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, 2019-2020, 48621-48622 [2022-17198]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48621-48622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17198]


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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: Amended Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2019-2020

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the 
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) 
order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not 
assembled into modules, from the People's Republic of China (China) to 
correct a ministerial error. The period of review is December 1, 2019, 
through November 30, 2020.

DATES: Applicable August 10, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 28, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
final results of the 2019-2020 administrative review of the AD order on 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into 
modules, from China.\1\ On July 5, 2022, the American Alliance for 
Solar Manufacturing (the petitioner) alleged that Commerce made a 
ministerial error in its calculations in the final results of 
review.\2\ On July 11, 2022, Risen \3\ rebutted the petitioner's 
ministerial error comments.\4\
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    \1\ 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; 2019-2020, 87 FR 38379 (June 28, 
2022) (Final Results).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the People's 
Republic of China: Ministerial Error Allegation'' dated July 5, 
2022.
    \3\ Risen refers to the single entity comprising the following 
companies: Risen Energy Co. Ltd.; Risen (Wuhai) New Energy Co., 
Ltd.; Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.; Risen 
(Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd.; Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye Technology 
Co., Ltd.; Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye Trade Co., Ltd.; Ruichang Branch 
(Ruichang Branch), Risen Energy (HongKong) Co., Ltd.; Risen Energy 
(Changzhou) Co., Ltd.; and Risen Energy (YIWU) Co., Ltd.
    \4\ See Risen's Letter ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells 
from the People's Republic of China: Reply Ministerial Error 
Comments'' dated July 11, 2022.
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Legal Framework

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce will analyze any 
ministerial error comments received and, if appropriate, correct any 
ministerial error by amending the final results of review. According to 
section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.224(f), a ministerial error is an error ``in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which {Commerce{time}  considers ministerial.''

Ministerial Error

    After analyzing interested parties' comments, we have determined 
that we made a ministerial error in the final results by inadvertently 
using the incorrect average unit value for the Malaysian Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule subheading that we selcted to value the mandatory 
respondents' aluminum frames, profiles, keys, and extrusions. For 
details regarding the ministerial error, see the Ministerial Error 
Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``2019-2020 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: Ministerial Error Allegation in the Final Results,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Ministerial Error Memorandum).
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    Accordingly, we are amending our calculations of the mandatory 
respondents' dumping margins in the final results to reflect our 
correction of this error.\6\ Because the dumping margins of the non-
individually examined respondents to which we granted a separate rate 
are based on the weighted-average dumping margins that we calculated 
for the mandatory respondents, we also have amended the dumping margin 
that we assigned to these non-individually examined respondents.\7\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Amended 
Final Results Analysis Memorandum--Jinko,'' dated concurrently with 
this notice; see also Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 
Not Assembled into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: 
Amended Final Results Analysis Memorandum--Risen,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``2019-2020 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 for the Amended Final Results,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Amended Final Results

    After correcting the ministerial error referenced above, we have 
determined that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist 
for the period of review, December 1, 2019 through November 30, 2020:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                   Producers/exporters                    dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd./Jinko Solar Co.,           20.99
 Ltd./JinkoSolar Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd./Yuhuan
 Jinko Solar Co., Ltd./Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd./
 Jiangsu Jinko Tiansheng Solar Co., Ltd./JinkoSolar
 (Chuzhou) Co., Ltd./JinkoSolar (Yiwu) Co., Ltd./
 JinkoSolar (Shangrao) Co., Ltd.........................
Risen Energy Co. Ltd./Risen (Wuhai) New Energy Co., Ltd./          12.24
 Zhejiang Twinsel Electronic Technology Co., Ltd./Risen
 (Luoyang) New Energy Co., Ltd./Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye
 Technology Co., Ltd./Jiujiang Shengzhao Xinye Trade
 Co., Ltd./Ruichang Branch/Risen Energy (HongKong) Co.,
 Ltd./Risen Energy (Changzhou) Co., Ltd./Risen Energy
 (YIWU) Co., Ltd........................................
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 Review-Specific Rate Applicable to the Following Non-Examined Companies
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Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd...           14.79
BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd......................           14.79

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Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., Chint New Energy                 14.79
 Technology (Haining) Co., Ltd., Chint Solar (Jiuquan)
 Co., Ltd., Chint Solar (Hong Kong) Company Limited.....
JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd...................           14.79
LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd.........................           14.79
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd...................           14.79
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd..........................           14.79
Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.............................           14.79
Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd......................           14.79
Xiamen Yiyusheng Solar Co., Ltd.........................           14.79
Zhejiang Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd..........           14.79
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Disclosure

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(b), within five days of the publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register, we will disclose to the parties 
to this proceeding, the calculations that we performed for these 
amended final results of review.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise covered by the amended final results of 
review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these amended 
final results of review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is 
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment 
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until 
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has 
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
    Where a mandatory respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is 
zero or de minimis, or where an importer-specific ad valorem or per-
unit dumping margin is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP 
to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\8\ For U.S. entries that were not reported in a mandatory 
respondent's U.S. sales data, but that were entered under the case 
number of that respondent (i.e., at the individually-examined 
exporter's cash deposit rate), Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 
such entries at the cash deposit rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 
238.95 percent).
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    We calculated importer or customer-specific ad valorem assessment 
rates for the mandatory respondents by dividing the total amount of 
dumping duties for reviewed sales of subject merchandise imported by an 
importer, or for reviewed sales of subject merchandise to a customer, 
as appropriate, by the total sales value of those transactions.
    For the companies not individually examined in this administrative 
review that qualified for a separate rate, the assessment rate will be 
equal to the weight average of the weighted-average dumping margins 
calculated for the mandatory respondents in these amended final results 
of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this 
notice of the amended final results of review in the Federal Register, 
as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the companies 
listed in the table above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin listed for the company in the table; 
(2) for previously investigated or reviewed China and non-China 
exporters that are not under review in this segment of the proceeding 
that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
their existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all China exporters of 
subject merchandise that do not have a separate rate, their cash 
deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate previously established for 
the China-wide entity, which is 238.95 percent; and (4) for all non-
China exporters of subject merchandise that do not have a separate 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate applicable to 
the China exporter that supplied the non-China exporter.
    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective 
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and 
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e).

    Dated: August 3, 2022.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-17198 Filed 8-9-22; 8:45 am]
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