Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, 42686-42688 [2023-14027]

Download as PDF 42686 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 126 / Monday, July 3, 2023 / Notices would administer the screener and the baseline questionnaire. Once they join the panel, panelists will be eligible for online topical surveys every other month for up to 3 years. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: Bi-monthly. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: The Census Bureau, on behalf of the Department of Defense, is conducting this study under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 1782. The Census Bureau’s authority to conduct surveys for other agencies is 13 U.S.C. 8(b). This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function and entering the title of the collection. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2023–14094 Filed 6–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s regulations, including section 400.14. Dated: June 28, 2023. Elizabeth Whiteman, Executive Secretary. [B–16–2023] DATES: BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–17–2023] Production Activity Not Authorized; Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 124; Valero Refining—New Orleans L.L.C.; (Renewable Fuels and By-Products); Norco, Louisiana On February 28, 2023, Valero Refining—New Orleans L.L.C. submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility within Subzone 124A in Norco, Louisiana. The notification was processed in accordance with the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including notice in the Federal Register inviting public comment (88 FR 14598, March 9, 2023). On June 28, 2023, the applicant was notified of the FTZ Board’s decision that further review of the activity is warranted. The production activity described in the notification was not authorized. If the applicant wishes to seek authorization for this activity, it will need to submit an application for production authority, pursuant to section 400.23. [FR Doc. 2023–14071 Filed 6–30–23; 8:45 am] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 44; Authorization of Production Activity; Givaudan Fragrances Corporation; (Fragrance Compounds); Mount Olive, Flanders and, Towaco, New Jersey On February 28, 2023, Givaudan Fragrances Corporation submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility within FTZ 44, in Mount Olive, Flanders and Towaco, New Jersey. The notification was processed in accordance with the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including notice in the Federal Register inviting public comment (88 FR 14328–14329, March 8, 2023). On June 28, 2023, the applicant was notified of the FTZ Board’s decision that no further review of the activity is warranted at this time. The production activity described in the notification was authorized, subject to VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 Applicable July 3, 2023. [FR Doc. 2023–14072 Filed 6–30–23; 8:45 am] Dated: June 28, 2023. Elizabeth Whiteman, Executive Secretary. Foreign-Trade Zones Board (solar products) from the People’s Republic of China (China) with respect to certain off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) panels. BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–010, C–570–011] Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is revoking, in part, the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Daniel Alexander, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4313. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 18, 2015, Commerce published the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on solar products from China.1 On August 8, 2022, Shenzen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. (Hello Tech), a Chinese producer and exporter of subject merchandise, requested that Commerce conduct changed circumstances reviews (CCR) to find that it is appropriate to revoke the Orders, in part, with respect to certain off-grid small portable CSPV panels, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.216(b).2 Hello Tech’s CCR request included a letter from the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing (the Alliance), a coalition of domestic producers of solar cells, which stated that the Alliance did not oppose Hello Tech’s request for changed circumstances reviews and its proposed exclusion language.3 On September 29, 2022, we published the notice of initiation of the requested CCRs.4 In the Initiation Notice we invited interested parties to provide comments and/or factual information regarding these CCRs, including comments on industry support and the proposed partial revocation language.5 We received no comments or factual information. 1 See Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 8592 (February 18, 2015) (AD Order and CVD Order, respectively; collectively, Orders). 2 See Hello Tech’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People’s Republic of China: Hello Tech’s Resubmitted Request for Changed Circumstances Reviews,’’ dated August 8, 2022 (CCR Request). 3 Id. at Exhibit 7. 4 See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders in Part, 87 FR 59043 (September 29, 2022) (Initiation Notice). 5 Id., 87 FR at 59044. E:\FR\FM\03JYN1.SGM 03JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 126 / Monday, July 3, 2023 / Notices In light of the Alliance’s statement of lack of interest in maintaining the Orders with respect to the off-grid small portable CSPV panels described by Hello Tech, and in the absence of any other interested party comments addressing the issue of domestic industry support, Commerce preliminarily found that producers accounting for substantially all of the domestic production of the products to which the Orders pertain lack interest in the relief provided by those Orders with respect to CSPV panels, and announced its intention to revoke, in part, the Orders with respect to these products.6 No interested parties filed comments on the Preliminary Results. Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews and Revocation of the Orders, in Part In light of Hello Tech’s request, and domestic interested parties’ lack of interest and non-opposition in the Orders covering the products under consideration, Commerce continues to find, pursuant to sections 751(d)(1) and 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g), that changed circumstances exist that warrant revocation of the Orders, in part. No interested party opposed this partial revocation. Moreover, no parties provided other information or evidence that calls into question the partial revocation described in Commerce’s Preliminary Results. Thus, Commerce is revoking, in part, the Orders with respect to the following products: Off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels, with or without a glass cover, with the following characteristics: (1) a total power output of 200 watts or less per panel; (2) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm2 per panel; (3) no built-in inverter; (4) an integrated handle or a handle attached to the package for ease of carry; (5) one or more integrated kickstands for easy installation or angle adjustment; and (6) a wire of not less than 3 meters either permanently connected or attached to the package that terminates in an 8mm diameter male barrel connector. The scope description below includes this new exclusion. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Scope of the Orders The merchandise covered by these Orders is modules, laminates and/or 6 See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, 88 FR 14129 (March 7, 2023) (Preliminary Results). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 panels consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not partially or fully assembled into other products, including building integrated materials. For purposes of these Orders, subject merchandise includes modules, laminates and/or panels assembled in China consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells produced in a customs territory other than China. Subject merchandise includes modules, laminates and/or panels assembled in China consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells of thickness equal to or greater than 20 micrometers, having a p/n junction formed by any means, whether or not the cell has undergone other processing, including, but not limited to, cleaning, etching, coating, and/or addition of addition of materials (including, but not limited to, metallization and conductor patterns) to collect and forward the electricity that is generated by the cell. Excluded from the scope of the Orders are thin film photovoltaic products produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe), or copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS). Also excluded from the scope of these Orders are modules, laminates and/or panels assembled in China, consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000 mm2 in surface area, that are permanently integrated into a consumer good whose function is other than power generation and that consumes the electricity generated by the integrated crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells. Where more than one module, laminate and/or panel is permanently integrated into a consumer good, the surface area for purposes of this exclusion shall be the total combined surface area of all modules, laminates and/or panels that are integrated into the consumer good. Further, also excluded from the scope of these Orders are any products covered by the existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, laminates and/or panels, from China. Additionally, excluded from the scope of these Orders are solar panels that are: (1) less than 300,000 mm2 in surface area; (2) less than 27.1 watts in power; (3) coated across their entire surface with a polyurethane doming resin; and (4) joined to a battery charging and maintaining unit (which is an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) box that incorporates a light emitting diode (LED)) by coated wires that include a connector to permit the incorporation of an extension cable. The battery charging and maintaining unit utilizes high-frequency triangular pulse PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42687 waveforms designed to maintain and extend the life of batteries through the reduction of lead sulfate crystals. The above-described battery charging and maintaining unit is currently available under the registered trademark ‘‘SolarPulse.’’ Also excluded from the scope of these Orders are off-grid crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels without a glass cover with the following characteristics: (1) total power output of 500 watts or less per panel; (2) maximum surface area of 8,000 cm2 per panel; (3) unit does not include a built-in inverter; (4) unit has visible parallel grid collector metallic wire lines every 2–40 millimeters across each solar panel (depending on model); (5) solar cells are encased in laminated frosted PET material without stitching; (6) the panel is encased in polyester fabric with visible stitching which includes a Velcro-type storage pocket and unit closure, or encased within a Neoprene clamshell (depending on model); and (7) includes LED indicator. Additionally excluded from the scope of these Orders are off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels, with or without a glass cover, with the following characteristics: (1) a total power output of 200 watts or less per panel; (2) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm2 per panel; (3) no built-in inverter; (4) an integrated handle or a handle attached to the package for ease of carry; (5) one or more integrated kickstands for easy installation or angle adjustment; and (6) a wire of not less than 3 meters either permanently connected or attached to the package that terminates in an 8mm diameter male barrel connector. Merchandise covered by these orders is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 8501.61.0000, 8507.20.8030, 8507.20.8040, 8507.20.8060, 8507.20.8090, 8541.40.6015, 8541.40.6020, 8541.40.6030, 8541.40.6035 and 8501.31.8000. These HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope of these Orders is dispositive.7 Application of the Final Results of These Reviews Hello Tech requested that Commerce apply the final results of these reviews to ‘‘all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by the revocation that are not covered by the final results of an administrative review or automatic 7 See E:\FR\FM\03JYN1.SGM Orders. 03JYN1 42688 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 126 / Monday, July 3, 2023 / Notices liquidation instruction.’’ 8 Section 751(d)(3) of the Act provides that ‘‘{a} determination under this section to revoke an order . . . shall apply with respect to unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date determined by the administering authority.’’ Commerce’s general practice is to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate without regard to antidumping and countervailing duties, and to refund any estimated antidumping and countervailing duties on, all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by a revocation that are not covered by the final results of an administrative review or automatic liquidation.9 Consistent with this practice, we are applying the final results of these CCRs to all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by the revocations which have been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after February 1, 2021 for the AD Order and January 1, 2021 for the CVD Order. These are the beginning dates of the earliest periods of review not covered by the final results of an administrative review or automatic liquidation instructions (i.e., February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022 for the AD Order and January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021 for the CVD Order). Commerce intends to issue instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results of CCRs in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the 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). Instructions to CBP BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Because we determine that there are changed circumstances that warrant the revocation of the Orders, in part, we will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to antidumping and countervailing duties, and to refund any estimated antidumping and countervailing duties on, all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by this partial revocation on or after February 1, 2021 for the AD Order and January 1, 2021 for the CVD Order. DOC case No. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 A–570–062 A–570–983 A–580–895 A–583–861 A–469–817 C–570–063 .... .... .... .... .... .... Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these final results of CCRs in accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(g). Dated: June 22, 2023. James Maeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2023–14027 Filed 6–30–23; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the AGENCY: ITC case No. Country Product 731–TA–1381 ... 731–TA–1201 ... 731–TA–1378 ... 731–TA–1379 ... 731–TA–1377 ... 701–TA–583 ..... China ........... China ........... South Korea Taiwan ........ Spain ........... China ........... Cast Iron Soil Pipe (1st Review) .................... Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks (2nd Review) ... Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber (1st Review) Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber (1st Review) Ripe Olives (1st Review) ............................... Cast Iron Soil Pipe (1st Review) .................... 8 See CCR Request at 21. e.g., Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation, In Part, 76 FR 27634 (May 12, 2011); Stainless Steel Bar from the United Kingdom: Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of Order, in 9 See, VerDate Sep<11>2014 Administrative Protective Order This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return/ destruction of APO materials or conversion to a judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. 17:10 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DATES: Applicable July 3, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commerce official identified in the Initiation of Review section below at AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. For information from the ITC, contact Mary Messer, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission at (202) 205–3193. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Commerce’s procedures for the conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth in its Procedures for Conducting FiveYear (Sunset) Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998) and 70 FR 62061 (October 28, 2005). Guidance on methodological or analytical issues relevant to Commerce’s conduct of Sunset Reviews is set forth in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012). Initiation of Review In accordance with section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c), we are initiating the Sunset Reviews of the following AD and CVD order(s) and suspended investigation(s): Commerce contact Part, 72 FR 65706 (November 23, 2007); Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of Order In Part: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Germany, 71 FR 66163 (November 13, 2006); Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews and Revocation of Orders in Part: Certain Corrosion- PO 00000 U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is automatically initiating the five-year reviews (Sunset Reviews) of the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order(s) and suspended investigation(s) listed below. The International Trade Commission (the ITC) is publishing concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-Year Reviews, which covers the same order(s) and suspended investigation(s). Mary Mary Mary Mary Mary Mary Kolberg, Kolberg, Kolberg, Kolberg, Kolberg, Kolberg, (202) (202) (202) (202) (202) (202) 482–1785. 482–1785. 482–1785. 482–1785. 482–1785. 482–1785. Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada and Germany, 71 FR 14498 (March 22, 2006); and Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination to Revoke Order in Part: Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s Republic of China, 68 FR 62428 (November 4, 2003). E:\FR\FM\03JYN1.SGM 03JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42686-42688]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-010, C-570-011]


Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and 
Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, in 
Part

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is revoking, in 
part, the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic products (solar products) from the 
People's Republic of China (China) with respect to certain off-grid 
small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) panels.

DATES: Applicable July 3, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Alexander, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4313.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 18, 2015, Commerce published the antidumping duty and 
countervailing duty orders on solar products from China.\1\ On August 
8, 2022, Shenzen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. (Hello Tech), a Chinese 
producer and exporter of subject merchandise, requested that Commerce 
conduct changed circumstances reviews (CCR) to find that it is 
appropriate to revoke the Orders, in part, with respect to certain off-
grid small portable CSPV panels, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.216(b).\2\ 
Hello Tech's CCR request included a letter from the American Alliance 
for Solar Manufacturing (the Alliance), a coalition of domestic 
producers of solar cells, which stated that the Alliance did not oppose 
Hello Tech's request for changed circumstances reviews and its proposed 
exclusion language.\3\ On September 29, 2022, we published the notice 
of initiation of the requested CCRs.\4\ In the Initiation Notice we 
invited interested parties to provide comments and/or factual 
information regarding these CCRs, including comments on industry 
support and the proposed partial revocation language.\5\ We received no 
comments or factual information.
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    \1\ See Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from 
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended 
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 
Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 8592 (February 18, 2015) (AD Order 
and CVD Order, respectively; collectively, Orders).
    \2\ See Hello Tech's Letter, ``Certain Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Products from the People's Republic of China: Hello 
Tech's Resubmitted Request for Changed Circumstances Reviews,'' 
dated August 8, 2022 (CCR Request).
    \3\ Id. at Exhibit 7.
    \4\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the 
People's Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of Changed 
Circumstances Reviews, and Consideration of Revocation of the 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders in Part, 87 FR 59043 
(September 29, 2022) (Initiation Notice).
    \5\ Id., 87 FR at 59044.

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    In light of the Alliance's statement of lack of interest in 
maintaining the Orders with respect to the off-grid small portable CSPV 
panels described by Hello Tech, and in the absence of any other 
interested party comments addressing the issue of domestic industry 
support, Commerce preliminarily found that producers accounting for 
substantially all of the domestic production of the products to which 
the Orders pertain lack interest in the relief provided by those Orders 
with respect to CSPV panels, and announced its intention to revoke, in 
part, the Orders with respect to these products.\6\ No interested 
parties filed comments on the Preliminary Results.
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    \6\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Reviews, and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, 88 FR 14129 (March 7, 2023) 
(Preliminary Results).
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews and Revocation of the 
Orders, in Part

    In light of Hello Tech's request, and domestic interested parties' 
lack of interest and non-opposition in the Orders covering the products 
under consideration, Commerce continues to find, pursuant to sections 
751(d)(1) and 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g), that changed 
circumstances exist that warrant revocation of the Orders, in part. No 
interested party opposed this partial revocation. Moreover, no parties 
provided other information or evidence that calls into question the 
partial revocation described in Commerce's Preliminary Results.
    Thus, Commerce is revoking, in part, the Orders with respect to the 
following products: Off-grid small portable crystalline silicon 
photovoltaic panels, with or without a glass cover, with the following 
characteristics:

    (1) a total power output of 200 watts or less per panel;
    (2) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm2 per panel;
    (3) no built-in inverter;
    (4) an integrated handle or a handle attached to the package for 
ease of carry;
    (5) one or more integrated kickstands for easy installation or 
angle adjustment; and
    (6) a wire of not less than 3 meters either permanently 
connected or attached to the package that terminates in an 8mm 
diameter male barrel connector.

    The scope description below includes this new exclusion.

Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these Orders is modules, laminates and/
or panels consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether 
or not partially or fully assembled into other products, including 
building integrated materials. For purposes of these Orders, subject 
merchandise includes modules, laminates and/or panels assembled in 
China consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells produced in 
a customs territory other than China.
    Subject merchandise includes modules, laminates and/or panels 
assembled in China consisting of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells 
of thickness equal to or greater than 20 micrometers, having a p/n 
junction formed by any means, whether or not the cell has undergone 
other processing, including, but not limited to, cleaning, etching, 
coating, and/or addition of addition of materials (including, but not 
limited to, metallization and conductor patterns) to collect and 
forward the electricity that is generated by the cell.
    Excluded from the scope of the Orders are thin film photovoltaic 
products produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), cadmium telluride 
(CdTe), or copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS).
    Also excluded from the scope of these Orders are modules, laminates 
and/or panels assembled in China, consisting of crystalline silicon 
photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000 mm2 in surface area, that are 
permanently integrated into a consumer good whose function is other 
than power generation and that consumes the electricity generated by 
the integrated crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells. Where more than 
one module, laminate and/or panel is permanently integrated into a 
consumer good, the surface area for purposes of this exclusion shall be 
the total combined surface area of all modules, laminates and/or panels 
that are integrated into the consumer good.
    Further, also excluded from the scope of these Orders are any 
products covered by the existing antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not 
assembled into modules, laminates and/or panels, from China.
    Additionally, excluded from the scope of these Orders are solar 
panels that are: (1) less than 300,000 mm2 in surface area; (2) less 
than 27.1 watts in power; (3) coated across their entire surface with a 
polyurethane doming resin; and (4) joined to a battery charging and 
maintaining unit (which is an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) box 
that incorporates a light emitting diode (LED)) by coated wires that 
include a connector to permit the incorporation of an extension cable. 
The battery charging and maintaining unit utilizes high-frequency 
triangular pulse waveforms designed to maintain and extend the life of 
batteries through the reduction of lead sulfate crystals. The above-
described battery charging and maintaining unit is currently available 
under the registered trademark ``SolarPulse.''
    Also excluded from the scope of these Orders are off-grid 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels without a glass cover with the 
following characteristics: (1) total power output of 500 watts or less 
per panel; (2) maximum surface area of 8,000 cm2 per panel; (3) unit 
does not include a built-in inverter; (4) unit has visible parallel 
grid collector metallic wire lines every 2-40 millimeters across each 
solar panel (depending on model); (5) solar cells are encased in 
laminated frosted PET material without stitching; (6) the panel is 
encased in polyester fabric with visible stitching which includes a 
Velcro-type storage pocket and unit closure, or encased within a 
Neoprene clamshell (depending on model); and (7) includes LED 
indicator.
    Additionally excluded from the scope of these Orders are off-grid 
small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels, with or without 
a glass cover, with the following characteristics: (1) a total power 
output of 200 watts or less per panel; (2) a maximum surface area of 
16,000 cm2 per panel; (3) no built-in inverter; (4) an integrated 
handle or a handle attached to the package for ease of carry; (5) one 
or more integrated kickstands for easy installation or angle 
adjustment; and (6) a wire of not less than 3 meters either permanently 
connected or attached to the package that terminates in an 8mm diameter 
male barrel connector.
    Merchandise covered by these orders is currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 
subheadings 8501.61.0000, 8507.20.8030, 8507.20.8040, 8507.20.8060, 
8507.20.8090, 8541.40.6015, 8541.40.6020, 8541.40.6030, 8541.40.6035 
and 8501.31.8000. These HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes; the written description of the scope of these 
Orders is dispositive.\7\
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Application of the Final Results of These Reviews

    Hello Tech requested that Commerce apply the final results of these 
reviews to ``all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by the 
revocation that are not covered by the final results of an 
administrative review or automatic

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liquidation instruction.'' \8\ Section 751(d)(3) of the Act provides 
that ``{a{time}  determination under this section to revoke an order . 
. . shall apply with respect to unliquidated entries of the subject 
merchandise which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date determined by the administering 
authority.'' Commerce's general practice is to instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate without regard to antidumping 
and countervailing duties, and to refund any estimated antidumping and 
countervailing duties on, all unliquidated entries of the merchandise 
covered by a revocation that are not covered by the final results of an 
administrative review or automatic liquidation.\9\
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    \8\ See CCR Request at 21.
    \9\ See, e.g., Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation, In 
Part, 76 FR 27634 (May 12, 2011); Stainless Steel Bar from the 
United Kingdom: Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances 
Review and Revocation of Order, in Part, 72 FR 65706 (November 23, 
2007); Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review and Revocation of Order In Part: Certain 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Germany, 71 FR 
66163 (November 13, 2006); Notice of Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews and Revocation of Orders in Part: 
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada 
and Germany, 71 FR 14498 (March 22, 2006); and Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and 
Determination to Revoke Order in Part: Certain Cased Pencils from 
the People's Republic of China, 68 FR 62428 (November 4, 2003).
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    Consistent with this practice, we are applying the final results of 
these CCRs to all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by 
the revocations which have been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after February 1, 2021 for the AD Order and 
January 1, 2021 for the CVD Order. These are the beginning dates of the 
earliest periods of review not covered by the final results of an 
administrative review or automatic liquidation instructions (i.e., 
February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022 for the AD Order and January 
1, 2021, through December 31, 2021 for the CVD Order).

Instructions to CBP

    Because we determine that there are changed circumstances that 
warrant the revocation of the Orders, in part, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate without regard to antidumping and countervailing duties, and 
to refund any estimated antidumping and countervailing duties on, all 
unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by this partial 
revocation on or after February 1, 2021 for the AD Order and January 1, 
2021 for the CVD Order.
    Commerce intends to issue instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 
days after the date of publication of these final results of CCRs in 
the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the 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).

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to a judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results of CCRs in 
accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.216, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(g).

    Dated: June 22, 2023.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2023-14027 Filed 6-30-23; 8:45 am]
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