Department’’) published its notice of
initiation and preliminary results of a
changed circumstances review of the
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antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) order on
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells,
whether or not assembled into modules
(‘‘solar cells’’), from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’).1 The
Department preliminarily determined
that Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science
and Technology Co., Ltd. (‘‘Hangzhou
Sunny’’) is the successor-in-interest to
Hangzhou Zhejiang University Sunny
Energy Science and Technology Co.,
Ltd. (‘‘Hangzhou ZU Sunny’’) for
purposes of the AD order on solar cells
from the PRC and, as such, is entitled
to Hangzhou ZU Sunny’s cash deposit
rate with respect to entries of subject
merchandise. We invited interested
parties to comment on the Preliminary
Results. As no parties submitted
comments, and there is no other
information or evidence on the record
calling into question our Preliminary
Results, the Department is making no
changes to the Preliminary Results. For
these final results, the Department
continues to find that Hangzhou Sunny
is the successor in interest to Hangzhou
ZU Sunny.
DATES: Effective Date: July 5, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On December 7, 2012, the Department
published the AD Order on solar cells
from the PRC in the Federal Register.2
On April 4, 2016, Hangzhou Sunny
requested that the Department initiate
an expedited changed circumstances
review to determine that Hangzhou
Sunny is the successor-in-interest to
Hangzhou ZU Sunny for AD purposes.3
On May 20, 2016, the Department
initiated a changed circumstances
review and made a preliminary finding
1 See Initiation and Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review:
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or
Not Assembled Into Modules From the People’s
Republic of China, 81 FR 33463 (May 26, 2016)
(‘‘Preliminary Results’’), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the
People’s Republic of China: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018
(December 7, 2012) (‘‘Order’’).
3 See Letter from Hangzhou Sunny to the
Department regarding, ‘‘Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules from the People’s Republic of China:
Request for Expedited Changed Circumstances
Review’’ (April 4, 2016) (‘‘CCR Request’’).
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that Hangzhou Sunny is the successorin-interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny, and
is entitled to Hangzhou ZU Sunny’s
cash deposit rate with respect to entries
of merchandise subject to the AD Order
on solar cells from the PRC.4 We
provided interested parties 14 days from
the date of publication of the
Preliminary Results to submit case
briefs. No interested parties submitted
case briefs or requested a hearing.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the
Order is crystalline silicon photovoltaic
cells, whether or not assembled into
modules, subject to certain exceptions.5
Merchandise covered by this Order is
currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff System of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) under subheadings
8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020,
8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000. While
these HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes;
the written description of the scope of
this Order is dispositive.
Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review
Because the record contains no
information or evidence that calls into
question the Preliminary Results, for the
reasons stated in the Preliminary
Results, the Department continues to
find that Hangzhou Sunny is the
successor-in-interest to Hangzhou ZU
Sunny, and is entitled to Hangzhou ZU
Sunny’s cash deposit rate with respect
to entries of merchandise subject to the
AD Order on solar cells from the PRC.6
We are issuing this determination and
publishing these final results and notice
in accordance with sections 751(b)(1)
and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), and 19
CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3).
Instructions to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection
Based on these final results, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to collect estimated
antidumping duties for all shipments of
Preliminary Results, 81 FR 33463.
a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
‘‘Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances
Review: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the
People’s Republic of China’’ (‘‘Preliminary Results
Memorandum’’).
6 For a complete discussion of the Department’s
findings, which remain unchanged in these final
results and which are herein incorporated by
reference and adopted by this notice, see generally
the Preliminary Results Memorandum
accompanying the Preliminary Results.
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subject merchandise exported by
Hangzhou Sunny and entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of this notice in the Federal
Register at the current AD cash deposit
rate for Hangzhou ZU Sunny (i.e., 9.67
percent).7 This cash deposit
requirement shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as a final reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition 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 a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing this
final results notice in accordance with
sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.216.
Dated: June 28, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Advance Notification of
Sunset Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
Background
Every five years, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) and the
International Trade Commission
automatically initiate and conduct a
review to determine whether revocation
of a countervailing or antidumping duty
order or termination of an investigation
suspended under section 704 or 734 of
the Act would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping
7 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; 2012–2013,
80 FR 40998 (June 14, 2015).
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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
Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 26, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the
``Department'') published its notice of initiation and preliminary
results of a changed circumstances review of the
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antidumping duty (``AD'') order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic
cells, whether or not assembled into modules (``solar cells''), from
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ The Department
preliminarily determined that Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science and
Technology Co., Ltd. (``Hangzhou Sunny'') is the successor-in-interest
to Hangzhou Zhejiang University Sunny Energy Science and Technology
Co., Ltd. (``Hangzhou ZU Sunny'') for purposes of the AD order on solar
cells from the PRC and, as such, is entitled to Hangzhou ZU Sunny's
cash deposit rate with respect to entries of subject merchandise. We
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. As no
parties submitted comments, and there is no other information or
evidence on the record calling into question our Preliminary Results,
the Department is making no changes to the Preliminary Results. For
these final results, the Department continues to find that Hangzhou
Sunny is the successor in interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny.
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\1\ See Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules From the People's
Republic of China, 81 FR 33463 (May 26, 2016) (``Preliminary
Results''), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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DATES: Effective Date: July 5, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 7, 2012, the Department published the AD Order on solar
cells from the PRC in the Federal Register.\2\ On April 4, 2016,
Hangzhou Sunny requested that the Department initiate an expedited
changed circumstances review to determine that Hangzhou Sunny is the
successor-in-interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny for AD purposes.\3\ On May
20, 2016, the Department initiated a changed circumstances review and
made a preliminary finding that Hangzhou Sunny is the successor-in-
interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny, and is entitled to Hangzhou ZU Sunny's
cash deposit rate with respect to entries of merchandise subject to the
AD Order on solar cells from the PRC.\4\ We provided interested parties
14 days from the date of publication of the Preliminary Results to
submit case briefs. No interested parties submitted case briefs or
requested a hearing.
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\2\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and
Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018 (December 7, 2012) (``Order'').
\3\ See Letter from Hangzhou Sunny to the Department regarding,
``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules from the People's Republic of China: Request for
Expedited Changed Circumstances Review'' (April 4, 2016) (``CCR
Request'').
\4\ See Preliminary Results, 81 FR 33463.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, subject to
certain exceptions.\5\ Merchandise covered by this Order is currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States
(``HTSUS'') under subheadings 8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020,
8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000. While 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
Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Preliminary
Results of Changed Circumstances Review: Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the
People's Republic of China'' (``Preliminary Results Memorandum'').
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review
Because the record contains no information or evidence that calls
into question the Preliminary Results, for the reasons stated in the
Preliminary Results, the Department continues to find that Hangzhou
Sunny is the successor-in-interest to Hangzhou ZU Sunny, and is
entitled to Hangzhou ZU Sunny's cash deposit rate with respect to
entries of merchandise subject to the AD Order on solar cells from the
PRC.\6\ We are issuing this determination and publishing these final
results and notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1)
and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR
351.216 and 351.221(c)(3).
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\6\ For a complete discussion of the Department's findings,
which remain unchanged in these final results and which are herein
incorporated by reference and adopted by this notice, see generally
the Preliminary Results Memorandum accompanying the Preliminary
Results.
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Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Based on these final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to collect estimated antidumping duties for all
shipments of subject merchandise exported by Hangzhou Sunny and
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication date of this notice in the Federal Register at the current
AD cash deposit rate for Hangzhou ZU Sunny (i.e., 9.67 percent).\7\
This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\7\ 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; 2012-2013, 80 FR 40998 (June 14,
2015).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition 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 a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing this final results notice in
accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216.
Dated: June 28, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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