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1See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, and 

Rescission of Review, in Part; 2015, 83 FR 1235 

(January 10, 2018) (Preliminary Results) and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Certain 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 

Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People’s 

Republic of China; Case Brief of SolarWorld 

Americas, Inc.,’’ dated March 5, 2018 (Petitioner’s 

Case Brief); Letter from the GOC, ‘‘GOC 

Administrative Case Brief: Fourth Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 

not Assembled into Modules from the People’s 

Republic of China (C–570–980),’’ dated March 5, 

2018 (GOC’s Case Brief); Letter from Canadian 

Solar, ‘‘Administrative Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order on Crystalline Silicon 

Photovoltaic Cells, Whether Or Not Assembled into 

Modules from the People’s Republic of China: Case 

Brief,’’ dated March 5, 2018 (Canadian Solar’s Case 

Brief); and Letter from Trina Solar, ‘‘Crystalline 

Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 

Assembled Into Modules from the People’s 

Republic of China: Case Brief,’’ dated March 5, 2018 

(Trina Solar’s Case Brief). 

3See Letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Crystalline 

Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 

Assembled Into Modules, from the People’s 

Republic of China: Rebuttal Brief of SolarWorld 

Americas, Inc.,’’ dated March 12, 2018. (Petitioner’s 

Rebuttal Brief); Letter from the GOC, ‘‘GOC Rebuttal 

Brief: Fourth Administrative Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order on Crystalline Silicon 

Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or not Assembled into 

Modules from the People’s Republic of China (C– 

570–980),’’ dated March 12, 2018 (GOC’s Rebuttal 

Brief); Letter from Canadian Solar, ‘‘Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty order on 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 

Not Assembled in Modules from the People’s 

Republic of China: Rebuttal Case Brief,’’ dated 

March 12, 2018. (Canadian Solar’s Rebuttal Brief); 

Letter from Trina Solar, ’’Crystalline Silicon 

Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules from the People’s Republic of China: 

Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated March 12, 2018 (Trina Solar’s 

Rebuttal Brief); and Letter from Sumec, ‘‘SHTC 

Letter in Lieu of Rebuttal Brief: Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 

not Assembled into Modules from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated March 12, 2018. In its 

letter, Sumec submits that Commerce should adopt 

the positions put forward in the case and rebuttal 

briefs submitted by Canadian Solar and Trina Solar. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the 

Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated 

January 23, 2018. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Crystalline Silicon 

Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, from the People’s Republic of China: 

Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 2015 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated 

May 11, 2018. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Crystalline Silicon 

Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, from the People’s Republic of China: 

Section Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 

2015 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ 

dated June 21, 2018. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review: Crystalline Silicon 

Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, from the People’s Republic of China; 

2015,’’ dated concurrently with this notice (Issues 

and Decision Memorandum). 

correct any ministerial errors within a 

reasonable time after the determinations 

are issued under this section. A 

ministerial error is defined at 19 CFR 

351.224(f) as 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. . .’’ Therefore, we are amending 

the Final Results of the administrative 

review covering the period January 1, 

2015, through December 31, 2015. This 

notice serves to correct the misspelled 

exporter company name listed in the 

Final Results. No other changes have 

been made to the Final Results. 

These amended final results are 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1), 751(h), and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.213. 

Dated: July 17, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–980] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From the People’s Republic 

of China: Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2015 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that Canadian 

Solar Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates 

(collectively, Canadian Solar) and 

Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. 

and its cross-owned affiliates 

(collectively, Trina Solar), exporters/ 

producers of crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, whether or not 

assembled into modules (solar cells), 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China), received countervailable 

subsidies during the period of review 

(POR) January 1, 2015, through 

December 31, 2015. 

DATES: Applicable July 23, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gene H. Calvert, 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) 482–3586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the Preliminary 

Results of this administrative review on 

January 10, 2018.1 We invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Results. On March 5, 2018, we received 

timely case briefs from the following 

interested parties: SolarWorld Americas 

Inc. (the petitioner), the Government of 

China (GOC), Canadian Solar, and Trina 

Solar.2 On March 12, 2018, we received 

timely rebuttal comments from the 

petitioner; the GOC; Canadian Solar; 

Trina Solar; and Sumec Hardware & 

Tools Co., Ltd. (Sumec).3

Commerce exercised its discretion to 

toll all deadlines affected by the closure 

of the Federal Government from January 

20 through January 22, 2018.4 As a 

result, all deadlines in this segment of 

the proceeding have been extended by 

three days. On May 11, 2018, we 

extended the deadline for issuing the 

final results of this administrative 

review by 45 days, to June 27, 2018.5 On 

June 21, 2018, we extended the period 

for issuing the final results by an 

additional 15 days, to July 12, 2018.6

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

solar cells from China. A full 

description of the scope of the order is 

contained in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.7

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in interested parties’ 

briefs are listed in the Appendix to this 

notice and are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. The Issues 

and Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov and in the Central 

Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn. The signed Issues and Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on case briefs, rebuttal briefs, 

and all supporting documentation, we 

made changes from the Preliminary 

Results. For the final results, we are 


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8See the Issues and Decision Memorandum for a 

full discussion of the changes made since the 

Preliminary Results. 

9See section 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

10See, e.g., Certain Pasta from Italy: Preliminary 

Results of the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review, 75 FR 18806, 18811 (April 

13, 2010), unchanged in Certain Pasta from Italy: 

Final Results of the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review, 75 FR 37386 (June 29, 

2010); see also Issues and Decision Memorandum 

at the section, ‘‘Non-Selected Companies Under 

Review.’’ 11Cross-owned affiliates are: Canadian Solar Inc.; 

Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc.; 

Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc.; CSI 

Cells Co., Ltd.; CSI Solar Power (China) Inc.; CSI 

Solartronics (Changshu) Co., Ltd.; CSI Solar 

Technologies Inc.; CSI Solar Manufacture Inc. 

(name was changed to CSI New Energy Holding Co., 

Ltd. in July 2015); CSI–GCL Solar Manufacturing 

(Yancheng) Co., Ltd.; Changshu Tegu New Materials 

Technology Co., Ltd.; Changshu Tlian Co., Ltd.; and 

Suzhou Sanysolar Materials Technology Co., Ltd. 

See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

12Cross-owned affiliates are: 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.; Hubei Trina 

Solar Energy Co., Ltd.; Turpan Trina Solar Energy 

Co., Ltd.; and Changzhou Trina PV Ribbon 

Materials Co., Ltd. 

13See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

relying solely on Maersk ocean freight 

prices to value international freight 

when constructing our benchmarks for 

measuring the adequacy of 

remuneration for the company 

respondents’ input purchases. We also 

corrected certain clerical errors made in 

our calculations.8

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this review in 

accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as mended (the 

Act). For each of the subsidy programs 

found to be countervailable, we find 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution from a government or 

public entity that gives rise to a benefit 

to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific.9 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying all of 

Commerce’s conclusions, including any 

determination that relied upon the use 

of facts available pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

In accordance with section 777A(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we 

calculated a countervailable subsidy 

rate for the two mandatory respondents, 

Canadian Solar and Trina Solar. For the 

non-selected companies subject to this 

review, we followed out practice, which 

is to base the subsidy rates on an 

average of the subsidy rates calculated 

for those companies selected for 

individual review, excluding de 

minimis rates or rates based entirely on 

adverse facts available.10 In this case, for 

the non-selected companies, we 

calculated a rate by weight-averaging 

the calculated subsidy rates of the two 

mandatory respondents using their 

publicly-ranged sales data for exports of 

subject merchandise to the United 

States during the POR. We find the 

countervailable subsidy rates for the 

producers/exporters under review to be 

as follows: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Canadian Solar and its Cross-Owned Affiliates 11 .............................................................................................................................. 14.34 

Trina Solar and its Cross-Owned Affiliates 12 ..................................................................................................................................... 11.39 

Review-Specific Average Rate 

Applicable to the Non-Selected 

Companies Subject to this Review: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 13.20 

Baoding Tianwei Yingli New 

Energy Resources Co., Ltd 13.20 

Beijing Tianneng Yingli New 

Energy Resources Co., Ltd 13.20 

Canadian Solar International, 

Ltd ..................................... 13.20 

Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 13.20 

Dongguan Sunworth Solar 

Energy Co., Ltd ................. 13.20 

ERA Solar Co., Ltd ............... 13.20 

ET Solar Energy Limited ...... 13.20 

ET Solar Industry Limited ..... 13.20 

Hainan Yingli New Energy 

Resources Co., Ltd ........... 13.20 

Hangzhou Sunny Energy 

Science and Technology 

Co., Ltd ............................. 13.20 

Hangzhou Zhejiang University Sunny Energy Science 

and Technology Co., Ltd .. 13.20 

Hengdian Group DMEGC 

Magnetics Co., Ltd ............ 13.20 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Hengshui Yingli New Energy 

Resources Co., Ltd ........... 13.20 

JA Solar Technology 

Yangzhou Co., Ltd ............ 13.20 

Jiangsu High Hope Int’l 

Group ................................ 13.20 

Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd .... 13.20 

Jiawei Solarchina 

(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd .......... 13.20 

JingAo Solar Co., Ltd ........... 13.20 

Jinko Solar Co., Ltd .............. 13.20 

Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd ...................... 13.20 

Jinko Solar International Limited .................................... 13.20 

Jinko Solar (U.S.) Inc ........... 13.20 

Lightway Green New Energy 

Co., Ltd ............................. 13.20 

Lixian Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd ................ 13.20 

Luoyang Suntech Power Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 13.20 

Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical 

Appliance Co., Ltd ............ 13.20 

Risen Energy Co., Ltd .......... 13.20 

Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd .................. 13.20 

Shenzhen Glory Industries 

Co., Ltd ............................. 13.20 

Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 13.20 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Sumec Hardware & Tools 

Co. Ltd .............................. 13.20 

Systemes Versilis, Inc .......... 13.20 

Taizhou BD Trade Co., Ltd .. 13.20 

tenKsolar (Shanghai) Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 13.20 

Tianjin Yingli New Energy 

Resources Co., Ltd ........... 13.20 

Toenergy Technology 

Hangzhou Co., Ltd ............ 13.20 

Wuxi Suntech Power Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 13.20 

Yingli Energy (China) Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 13.20 

Zhejiang Era Solar Technology Co., Ltd .................. 13.20 

Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd 13.20 

Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology Limited Liability 

Company ........................... 13.20 

Disclosure 

We will disclose to the parties in this 

proceeding the calculations performed 

for these final results within five days 

of publication of this notice in the 

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Assessment Rates 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

we intend to issue assessment 

instructions to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date 

of publication of these final results of 

review, to liquidate shipments of subject 

merchandise produced and/or exported 

by the companies listed above, entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after January 1, 

2015, through December 31, 2015, at the 

ad valorem rates listed above. 

Cash Deposit Instructions 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, we intend to instruct CBP to 

collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties in the amounts 

shown for each of the respective 

companies listed above. These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 of an APO is an 

sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: July 12, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix—Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. List of Interested Party Comments 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

VI. Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

VII. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VIII. Use of Facts Available and Adverse 

Inferences 

IX. Programs Determined to be 

Countervailable 

X. Program Determined to be Not 

Countervailable During the POR 

XI. Programs Determined to be Not Used or 

Not To Confer a Measurable Benefit 

During the POR 

XII. Analysis of Comments 

XIII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Interim Procedures 

for Considering Requests Under the 

Commercial Availability Provision of 

the United States—Colombia Trade 

Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia 

TPA) 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 21, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Laurie Mease, Office of 

Textiles and Apparel, Telephone: 202– 

482–2043, Email: Laurie.Mease@

trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Title II, Section 203(o) of the United 

States-Colombia Trade Promotion 

Agreement Implementation Act (the 

‘‘Act’’) [Pub. L. 112–42] implements the 

commercial availability provision 

provided for in Article 3.3 of the United 

States-Colombia Trade Promotion 

Agreement (the ‘‘Agreement’’). The 

Agreement entered into force on May 

15, 2012. Subject to the rules of origin 

in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement, 

pursuant to the textile provisions of the 

Agreement, fabric, yarn, and fiber 

produced in Colombia or the United 

States and traded between the two 

countries are entitled to duty-free tariff 

treatment. Annex 3–B of the Agreement 

also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and 

fibers that the two countries agreed are 

not available in commercial quantities 

in a timely manner from producers in 

Colombia or the United States. The 

fabrics listed are commercially 

unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers, 

which are also entitled to duty-free 

treatment despite not being produced in 

Colombia or the United States. 

The list of commercially unavailable 

fabrics, yarns, and fibers may be 

changed pursuant to the commercial 

availability provision in Chapter 3, 

Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5–7 of the 

Agreement. Under this provision, 

interested entities from Colombia or the 

United States have the right to request 

that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber be 

added to, or removed from, the list of 

commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, 

and fibers in Annex 3–B of the 

Agreement. 

Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of 

the Agreement requires that the 

President ‘‘promptly’’ publish 

procedures for parties to exercise the 

right to make these requests. Section 

203(o)(4) of the Act authorizes the 

President to establish procedures to 

modify the list of fabrics, yarns, or fibers 

not available in commercial quantities 

in a timely manner in either the United 

States or Colombia as set out in Annex 

3–B of the Agreement. The President 

delegated the responsibility for 

publishing the procedures and 

administering commercial availability 

requests to the Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(‘‘CITA’’), which issues procedures and 

acts on requests through the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Office of 

Textiles and Apparel (‘‘OTEXA’’) (See 

Proclamation No. 8818, 77 FR 29519, 

May 18, 2012). 

The intent of the U.S.-Colombia TPA 

Commercial Availability Procedures is 

to foster the use of U.S. and regional 

products by implementing procedures 

that allow products to be placed on or 

removed from a product list, on a timely 

basis, and in a manner that is consistent 

with normal business practice. The 

procedures are intended to facilitate the 

transmission of requests; allow the 

market to indicate the availability of the 

supply of products that are the subject 

of requests; make available promptly, to 

interested entities and the public, 

information regarding the requests for 

products and offers received for those 

products; ensure wide participation by 

interested entities and parties; allow for 

careful review and consideration of 

information provided to substantiate 

requests, responses and rebuttals; and 

provide timely public dissemination of 


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