Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 194 / Monday, October 7, 2024 / Notices 81041 

1See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 77 FR 73017 (December 7, 2012) (CVD 

Order); and Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018 

(December 7, 2012) (AD Order) (collectively, the 

Orders). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 

FR 6499 (February 1, 2024). 

3See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the 

Expedited Second Sunset Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order, 89 FR 48391 (June 6, 

2024), and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum (IDM); see also Crystalline Silicon 

Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of 

the Countervailing Duty Order, 89 FR 48559 (June 

7, 2024), and accompanying IDM. 

4See Citation to ITC Notice, 89 FR 78900 

(September 20, 2024) (ITC Final Determination). 

Needs and Uses: The International 

Trade Administration’s (ITA) Global 

Markets’ U.S. Commercial Service (CS) 

is mandated by Congress to broaden and 

deepen the U.S. exporter base. ITA 

accomplishes this by providing 

counseling, programs and services to 

help U.S. organizations export and 

conduct business in overseas markets. 

This information collection package 

enables the CS to provide appropriate 

export services to U.S. exporters and 

international buyers. 

ITA offers a variety of services to 

enable clients to begin exporting or to 

expand existing exporting efforts. 

Clients may learn about our services 

from business related entities such as 

the National Association of 

Manufacturers, Federal Express, State 

Economic Development offices, the 

internet or word of mouth. The CS 

provides a standard set of services to 

assist clients with identifying potential 

overseas partners, establishing meeting 

programs with appropriate overseas 

business contacts and providing due 

diligence reports on potential overseas 

business partners. The CS also provides 

other export-related services considered 

to be of a ‘‘customized nature’’ because 

they do not fit into the standard set of 

CS export services but are driven by 

unique business needs of individual 

clients. 

Before the CS can provide exportrelated services to clients, such as 

assistance with identifying potential 

partners or providing due diligence, 

specific information is required to 

determine the client’s business 

objectives and needs. For example, 

before a service can be provided to 

identify potential business partners, it is 

necessary to know whether the client 

would like a potential partner to have 

specific technical qualifications, 

coverage in a specific market, English or 

foreign language ability or warehousing 

requirements. This information 

collection is designed to elicit such data 

so that appropriate services can be 

proposed and conducted to most 

effectively meet the client’s exporting 

goals. Without these forms the CS is 

unable to provide services when 

requested by clients. 

The forms ask U.S. exporters standard 

questions about their company details, 

demographic information, export 

experience, information about the 

products or services they wish to export 

and exporting goals. A few questions are 

tailored to a specific program type and 

will vary slightly with each program. CS 

staff use this information to gain an 

understanding of client’s needs and 

objectives so that they can provide 

appropriate and effective export 

assistance tailored to an exporter’s 

particular requirements. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government; and Federal government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Public Law 15 U.S.C. 

et seq. and 15 U.S.C. 171 et seq. 

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 either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0625–0143. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–979, C–570–980] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From the People’s Republic 

of China: Continuation of Antidumping 

Duty Order and Countervailing Duty 

Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that the revocation of the antidumping 

duty (AD) order and countervailing duty 

(CVD) order on certain crystalline 

silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or 

not assembled into modules (solar 

cells), from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) would likely lead to the 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and net countervailable subsidies, and 

material injury to an industry in the 

United States, Commerce is publishing 

a notice of continuation of these AD and 

CVD orders. 

DATES: Applicable September 20, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose 

Rivera (CVD) and Howard Smith (AD), 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0842, or (202) 482–5193, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 7, 2012, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD Order and CVD Order on solar cells 

from China.1 On February 1, 2024, 

Commerce initiated the second sunset 

review of the Orders,2 pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act). As a result of its 

review, Commerce determined that 

revocation of the Orders would likely 

lead to the continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and net countervailable 

subsidies, and therefore, notified the 

ITC of the magnitude of the margins of 

dumping and subsidy rates likely to 

prevail should the Orders be revoked.3

On September 20, 2024, the ITC 

published its determination, pursuant to 

sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, 

that revocation of the Orders would 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time.4

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by the 

Orders are crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, and modules, 

laminates, and panels, consisting of 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

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assembled into other products, 

including, but not limited to, modules, 

laminates, panels and building 

integrated materials. 

The Orders covers 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 materials (including, 

but not limited to, metallization and 

conductor patterns) to collect and 

forward the electricity that is generated 

by the cell. 

Merchandise under consideration 

may be described at the time of 

importation as parts for final finished 

products that are assembled after 

importation, including, but not limited 

to, modules, laminates, panels, 

building-integrated modules, buildingintegrated panels, or other finished 

goods kits. Such parts that otherwise 

meet the definition of merchandise 

under consideration are included in the 

scope of the Orders. 

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 the 

Orders are 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 cell. 

Where more than one cell is 

permanently integrated into a consumer 

good, the surface area for purposes of 

this exclusion shall be the total 

combined surface area of all cells that 

are integrated into the consumer good. 

Additionally, excluded from the 

scope of the Orders are panels with 

surface area from 3,450 mm2 to 33,782 

mm2 with one black wire and one red 

wire (each of type 22 AWG or 24 AWG 

not more than 206 mm in length when 

measured from panel extrusion), and 

not exceeding 2.9 volts, 1.1 amps, and 

3.19 watts. For the purposes of this 

exclusion, no panel shall contain an 

internal battery or external computer 

peripheral ports. 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

Orders are: 

1. Off grid CSPV panels in rigid form 

with a glass cover, with the following 

characteristics: 

(A) a total power output of 100 watts 

or less per panel; 

(B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 

cm2 per panel; 

(C) do not include a built-in inverter; 

(D) must include a permanently 

connected wire that terminates in either 

an 8mm male barrel connector, or a twoport rectangular connector with two 

pins in square housings of different 

colors; 

(E) must include visible parallel grid 

collector metallic wire lines every 1–4 

millimeters across each solar cell; and 

(F) must be in individual retail 

packaging (for purposes of this 

provision, retail packaging typically 

includes graphics, the product name, its 

description and/or features, and foam 

for transport); and 

2. Off grid CSPV panels without a 

glass cover, with the following 

characteristics: 

(A) a total power output of 100 watts 

or less per panel; 

(B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 

cm2 per panel; 

(C) do not include a built-in inverter; 

(D) must include visible parallel grid 

collector metallic wire lines every 1–4 

millimeters across each solar cell; and 

(E) each panel is 

1. permanently integrated into a 

consumer good; 

2. encased in a laminated material 

without stitching, or 

3. has all of the following 

characteristics: (i) the panel is encased 

in sewn fabric with visible stitching, (ii) 

includes a mesh zippered storage 

pocket, and (iii) includes a permanently 

attached wire that terminates in a 

female USB–A connector. 

In addition, the following CSPV 

panels are excluded from the scope of 

the Orders: 

(1) off-grid CSPV panels in rigid form 

with a glass cover, with each of the 

following physical characteristics, 

whether or not assembled into a fully 

completed off-grid hydropanel whose 

function is conversion of water vapor 

into liquid water: 

(A) A total power output of no more 

than 80 watts per panel; 

(B) A surface area of less than 5,000 

square centimeters (cm2) per panel; 

(C) Do not include a built-in inverter; 

(D) Do not have a frame around the 

edges of the panel; 

(E) Include a clear glass back panel; 

and 

(F) Must include a permanently 

connected wire that terminates in a twoport rectangular connector. 

Modules, laminates, and panels 

produced in a third-country from cells 

produced in China are covered by the 

Orders; however, modules, laminates, 

and panels produced in China from 

cells produced in a third-country are not 

covered by the Orders. 

Additionally excluded from the scope 

of the Order 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. 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

Orders are off-grid crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic panels in rigid form with a 

glass cover, with each of the following 

physical characteristics, whether or not 

assembled into a fully completed offgrid hydropanel whose function is 

conversion of water vapor into liquid 

water: 

(A) A total power output of no more 

than 180 watts per panel at 155 degrees 

Celsius; 

(B) A surface area of less than 16,000 

square centimeters (cm2) per panel; 

(C) Include a keep-out area of 

approximately 1,200 cm2 around the 

edges of the panel that does not contain 

solar cells; 

(D) Do not include a built-in inverter; 

(E) Do not have a frame around the 

edges of the panel; 

(F) Include a clear glass back panel; 

(G) Must include a permanently 

connected wire that terminates in a twoport rounded rectangular, sealed 

connector; 

(H) Include a thermistor installed into 

the permanently connected wire before 

the two-port connector; and 

(I) Include exposed positive and 

negative terminals at opposite ends of 

the panel, not enclosed in a junction 

box. 

Merchandise covered by this Order is 

currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff System of the United States 

(HTSUS) under subheadings 

8501.71.0000, 8501.72.1000, 

8501.72.2000, 8501.72.3000, 

8501.72.9000, 8501.80.1000, 

8501.80.2000, 8501.80.3000, 

8501.80.9000, 8507.20.8010, 

8507.20.8031, 8507.20.8041, 

8507.20.8061, 8507.20.8091, 

8541.42.0010, and 8541.43.0010. These 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope of the 

Orders are dispositive. 

Continuation of the Orders 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Orders would likely lead to 


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5See ITC Final Determination. 

1See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from 

Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi 

Arabia, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the 

United Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders, 

86 FR 7703 (February 1, 2021) (Order). 2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 7366 (February 2, 2024). 3See Essen’s Letter, ‘‘Request for administrative 

review of antidumping order,’’ dated February 27, 

2024. 

4See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 

24780 (April 9, 2024). 

5See Essen’s Letter, ‘‘Notification and request for 

extension of POR by eight days,’’ dated March 25, 

2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Rescind 

Review,’’ dated May 30, 2024 (Intent to Rescind 

Memorandum). 

7See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from 

the United Arab Emirates: Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 89 FR 

74887 (September 13, 2024). 

8See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to 

Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: 

Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 

2020–2021, 88 FR 4157 (January 24, 2023). 

9See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

10See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. 

United States, 380 F. Supp. 3d 1328, 1335–36 (CIT 

2019), at 12 (referring to section 751(a) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the CIT held: 

‘‘While the statute does not explicitly require that 

an entry be suspended as a prerequisite for 

establishing entitlement to a review, it does 

explicitly state the determined rate will be used as 

the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This 

result can only obtain if the liquidation of entries 

has been suspended. . . . ’’; see also Certain Frozen 

Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 

2018–2019, 86 FR 36102, and accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and 

Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the 

Russian Federation: Notice of Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 

65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ‘‘for an 

administrative review to be conducted, there must 

Continued 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and net countervailable subsidies, and 

material injury to an industry in the 

United States, pursuant to section 

751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby 

orders the continuation of the Orders. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will 

continue to collect AD and CVD cash 

deposits at the rates in effect at the time 

of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the Orders will be September 20, 

2024.5 Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), 

Commerce intends to initiate the next 

five-year reviews of the Orders not later 

than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary 

of the date of the last determination by 

the ITC. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an 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 

These five-year (sunset) reviews and 

this notice are issued in accordance 

with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the 

Act, and published in accordance with 

section 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: October 1, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23073 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–520–809] 

Prestressed Concrete Wire Strand 

From the United Arab Emirates: 

Rescission of Antidumping 

Administrative Review; 2023–2024 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

prestressed concrete wire strand (PC 

wire strand) from the United Arab 

Emirates (UAE), covering the period of 

review (POR) February 1, 2023, through 

January 31, 2024. 

DATES: Applicable October 7, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 

Cipolla, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4956. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 2, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the AD order 1

on PC wire strand from the UAE, 

covering the POR.2 On February 27, 

2024, Essen Steel Industry L.L.C. (Essen) 

timely requested that Commerce 

conduct an administrative review.3 On 

April 9, 2024, Commerce initiated an 

administrative review of the Order 

covering the POR.4 In a letter filed to the 

record at the outset of this proceeding, 

Essen acknowledged that it had no 

entries during the POR, but requested 

that Commerce exercise its discretion to 

modify the POR to capture a single sale 

intended for entry during the POR, but 

which entered the United States on 

February 8, 2024.5

On April 18, 2024, Commerce 

released to the record confirmation from 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) that there were no entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR in 

a memorandum which notified parties 

of its intent to rescind this review in the 

absence of any suspended entries during 

the POR from Essen.6 In the Intent to 

Rescind Memorandum, Commerce 

provided all interested parties an 

opportunity to comment on the intent to 

rescind the review. No party to the 

proceeding provided comments on 

Commerce’s intent to rescind the 

review. Subsequent to issuance of the 

Intent to Rescind Memorandum, 

pursuant to Essen’s request for review of 

the same entry identified on the record 

of this proceeding, Commerce initiated 

a separate new shipper review covering 

the above-referenced sale.7

Rescission of Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is 

Commerce’s practice to rescind an 

administrative review of an AD order 

where it concludes that there were no 

suspended entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR.8

Normally, upon completion of an 

administrative review, the suspended 

entries are liquidated at the AD 

assessment rate for the review period.9

Therefore, for an administrative review 

to be conducted, there must be a 

reviewable, suspended entry that 

Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate 

at the calculated AD assessment rate for 

the review period.10 As noted above, 


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