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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: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination
of No Shipments; 2014–2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on crystalline
silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or
not assembled into modules (‘‘solar
cells’’), from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’). The period of review
(‘‘POR’’) is December 1, 2014 through
November 30, 2015. The administrative
review covers two mandatory
respondents: (1) Canadian Solar
International Limited, which we have
preliminarily treated as a single entity
with five affiliated companies identified
below, and (2) the collapsed entity Trina
Solar, consisting of Changzhou Trina
Solar Energy Co., Ltd. and Trina Solar
(Changzhou) Science & Technology Co.,
Ltd., which we have preliminarily
continued to treat as a single entity with
five additional affiliated companies
identified below. The Department
preliminarily finds that both mandatory
respondents sold subject merchandise
in the United States at prices below
normal value (‘‘NV’’) during the POR.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective December 22, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells,
and modules, laminates, and panels,
consisting of crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, whether or not
partially or fully assembled into other
products, including, but not limited to,
modules, laminates, panels and building
integrated materials.1 Merchandise
1 For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see ‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
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covered by this order is classifiable
under subheadings 8501.61.0000,
8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020, 8541.40.6030,
and 8501.31.8000 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
information, and comments provided by
a number of companies, the Department
preliminarily determines that seven
companies under review, BYD
(Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd.,
Canadian Solar Inc., Dongguan
Sunworth Solar Energy Co., Ltd.,
Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science and
Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu High Hope
Int’l Group, Wuxi Suntech Power Co.,
Ltd/Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd.,
and Zhongli Talesun Solar Co. Ltd. each
had no shipments during the POR. For
additional information regarding this
determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Consistent with an announced
refinement to its assessment practice in
non-market economy (‘‘NME’’) cases,
the Department is not rescinding this
review, in part, but intends to complete
the review with respect to the
companies for which it has
preliminarily found no shipments and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP
based on the final results of the review.2
Preliminary Affiliation and Single
Entity Determination
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Based on record evidence, the
Department preliminarily finds that
Canadian Solar International Limited
and the following five companies are
affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(F)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(‘‘the Act’’), and should be treated as a
single entity pursuant to 19 CFR
351.401(f)(1)–(2): Canadian Solar
Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc.,
Canadian Solar Manufacturing
(Luoyang), Inc., CSI Cells Co., Ltd., CSI–
Results of the 2014–2015 Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or not Assembled into
Modules, From the People’s Republic of China’’
from Edward Yang, Senior Director, Office VII,
Antidumping and Countervailing Operations, to
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
issued concurrently with and hereby adopted by
this notice (‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’).
2 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) and the
‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, below.
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GCL Solar Manufacturing (YanCheng)
Co., Ltd., and CSI Solar Power (China)
Inc. (collectively, together with
Canadian Solar International Limited,
‘‘Canadian Solar’’). For additional
information, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at the section entitled
‘‘Single Entity Treatment’’ and the
Canadian Solar Collapsing
Memorandum.3
Furthermore, the Department
preliminarily continues to find that
Trina Solar, Yancheng Trina Solar
Energy Technology Co., Ltd.,
Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy
Co., Ltd., Turpan Trina Solar Energy
Co., Ltd., and Hubei Trina Solar Energy
Co., Ltd. (collectively, ‘‘Trina’’) are
affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(F)
of the Act and should be treated as a
single entity pursuant to 19 CFR
351.401(f)(1)–(2). This preliminary
finding is based on record evidence
showing that the facts and analysis that
the Department relied upon in the
2013–2014 AD administrative review of
solar cells from the PRC continue to be
applicable during the instant POR. For
additional information, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at
the section entitled ‘‘Single Entity
Treatment.’’
Use of Partial Facts Available (‘‘FA’’)
and Partial Adverse Facts Available
(‘‘AFA’’)
Certain unaffiliated tollers of inputs
used by Canadian Solar and Trina to
product subject merchandise and
unaffiliated suppliers of solar cells and/
or solar modules to both respondents
failed to provide FOP data. The
Department preliminarily determines
that it is appropriate to apply AFA,
pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act,
with respect to the unreported FOPs for
purchased solar cells and solar modules.
These unreported FOPs for solar cells
and solar modules represent a material
amount of necessary FOP information.
However, in accordance with section
776(a)(1) of the Act, the Department is
applying FA with respect to the
unreported FOPs from the unaffiliated
tollers. The record indicates that the
tolled portions either represent
relatively small percentages of the
inputs consumed or the tollers only
performed a relatively small portion of
the total processing involved in
3 See the December 16, 2016 memorandum from
Jeff Pedersen, International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD
Operations Office IV to Abdelali Elouaradia,
Director, AD/CVD Operations Office IV regarding
‘‘Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or
Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People’s
Republic of China: Affiliation and Single Entity
Memorandum for Canadian Solar International
Limited (‘‘Canadian Solar Single Entity
Memorandum’’).
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producing the input. For details
regarding these determinations, see the
memoranda regarding unreported FOPs.
Separate Rates
The Department preliminarily
determines that the information placed
on the record by Canadian Solar and
Trina, as well as by the other companies
listed in the rate table in the
‘‘Preliminary Results of Review’’ section
below, demonstrates that these
companies are entitled to separate rate
status. The Department calculated
weighted-average dumping margins for
Canadian Solar and Trina and
calculated an all-others rate for the
companies to which it granted separate
rates status, but which it did not
individually examine, as described in
the Separate Rate Calculation
Memorandum 4 and the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
On the other hand, the Department
preliminarily determines that the
following companies have not
demonstrated their entitlement to
separate rates status because either they
did not file a separate rate application
or certification with the Department:
1. Jiangsu Sunlink PV Technology Co., Ltd.
2. Ningbo Hisheen Electrical Co., Ltd.
3. Shenzhen Glory Industries Co., Ltd.
The Department treated the
companies which it did not grant
separate rates status as part of the PRCwide entity. Because no party requested
a review of the PRC-wide entity, the
entity is not under review and the
entity’s rate (i.e., 238.95 percent) is not
subject to change.5 For additional
information regarding the Department’s
separate rates determinations, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. The Department
preliminarily determined that both
respondents’ reported U.S. sales were
constructed export price (‘‘CEP’’) sales
and calculated CEPs in accordance with
4 See the memorandum from Jeff Pedersen
International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV to Howard Smith Program Manager, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV entitled ‘‘2014–2015
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or not Assembled into Modules, from the
People’s Republic of China: Calculation of the
Dumping Margin for Respondents Not Selected for
Individual Examination,’’ dated concurrently with
this notice.
5 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; 2013– 2014,
81 FR 39905, 39908 (June 20, 2016) (‘‘AR2 Final
Results’’).
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section 772 of the Act. Given that the
PRC is an NME country, within the
meaning of section 771(18) of the Act,
the Department calculated NV in
accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying the
preliminary results of this review, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is made
available to the public 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, and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be found at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
and the electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily
determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the
POR:
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter
Canadian Solar International Limited/Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc./Canadian Solar Manufacturing
(Luoyang)Inc./CSI Cells Co., Ltd./CSI–GCL Solar Manufacturing (YanCheng) Co., Ltd./CSI Solar Power (China) Inc ................
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd./Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science and Technology Co., Ltd./Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd./Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd./Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd./Hubei Trina
Solar Energy Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................................
Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
ERA Solar Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................................................
ET Solar Energy Limited .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................................
JingAo Solar Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd .................................................................................................................................................................
Risen Energy Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Star Power International Limited .........................................................................................................................................................
Systemes Versilis, Inc .........................................................................................................................................................................
Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................................
tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
Toenergy Technology Hangzhou Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited/Baoding Tianwei Yingli 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 Era Solar Technology Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology Limited Liability Company ........................................................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to
parties the calculations performed for
these preliminary results of review
within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review.6 Rebuttal
briefs may be filed no later than five
days after case briefs are due and may
respond only to arguments raised in the
case briefs.7 A table of contents, list of
authorities used, and an executive
6 See
7 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
19 CFR 351.309(d).
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summary of issues should accompany
any briefs submitted to the Department.
The summary should be limited to five
pages total, including footnotes.8
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing must submit a written request
to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
Department of Commerce, within 30
days after the date of publication of this
notice.9 Requests should contain the
party’s name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants in,
and a list of the issues to be discussed
at, the hearing. Oral arguments at the
hearing will be limited to issues raised
8 See
9 See
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19 CFR 351.310(c).
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in the briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, the Department intends to hold
the hearing at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at
a date and time to be determined.10
Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date of
the hearing.
All submissions, with limited
exceptions, must be filed electronically
using ACCESS.11 An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by the Department’s
electronic records system, ACCESS, by
10 See
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generally 19 CFR 351.303.
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5 p.m. Eastern Time (‘‘ET’’) on the due
date. Documents excepted from the
electronic submission requirements
must be filed manually (i.e., in paper
form) with the APO/Dockets Unit in
Room 18022 and stamped with the date
and time of receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the
due date.12
Unless otherwise extended, the
Department intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
which will include the results of its
analysis of issues raised in any briefs,
within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results of review, pursuant
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
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Upon issuance of the final results of
this review, the Department will
determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.13 The
Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
publication date of the final results of
this review. For each individually
examined respondent in this review
whose weighted-average dumping
margin in the final results of review is
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent), the Department intends to
calculate importer-specific assessment
rates, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).14 Where the respondent
reported reliable entered values, the
Department intends to calculate
importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rates by aggregating the
amount of dumping calculated for all
U.S. sales to the importer and dividing
this amount by the total entered value
of the sales to the importer.15 Where the
importer did not report entered values,
the Department intends to calculate an
importer-specific assessment rate by
dividing the amount of dumping for
reviewed sales to the importer by the
total sales quantity associated with
those transactions. In addition, the
Department will calculate an estimated
ad valorem importer-specific
assessment rate to determine whether
this rate is de minimis, however, the
Department will direct CBP to assess
importer-specific assessment rates based
on the resulting per-unit rates, where
12 See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements); Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
13 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
14 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012) (‘‘Final Modification’’).
15 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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appropriate.16 Where an importerspecific ad valorem assessment rate is
not zero or de minimis, the Department
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-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
the Department will instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.17
Pursuant to Departmental practice, for
entries that were not reported in the
U.S. sales database submitted by an
exporter individually examined during
this review, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the rate for the PRC-wide entity.18
Additionally, if the Department
determines that an exporter under
review had no shipments of the subject
merchandise, any suspended entries
that entered under that exporter’s CBP
case number will be liquidated at the
rate for the PRC-wide entity.
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results
of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on
POR entries and for future deposits of
estimated antidumping duties, where
applicable.
of subject merchandise which have not
been found to be entitled to a separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate for the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 238.95
percent 19) and (4) for all non-PRC
exporters of subject merchandise that
have not received their own rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the PRC exporter that
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The Department will instruct CBP to
require a cash deposit for antidumping
duties equal to the weighted-average
amount by which NV exceeds U.S.
price. 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 the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of this notice, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) For the exporters listed above,
the cash deposit rate will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this
review (except, if the rate is de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then the cash
deposit rate will be zero for that
exporter); (2) for previously investigated
or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters
not listed above that have separate rates,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the exporter-specific rate published for
the most recently completed segment of
this proceeding; (3) for all PRC exporters
Notification to Interested Parties
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties and/or
countervailing duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
and/or countervailing duties has
occurred, and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties and/or an increase in the amount
of antidumping duties by the amount of
the countervailing duties.
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 16, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
16 Id.
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
5. Selection of Respondents
6. Single Entity Treatment
7. Discussion of the Methodology
a. NME Country
b. Separate Rates
c. Application of Partial FA and AFA
d. Surrogate Country
e. Date of Sale
f. Fair Value Comparisons
g. U.S. Price
h. Normal Value
i. Section 777A(f) of the Act
j. Currency Conversion
8. Conclusion
17 See
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Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full discussion
of this practice.
18 See
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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: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination
of No Shipments; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on crystalline
silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules
(``solar cells''), from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The
period of review (``POR'') is December 1, 2014 through November 30,
2015. The administrative review covers two mandatory respondents: (1)
Canadian Solar International Limited, which we have preliminarily
treated as a single entity with five affiliated companies identified
below, and (2) the collapsed entity Trina Solar, consisting of
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. and Trina Solar (Changzhou)
Science & Technology Co., Ltd., which we have preliminarily continued
to treat as a single entity with five additional affiliated companies
identified below. The Department preliminarily finds that both
mandatory respondents sold subject merchandise in the United States at
prices below normal value (``NV'') during the POR. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective December 22, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, and modules, laminates, and panels, consisting of
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not partially or
fully assembled into other products, including, but not limited to,
modules, laminates, panels and building integrated materials.\1\
Merchandise
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covered by this order is classifiable under subheadings 8501.61.0000,
8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020, 8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
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\1\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the 2014-2015
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or not Assembled into Modules, From the
People's Republic of China'' from Edward Yang, Senior Director,
Office VII, Antidumping and Countervailing Operations, to Christian
Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations, issued concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'').
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(``CBP'') information, and comments provided by a number of companies,
the Department preliminarily determines that seven companies under
review, BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd., Canadian Solar Inc.,
Dongguan Sunworth Solar Energy Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science
and Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu High Hope Int'l Group, Wuxi Suntech
Power Co., Ltd/Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd., and Zhongli Talesun
Solar Co. Ltd. each had no shipments during the POR. For additional
information regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Consistent with an announced refinement to its assessment practice
in non-market economy (``NME'') cases, the Department is not rescinding
this review, in part, but intends to complete the review with respect
to the companies for which it has preliminarily found no shipments and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of the
review.\2\
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\2\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and
the ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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Preliminary Affiliation and Single Entity Determination
Based on record evidence, the Department preliminarily finds that
Canadian Solar International Limited and the following five companies
are affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(F) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (``the Act''), and should be treated as a single
entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f)(1)-(2): Canadian Solar
Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc., Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang),
Inc., CSI Cells Co., Ltd., CSI-GCL Solar Manufacturing (YanCheng) Co.,
Ltd., and CSI Solar Power (China) Inc. (collectively, together with
Canadian Solar International Limited, ``Canadian Solar''). For
additional information, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the
section entitled ``Single Entity Treatment'' and the Canadian Solar
Collapsing Memorandum.\3\
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\3\ See the December 16, 2016 memorandum from Jeff Pedersen,
International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD Operations Office IV to Abdelali
Elouaradia, Director, AD/CVD Operations Office IV regarding
``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled
Into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Affiliation and
Single Entity Memorandum for Canadian Solar International Limited
(``Canadian Solar Single Entity Memorandum'').
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Furthermore, the Department preliminarily continues to find that
Trina Solar, Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.,
Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd., Turpan Trina Solar
Energy Co., Ltd., and Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. (collectively,
``Trina'') are affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(F) of the Act and
should be treated as a single entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f)(1)-
(2). This preliminary finding is based on record evidence showing that
the facts and analysis that the Department relied upon in the 2013-2014
AD administrative review of solar cells from the PRC continue to be
applicable during the instant POR. For additional information, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the section entitled ``Single Entity
Treatment.''
Use of Partial Facts Available (``FA'') and Partial Adverse Facts
Available (``AFA'')
Certain unaffiliated tollers of inputs used by Canadian Solar and
Trina to product subject merchandise and unaffiliated suppliers of
solar cells and/or solar modules to both respondents failed to provide
FOP data. The Department preliminarily determines that it is
appropriate to apply AFA, pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act, with
respect to the unreported FOPs for purchased solar cells and solar
modules. These unreported FOPs for solar cells and solar modules
represent a material amount of necessary FOP information. However, in
accordance with section 776(a)(1) of the Act, the Department is
applying FA with respect to the unreported FOPs from the unaffiliated
tollers. The record indicates that the tolled portions either represent
relatively small percentages of the inputs consumed or the tollers only
performed a relatively small portion of the total processing involved
in producing the input. For details regarding these determinations, see
the memoranda regarding unreported FOPs.
Separate Rates
The Department preliminarily determines that the information placed
on the record by Canadian Solar and Trina, as well as by the other
companies listed in the rate table in the ``Preliminary Results of
Review'' section below, demonstrates that these companies are entitled
to separate rate status. The Department calculated weighted-average
dumping margins for Canadian Solar and Trina and calculated an all-
others rate for the companies to which it granted separate rates
status, but which it did not individually examine, as described in the
Separate Rate Calculation Memorandum \4\ and the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\4\ See the memorandum from Jeff Pedersen International Trade
Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV to Howard Smith Program
Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV entitled ``2014-2015
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Crystalline
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or not Assembled into Modules,
from the People's Republic of China: Calculation of the Dumping
Margin for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,''
dated concurrently with this notice.
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On the other hand, the Department preliminarily determines that the
following companies have not demonstrated their entitlement to separate
rates status because either they did not file a separate rate
application or certification with the Department:
1. Jiangsu Sunlink PV Technology Co., Ltd.
2. Ningbo Hisheen Electrical Co., Ltd.
3. Shenzhen Glory Industries Co., Ltd.
The Department treated the companies which it did not grant
separate rates status as part of the PRC-wide entity. Because no party
requested a review of the PRC-wide entity, the entity is not under
review and the entity's rate (i.e., 238.95 percent) is not subject to
change.\5\ For additional information regarding the Department's
separate rates determinations, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\5\ 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; 2013- 2014, 81 FR 39905, 39908 (June
20, 2016) (``AR2 Final Results'').
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Methodology
The Department conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. The Department preliminarily determined that
both respondents' reported U.S. sales were constructed export price
(``CEP'') sales and calculated CEPs in accordance with
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section 772 of the Act. Given that the PRC is an NME country, within
the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, the Department calculated NV
in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying the
preliminary results of this review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document
and is made available to the public 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, and is available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
can be found at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the POR:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Canadian Solar International Limited/Canadian Solar 30.42
Manufacturing (Changshu), Inc./Canadian Solar
Manufacturing (Luoyang)Inc./CSI Cells Co., Ltd./CSI-GCL
Solar Manufacturing (YanCheng) Co., Ltd./CSI Solar
Power (China) Inc......................................
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd./Trina Solar 7.72
(Changzhou) Science and Technology Co., Ltd./Yancheng
Trina Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd./Changzhou Trina
Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd./Turpan Trina Solar Energy
Co., Ltd./Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd............
Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd......................... 13.97
ERA Solar Co., Ltd...................................... 13.97
ET Solar Energy Limited................................. 13.97
Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd................. 13.97
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd................... 13.97
Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd................... 13.97
Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.............................. 13.97
JingAo Solar Co., Ltd................................... 13.97
Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd...................... 13.97
Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd............................... 13.97
Risen Energy Co., Ltd................................... 13.97
Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd................................... 13.97
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd................... 13.97
Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd......................... 13.97
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd.......................... 13.97
Star Power International Limited........................ 13.97
Systemes Versilis, Inc.................................. 13.97
Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd............................... 13.97
tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd........................... 13.97
Toenergy Technology Hangzhou Co., Ltd................... 13.97
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd...................... 13.97
Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited/Baoding Tianwei 13.97
Yingli 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 Era Solar Technology Co., Ltd.................. 13.97
Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology 13.97
Limited Liability Company..............................
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to parties the calculations
performed for these preliminary results of review within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review.\6\ Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later
than five days after case briefs are due and may respond only to
arguments raised in the case briefs.\7\ A table of contents, list of
authorities used, and an executive summary of issues should accompany
any briefs submitted to the Department. The summary should be limited
to five pages total, including footnotes.\8\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the date
of publication of this notice.\9\ Requests should contain the party's
name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants in, and
a list of the issues to be discussed at, the hearing. Oral arguments at
the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the
hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date and time to be
determined.\10\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date of the
hearing.
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed
electronically using ACCESS.\11\ An electronically filed document must
be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic
records system, ACCESS, by
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5 p.m. Eastern Time (``ET'') on the due date. Documents excepted from
the electronic submission requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in
paper form) with the APO/Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and stamped with
the date and time of receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.\12\
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\11\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements);
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing
Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 39263
(July 6, 2011).
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Unless otherwise extended, the Department intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, which will include the
results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days
of publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of this review, the Department
will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.\13\ The Department intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication
date of the final results of this review. For each individually
examined respondent in this review whose weighted-average dumping
margin in the final results of review is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.5 percent), the Department intends to calculate importer-
specific assessment rates, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\14\
Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, the Department
intends to calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by
aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S. sales to the
importer and dividing this amount by the total entered value of the
sales to the importer.\15\ Where the importer did not report entered
values, the Department intends to calculate an importer-specific
assessment rate by dividing the amount of dumping for reviewed sales to
the importer by the total sales quantity associated with those
transactions. In addition, the Department will calculate an estimated
ad valorem importer-specific assessment rate to determine whether this
rate is de minimis, however, the Department will direct CBP to assess
importer-specific assessment rates based on the resulting per-unit
rates, where appropriate.\16\ Where an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is not zero or de minimis, the Department 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-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or
de minimis, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\17\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\14\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012)
(``Final Modification'').
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\16\ Id.
\17\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
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Pursuant to Departmental practice, for entries that were not
reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by an exporter
individually examined during this review, the Department will instruct
CBP to liquidate such entries at the rate for the PRC-wide entity.\18\
Additionally, if the Department determines that an exporter under
review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended
entries that entered under that exporter's CBP case number will be
liquidated at the rate for the PRC-wide entity.
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\18\ 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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In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on POR entries and for future deposits of estimated
antidumping duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for
antidumping duties equal to the weighted-average amount by which NV
exceeds U.S. price. 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 the PRC entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication date of this notice, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) For the exporters listed above, the cash deposit rate will
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this review (except, if the rate is de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.5 percent), then the cash deposit rate will be zero for
that exporter); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and
non-PRC exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) for all
PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for
the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 238.95 percent \19\) and (4) for all non-PRC
exporters of subject merchandise that have not received their own rate,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter
that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\19\ See AR2 Final Results, 81 FR 39908.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the
Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties and/
or countervailing duties has occurred, and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties and/or an increase in the amount of
antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 16, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
5. Selection of Respondents
6. Single Entity Treatment
7. Discussion of the Methodology
a. NME Country
b. Separate Rates
c. Application of Partial FA and AFA
d. Surrogate Country
e. Date of Sale
f. Fair Value Comparisons
g. U.S. Price
h. Normal Value
i. Section 777A(f) of the Act
j. Currency Conversion
8. Conclusion
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