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; 2015-2016, 1018-1021 [2018-00184]
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weighted-average dumping margins up
to 305.56 percent.
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Dated: January 3, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
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; 2015–2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) 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 (China). The period of review
(POR) is December 1, 2015, through
November 30, 2016. The administrative
review covers one mandatory
respondent: the collapsed entity
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.,
which we have preliminarily
determined to treat as a single entity
with Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and
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Technology Co., Ltd (Trina). Commerce
preliminarily finds that Trina 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: Applicable January 9, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4037.
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
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
We preliminarily determine that there
is no evidence calling into question the
no shipment claims of the following
companies: De-Tech Trading Limited
HK, Dongguan Sunworth Solar Energy
Co., Ltd., Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.,
Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd., Shenzhen
Sungold Solar Co., Ltd., Taizhou BD
Trade Co., Ltd., Toenergy Technology
Hangzhou Co., Ltd., and Wuxi Tianran
Photovoltaic Co., Ltd. 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,
Commerce is not rescinding this review
with respect to these companies, but
intends to complete the review of the
1 For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see DOC Memorandum re: Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
2015–2016 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or not Assembled into Modules, From the
People’s Republic of China, issued concurrently
with and hereby adopted by this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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companies for which it has
preliminarily found no evidence of
shipments and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final
results of the review.2
Preliminary Affiliation and Single
Entity Determination
We preliminarily find that 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. (Trina),
which we have preliminarily continued
to treat as a single entity, is affiliated
with Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and
Technology Co., Ltd., pursuant to
section 771(33)(F) of the Tariff Act of
103 (the Act) and all of these companies
should be treated as a single entity
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f)(1)-(2). For
additional information, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
Trina Collapsing Memorandum.3
Use of Partial Facts Available (FA) and
Partial Adverse Facts Available (AFA)
Section 776(a) of the Act provides that
Commerce shall apply FA if (1)
necessary information is not on the
record, or (2) an interested party or any
other person (A) withholds information
that has been requested, (B) fails to
provide information within the
deadlines established, or in the form
and manner requested by Commerce,
subject to subsections (c)(1) and (e) of
section 782 of the Act, (C) significantly
impedes a proceeding, or (D) provides
information that cannot be verified as
provided by section 782(i) of the Act.
Section 776(b) of the Act further
provides that Commerce may use an
adverse inference in applying FA (i.e.,
AFA) when a party has failed to
cooperate by not acting to the best of its
ability to comply with a request for
information. Such an adverse inference
may include reliance on information
derived from the petition, the final
determination, a previous
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.
3 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum under
the ‘‘Single Entity Treatment’’ section; see also DOC
Memorandum: Affiliation and Single Entity Status
of 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., and Trina Solar (Hefei)
Science and Technology Co., Ltd., issued
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice (Trina Collapsing Memorandum).
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administrative review, or other
information placed on the record.
Trina failed to provide factors of
production (FOP) data from certain
unaffiliated tollers of inputs used to
produce subject merchandise, as well as
from certain unaffiliated suppliers of
solar cells. We preliminarily determine
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. These unreported
FOPs for solar cells represent a material
amount of necessary FOP information.
However, in accordance with section
776(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce 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, the tollers only
performed a relatively small portion of
the total processing involved in
producing the input, or the input
accounts for a relatively small share of
the overall costs of a solar panel. For
details regarding these determinations,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the Trina Unreported
FOP Memorandum.4
Separate Rates
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the information placed on the
record by 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. Commerce calculated a rate for
the sole mandatory respondent, Trina
that is not zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on facts available. Accordingly,
we assigned the weighted-average
dumping margin for Trina to the nonindividually examined companies to
which we granted separate rates status.
Conversely, Commerce preliminarily
determines that the following
companies have not demonstrated their
entitlement to separate rates status
because they did not file a separate rate
application or certification with
Commerce:
1. Eoplly New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
2. ERA Solar Co., Ltd.
3. ET Solar Industry Limited
4. Hangzhou Zhejiang University Sunny
Energy Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
5. Jiangsu High Hope Int’l Group
6. Jiangsu Sunlink PV Technology Co., Ltd.
7. Systemes Versilis, Inc.
8. Zhongli Talesun Solar Co. Ltd.
Commerce treated these companies as
part of the China-wide entity. Because
no party requested a review of the
China-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 Commerce’s separate rates
determinations, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act.
Commerce calculated constructed
export prices in accordance with section
772 of the Act. Given that China is a
NME country, within the meaning of
section 771(18) of the Act, Commerce
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
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the POR:
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dumping
margin
(percent)
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Exporter
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/Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd .................................................................................
Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................
Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
ET Solar Energy Limited .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science and Technology Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................
Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
JingAo Solar Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................................
LERRI Solar Technology Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................
Risen Energy Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Sumec Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Sunpreme Jiaxing Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................................
tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
4 See DOC Memorandum re: Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules, from the People’s Republic of China:
Unreported Factors of Production, issued
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice.
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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; 2014–2015,
82 FR 29033 (June 27, 2017) (AR3 Final),
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unchanged in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the
People’s Republic of China: Amended Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
2015, 82 FR 40560 (August 25, 2017) (Amended
AR3 Final).
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Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter
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Wuxi Suntech Power Co., LtdLuoyang Suntech Power 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 ..................................................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang ERA Solar Technology Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology Limited Liability Company ........................................................................
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce 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 Commerce. 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
in the briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, Commerce intends to hold the
hearing at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 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 Commerce’s electronic
records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m.
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).
9 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
11 See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
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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,
Commerce 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, Commerce will determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(‘‘CBP’’) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review.13 Commerce 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), Commerce
intends to calculate importer-specific
assessment rates, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1).14 Where the
respondent reported reliable entered
values, Commerce 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
respondent did not report entered
values, Commerce will calculate
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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importer-specific assessment rates by
dividing the amount of dumping for
reviewed sales to the importer by the
total sales quantity associated with
those transactions. Commerce will
calculate an estimated ad valorem
importer-specific assessment rate to
determine whether the per-unit rate is
de minimis, however, Commerce will
direct CBP to assess importer-specific
assessment rates where the entered
value was not reported based on the
resulting per-unit rates.16 Where an
importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is not zero or de
minimis, Commerce 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,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.17
Pursuant to Commerce’s refinement to
its practice, for sales that were not
reported in the U.S. sales database
submitted by an exporter individually
examined during this review, Commerce
will instruct CBP to liquidate such
merchandise at the rate for the Chinawide entity.18 Additionally, where
Commerce 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 China-wide
entity. Because no party requested a
review of the China-wide entity, the
entity is not under review and the
entity’s rate (i.e., 238.95 percent) is not
subject to change.19
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results
of this review shall be the basis for the
16 Id.
17 See
Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full discussion
of this practice.
19 See AR3 Final, 82 FR at 29035, unchanged in
Amended AR3 Final.
18 See
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assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by the
final results of this review and for future
deposits of estimated antidumping
duties, where applicable.
Notification to Interested Parties
Cash Deposit Requirements
Dated: January 2, 2018.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations.
Commerce will instruct CBP to
require a cash deposit for antidumping
duties equal to the weighted-average
amount by which the NV exceeds U.S.
price. The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for
shipments of the subject merchandise
from China 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 China-wide entity (i.e.,
238.95 percent 20) and (4) for all nonPRC exporters of subject merchandise
that have not received their own rate,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to China exporter that
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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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
Commerce’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.
20 See AR3 Final, 82 FR at 29035, unchanged in
Amended AR3 Final.
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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).
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. Non-Market Economy Country
b. Separate Rates
c. Application of Partial Facts Available
(FA) and Adverse Facts Available (AFA)
d. Surrogate Country Selection
e. Date of Sale
f. Fair Value Comparisons
g. U.S. Price
h. Normal Value
i. Adjustments for Countervailable
Subsidies
j. Export Subsidy Adjustment
k. Currency Conversion
8. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Adminstration
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Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing
of Carbon and Alloy Steel From India:
Amended Preliminary Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is amending its Preliminary
Determination of the antidumping duty
investigation of certain cold-drawn
mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy
steel (mechanical tubing) from India.
We are correcting a ministerial error
with respect to certain steel grades
reported by one of the mandatory
respondents, Goodluck India Limited.
The period of investigation (POI) is
April 1, 2016, through March 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable January 9, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Pulongbarit and Omar Qureshi,
AD/CVD Operations, Office V,
Enforcement & Compliance,
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International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC, 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2593, or (202) 482–0987,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: On
November 22, 2017, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Determination that
mechanical tubing from India is being,
or is likely to be, sold in the United
States at less than fair value (LTFV), as
provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act).1 On
November 22, 2017, ArcelorMittal
Tubular Products, Michigan Seamless
Tube LLC, Plymouth Tube Co., USA,
PTC Alliance Corp., Webco Industries,
Inc. and Zekelman Industries, Inc.
(collectively, the petitioners) filed
timely allegations of ministerial errors
contained in Commerce’s Preliminary
Determination.2 On November 27, 2017,
Goodluck filed timely allegations of
ministerial errors contained in
Commerce’s Preliminary
Determination.3
Scope of Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is mechanical tubing from
India. For a full description of the scope
of this investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of
the Investigation,’’ in the Appendix to
this notice.
Significant Ministerial Error
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e) and
(g)(1), Commerce is amending the
Preliminary Determination to reflect the
correction of a significant ministerial
error it made in the margin assigned to
Goodluck, a mandatory respondent. A
ministerial error is defined as an error
in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical error
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error
which the Secretary considers
ministerial.4 A significant ministerial
error is defined as a ministerial error,
the correction of which, singly or in
combination with other errors, would
result in (1) a change of at least five
absolute percentage points in, but not
1 See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, in Part, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 82 FR 55567 (November 22, 2017) and
accompanying PDM (Preliminary Determination).
2 See the petitioners’ November 22, 2107
submission (the Petitioners’ Ministerial Error
Comments).
3 See Goodluck’s November 27, 2017 submission
(Goodluck’s Ministerial Error Comments).
4 See section 735(e) of the Act.
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00184]
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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; 2015-2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) 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 (China). The period
of review (POR) is December 1, 2015, through November 30, 2016. The
administrative review covers one mandatory respondent: the collapsed
entity 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., which we
have preliminarily determined to treat as a single entity with Trina
Solar (Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd (Trina). Commerce
preliminarily finds that Trina 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: Applicable January 9, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037.
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 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
DOC Memorandum re: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results
of the 2015-2016 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or not Assembled
into Modules, From the People's Republic of China, issued
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
We preliminarily determine that there is no evidence calling into
question the no shipment claims of the following companies: De-Tech
Trading Limited HK, Dongguan Sunworth Solar Energy Co., Ltd., Jiawei
Solarchina Co., Ltd., Ningbo ETDZ Holdings, Ltd., Shenzhen Sungold
Solar Co., Ltd., Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd., Toenergy Technology
Hangzhou Co., Ltd., and Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd. 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, Commerce is not rescinding this
review with respect to these companies, but intends to complete the
review of the companies for which it has preliminarily found no
evidence of 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
We preliminarily find that 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. (Trina), which we have preliminarily continued to treat as a
single entity, is affiliated with Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and
Technology Co., Ltd., pursuant to section 771(33)(F) of the Tariff Act
of 103 (the Act) and all of these companies should be treated as a
single entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f)(1)-(2). For additional
information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum and Trina
Collapsing Memorandum.\3\
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\3\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum under the ``Single
Entity Treatment'' section; see also DOC Memorandum: Affiliation and
Single Entity Status of 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., and Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and
Technology Co., Ltd., issued concurrently with and hereby adopted by
this notice (Trina Collapsing Memorandum).
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Use of Partial Facts Available (FA) and Partial Adverse Facts Available
(AFA)
Section 776(a) of the Act provides that Commerce shall apply FA if
(1) necessary information is not on the record, or (2) an interested
party or any other person (A) withholds information that has been
requested, (B) fails to provide information within the deadlines
established, or in the form and manner requested by Commerce, subject
to subsections (c)(1) and (e) of section 782 of the Act, (C)
significantly impedes a proceeding, or (D) provides information that
cannot be verified as provided by section 782(i) of the Act. Section
776(b) of the Act further provides that Commerce may use an adverse
inference in applying FA (i.e., AFA) when a party has failed to
cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with a
request for information. Such an adverse inference may include reliance
on information derived from the petition, the final determination, a
previous
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administrative review, or other information placed on the record.
Trina failed to provide factors of production (FOP) data from
certain unaffiliated tollers of inputs used to produce subject
merchandise, as well as from certain unaffiliated suppliers of solar
cells. We preliminarily determine 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. These unreported FOPs for solar cells
represent a material amount of necessary FOP information. However, in
accordance with section 776(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce 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, the tollers only performed a
relatively small portion of the total processing involved in producing
the input, or the input accounts for a relatively small share of the
overall costs of a solar panel. For details regarding these
determinations, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the Trina
Unreported FOP Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ See DOC Memorandum re: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People's
Republic of China: Unreported Factors of Production, issued
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Separate Rates
Commerce preliminarily determines that the information placed on
the record by 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.
Commerce calculated a rate for the sole mandatory respondent, Trina
that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available.
Accordingly, we assigned the weighted-average dumping margin for Trina
to the non-individually examined companies to which we granted separate
rates status.
Conversely, Commerce preliminarily determines that the following
companies have not demonstrated their entitlement to separate rates
status because they did not file a separate rate application or
certification with Commerce:
1. Eoplly New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
2. ERA Solar Co., Ltd.
3. ET Solar Industry Limited
4. Hangzhou Zhejiang University Sunny Energy Science and Technology
Co., Ltd.
5. Jiangsu High Hope Int'l Group
6. Jiangsu Sunlink PV Technology Co., Ltd.
7. Systemes Versilis, Inc.
8. Zhongli Talesun Solar Co. Ltd.
Commerce treated these companies as part of the China-wide entity.
Because no party requested a review of the China-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
Commerce'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; 2014-2015, 82 FR 29033 (June 27,
2017) (AR3 Final), unchanged in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People's
Republic of China: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR 40560 (August 25, 2017)
(Amended AR3 Final).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. Commerce calculated constructed
export prices in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Given that
China is a NME country, within the meaning of section 771(18) of the
Act, Commerce 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
Commerce 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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Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd/Trina Solar 61.61
(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/Trina Solar
(Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd................
Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd... 61.61
Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd......................... 61.61
ET Solar Energy Limited................................. 61.61
Hangzhou Sunny Energy Science and Technology Co., Ltd... 61.61
Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd.................. 61.61
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd................... 61.61
Jiawei Solarchina (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd................... 61.61
JingAo Solar Co., Ltd................................... 61.61
LERRI Solar Technology Co., Ltd......................... 61.61
Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd...................... 61.61
Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd........ 61.61
Risen Energy Co., Ltd................................... 61.61
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd................... 61.61
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd.......................... 61.61
Sumec Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd......................... 61.61
Sunpreme Jiaxing Ltd.................................... 61.61
tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd........................... 61.61
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Wuxi Suntech Power Co., LtdLuoyang Suntech Power Co., 61.61
Ltd....................................................
Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited/Baoding Tianwei 61.61
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........
Zhejiang ERA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.................. 61.61
Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology 61.61
Limited Liability Company..............................
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce 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
Commerce. 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, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at
the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 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 Commerce's electronic
records system, ACCESS, by 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, Commerce 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, Commerce will
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\13\ Commerce 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), Commerce intends to
calculate importer-specific assessment rates, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\14\ Where the respondent reported reliable entered
values, Commerce 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 respondent
did not report entered values, Commerce will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates by dividing the amount of dumping for
reviewed sales to the importer by the total sales quantity associated
with those transactions. Commerce will calculate an estimated ad
valorem importer-specific assessment rate to determine whether the per-
unit rate is de minimis, however, Commerce will direct CBP to assess
importer-specific assessment rates where the entered value was not
reported based on the resulting per-unit rates.\16\ Where an importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is not zero or de minimis, Commerce
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, Commerce 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 Commerce's refinement to its practice, for sales that
were not reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by an exporter
individually examined during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to
liquidate such merchandise at the rate for the China-wide entity.\18\
Additionally, where Commerce 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 China-wide entity. Because no party requested a review of
the China-wide entity, the entity is not under review and the entity's
rate (i.e., 238.95 percent) is not subject to change.\19\
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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.
\19\ See AR3 Final, 82 FR at 29035, unchanged in Amended AR3
Final.
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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
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assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
antidumping duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for
antidumping duties equal to the weighted-average amount by which the NV
exceeds U.S. price. The following cash deposit requirements will be
effective for shipments of the subject merchandise from China 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 China-wide entity (i.e., 238.95 percent \20\) 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 China
exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\20\ See AR3 Final, 82 FR at 29035, unchanged in Amended AR3
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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 Commerce'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: January 2, 2018.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
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. Non-Market Economy Country
b. Separate Rates
c. Application of Partial Facts Available (FA) and Adverse Facts
Available (AFA)
d. Surrogate Country Selection
e. Date of Sale
f. Fair Value Comparisons
g. U.S. Price
h. Normal Value
i. Adjustments for Countervailable Subsidies
j. Export Subsidy Adjustment
k. Currency Conversion
8. Recommendation
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