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14See Appendix. 

15See Appendix for a list of the non-examined 

respondents eligible for a separate rate. 

1See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From 

Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 89 FR 43816 (May 20, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From 

Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 88 FR 43295 (July 3, 2024). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination and 

Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, in Part, in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 

Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, 

from Thailand,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

6See Initiation Notice. 

7See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From 

Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist 

consumption during the period 

December, 1, 2016 through November 

30, 2017.15 These entries will remain 

enjoined pursuant to the terms of the 

injunction during the pendency of any 

appeals process. 

In the event the CIT’s ruling is not 

appealed, or, if appealed, is upheld by 

a final and conclusive court decision, 

Commerce intends to instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on 

unliquidated entries of subject 

merchandise exported by the nonindividually examined separate rate 

respondents in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b), where appropriate. We will 

instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review at the AD rate noted in 

the table above. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 516A(c) and 

(e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: September 27, 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. 

Appendix 

Non-Individually Examined Respondents 

Eligible To Receive a Separate Rate Under 

Injunction 

A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd. 

Benxi Wood Company 

Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd. 

Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd. 

Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC 

Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd. 

Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd. 

Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd. 

Hailin Linjing Wooden Products Co., Ltd. 

Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd. 

Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc. 

Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd. 

Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd 

Jiangsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd. 

Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd. 

Jiashan Huijiale Decoration Material Co., Ltd. 

Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. 

Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd. 

Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd. 

Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. 

Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., 

Ltd. 

Pinghe Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., 

Ltd. 

Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co. Ltd. 

Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd. 

Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd. 

Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., 

Ltd 

Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd. 

Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd. 

Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., 

Ltd. 

Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–549–852] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From Thailand: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Affirmative 

Critical Circumstances Determination, 

in Part, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of crystalline 

silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or 

not assembled into modules (solar 

cells), from Thailand. The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2023, 

through December 31, 2023. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable October 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Subler or Henry Wolfe, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6241, and (202) 482–0574, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on May 20, 2024.1 On July 3, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation.2 On 

July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.3 The 

deadline for the preliminary 

determination is now September 30, 

2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

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 https://access.

trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are solar cells. For a 

complete description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).6 We received 

several comments concerning the scope 

of this investigation, as well as in the 

companion less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

and other countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations of solar cells, as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. We 

intend to issue our preliminary decision 

regarding the scope of the LTFV and 

CVD investigations in the preliminary 

determinations of the companion LTFV 

investigations, the deadline of which is 

November 27, 2024.7 We will 


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Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations 89 FR 77473 (September 23, 2024) 

(LTFV Prelim Postponement). 

8The deadline for interested parties to submit 

scope case and rebuttal briefs will be established in 

the preliminary scope decision memorandum. 

9See sections 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 sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

11See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Align 

Countervailing Duty Investigation Final 

Determinations with Antidumping Duty 

Investigation Final Determinations,’’ dated 

September 23, 2024. 

12See sections 705(c)(5)(A)(i) and (ii) of the Act. 

13See, e.g., Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From 

Taiwan: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, 79 FR 71602 (October 14, 2014), and 

accompanying IDM at Comment 11. 

incorporate the scope decisions from the 

LTFV investigations into the scope of 

the final CVD determination for this 

investigation after considering any 

relevant comments submitted in scope 

case and rebuttal briefs.8

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found to be countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

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

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.9 In 

making its determination, Commerce 

relied, in part, on facts otherwise 

available. Further, because Commerce 

found that certain parties did not act to 

the best of their abilities to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, 

Commerce has drawn an adverse 

inference where appropriate in selecting 

from among the facts otherwise 

available.10 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances, in Part 

In accordance with section 703(e)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce preliminarily 

determines that critical circumstances 

do not exist with respect to mandatory 

respondent Trina Solar Science & 

Technology (Thailand) Ltd. (TTL), 

which received a de minimis 

preliminary net countervailable subsidy 

rate. However, Commerce preliminarily 

determines that critical circumstances 

exist with respect to imports of subject 

merchandise from (1) Sunshine 

Electrical Energy (Sunshine Electrical); 

and (2) Taihua New Energy (Thailand) 

Co. Ltd. (Taihua New Energy). 

Commerce also preliminary determines 

that critical circumstances exist with 

respect to imports from all other 

producers and exporters that enter 

subject merchandise under the All 

Others subsidy rate. For a full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Alignment 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

Commerce is aligning the final CVD 

determination with the final 

determination in the companion LTFV 

investigation of solar cells from 

Thailand based on a request made by 

the petitioner.11 Consequently, the final 

CVD determination will be issued on 

the same date as the final LTFV 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

February 10, 2025, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act state that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the 

Act states that for companies not 

individually investigated, Commerce 

will determine an ‘‘all-others’’ rate equal 

to the weighted average countervailable 

subsidy rates established for exporters 

and producers individually 

investigated, excluding any zero and de 

minimis countervailable subsidy rates, 

and any rates determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. If the rates 

established for all exporters and 

producers individually investigated are 

zero, de minimis, or determined entirely 

under facts available, Commerce may 

use any reasonable method to establish 

an all-others rate.12 For this preliminary 

determination, Commerce has 

determined Sunshine Electrical’s and 

Taihua New Energy’s rates entirely 

under facts available with an adverse 

inference. Additionally, TTL’s 

preliminary subsidy rate is de minimis. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, we are 

preliminarily applying a simple average 

of the subsidy rates calculated for 

Sunshine Electrical, Taihua New 

Energy, and TTL as the all-others rate.13

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Trina Solar Science & 

Technology (Thailand) 

Ltd ................................. ** 0.14 

Sunshine Electrical Energy * 34.52 

Taihua New Energy (Thailand) Co. Ltd ................. * 34.52 

All Others .......................... 23.06 

* Rate based on facts available with adverse 

inferences. 

** De minimis. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

With the exception of entries from 

TTL, in accordance with sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in Appendix 

I to this notice entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of the publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. Further, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), 

Commerce will instruct CBP to require 

a cash deposit equal to the rates 

indicated above. Because we 

preliminarily determine that the CVD 

rate in this investigation for TTL is de 

minimis, we will not direct CBP to 

suspend liquidation of TTL’s entries of 

the subject merchandise from Thailand. 

Section 703(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, any 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the later of: (a) the date which is 

90 days before the date on which the 

suspension of liquidation was first 

ordered; or (b) the date on which notice 

of initiation of the investigation was 

published in the Federal Register. 

Commerce preliminarily finds that 

critical circumstances exist for imports 

of subject merchandise produced and/or 

exported by: (1) Sunshine Electrical; (2) 

Taihua New Energy, and, from all other 

producers and exporters whose imports 

enter under the all others subsidy rate. 

In accordance with section 703(e)(2)(A) 

of the Act, the suspension of liquidation 

shall apply to unliquidated entries of 

merchandise from the exporters/ 

producers identified in this paragraph 

that were entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date which is 90 days before the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 


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14See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR 

351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

15See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

16See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

17We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

18See APO and Service Final Rule. 19See section 705(b)(2) of the Act. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

All interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit scope case and 

rebuttal briefs on the preliminary 

decision regarding the scope of the 

LTFV and CVD investigations. The 

deadlines to submit scope case and 

rebuttal briefs will be provided in the 

preliminary scope decision 

memorandum. For all scope case and 

rebuttal briefs, parties must file 

identical documents simultaneously on 

the records of the ongoing LTFV and 

CVD solar cell investigations. No new 

factual information or business 

proprietary information may be 

included in either scope case or rebuttal 

briefs. 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation.14 A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be notified to interested 

parties at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed not later than five 

days after the date for filing case 

briefs.15 Interested parties who submit 

case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.16

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.17 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their public, 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public, 

executive summaries as the basis of the 

comment summaries included in the 

issues and decision memorandum that 

will accompany the final determination 

in this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the public, 

executive summary of each issue. Note 

that Commerce has amended certain of 

its requirements pertaining to the 

service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).18

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the final 

determination whether imports of solar 

cells from Thailand are materially 

injuring, or threaten material injury to, 

the U.S. industry.19

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: September 30, 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. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, and modules, laminates, 

and panels, consisting of crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, whether or not partially or 

fully assembled into other products, 

including, but not limited to, modules, 

laminates, panels and building integrated 

materials. 

This investigation 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, buildingintegrated modules, building-integrated 

panels, or other finished goods kits. Such 

parts that otherwise meet the definition of 

merchandise under consideration are 

included in the scope of the investigation. 

Excluded from the scope of the 

investigation 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 

investigation 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 investigation are panels with surface area 


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1See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from 

Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 89 FR 43816 (May 20, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from 

Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary 

Continued 

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 

investigation 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 8 mm male barrel 

connector, or a two-port 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 investigation: 

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. 

Additionally excluded from the scope of 

this investigation 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 8 mm diameter 

male barrel connector. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation 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 off-grid 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 two-port rounded rectangular, 

sealed connector; (H) include a thermistor 

installed into the permanently connected 

wire before the twoport connector; and (I) 

include exposed positive and negative 

terminals at opposite ends of the panel, not 

enclosed in a junction box. 

Modules, laminates, and panels produced 

in a third-country from cells produced in a 

subject country are covered by the 

investigation; however, modules, laminates, 

and panels produced in a subject country 

from cells produced in a third-country are 

not covered by the investigation. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are all products covered by the 

scope of the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders on 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); and 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). 

Merchandise covered by the investigation 

is currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS) 

under subheadings 8541.42.0010 and 

8541.43.0010. Imports of the subject 

merchandise may enter under HTSUS 

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, and 

8507.20.8091. These HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes; the written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Alignment 

V. Injury Test 

VI. Allegation of Critical Circumstances 

VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Subsidies Valuation Information 

IX. Benchmarks for Measuring the Adequacy 

of Remuneration 

X. Analysis of Programs 

XI. Calculation of the All-Others Rate 

XII. Critical Circumstances 

XIII. Recommendation 

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International Trade Administration 

[C–555–004] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules From the Kingdom of 

Cambodia: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Alignment of Final Determination With 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of crystalline 

silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or 

not assembled into modules (solar cells) 

from the Kingdom of Cambodia 

(Cambodia). The period of investigation 

is January 1, 2023, through December 

31, 2023. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable October 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dusten Hom or Garry Kasparov, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–5075 or (202) 482–1357, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on May 20, 2024.1 On July 3, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation.2 On 


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