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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96226-96230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28402]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-555-003]

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
Into Modules, From Cambodia: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and 
Extension of Provisional Measures

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not 
assembled into modules (solar cells) from Cambodia are being, or are 
likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). 
The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2023, through March 31, 
2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary 
determination.

DATES: Applicable December 4, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Joshua Weiner, 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) 482-3477 or (202) 
482-3902 respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 
733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce 
initiated this investigation on May 14, 2024.\1\ On July 22, 2024, 
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 
seven days.\2\ On September 17, 2024, Commerce postponed the 
preliminary determination of this investigation until November 27, 
2024.\3\
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    \1\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled into Modules, from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 89 FR 43809 (May 20, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \3\ See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled Into Modules, From Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 
77473 (September 23, 2024).
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\4\ A list of topics included 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.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation 
of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
into Modules, from Cambodia,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are solar cells from 
Cambodia. For a complete description of

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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\ Certain interested 
parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in 
the Initiation Notice. For a summary of product coverage comments and 
rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this preliminary 
determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments 
timely received, see the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum.\7\ 
Commerce is preliminarily modifying the scope language as it appeared 
in the Initiation Notice, provided in Appendix I to this notice. The 
deadline for scope-related case and rebuttal briefs is established in 
the Preliminary Scope Decision Memoranda
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    \5\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble).
    \6\ See Initiation Notice, 89 FR 43810.
    \7\ See Memoranda, ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from Cambodia, Malaysia, and 
Thailand: Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice and ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules from Vietnam,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (collectively, Preliminary Scope 
Decision Memoranda).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with 
section 731 of the Act. Pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act, Commerce 
preliminarily relied upon facts otherwise available to determine 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Hounen Solar Inc. Co. 
Ltd. (Hounen) and Solar Long PV Tech Cambodia Co. (Solar Long), the 
mandatory respondents in this investigation because both Hounen and 
Solar Long withdrew their participation in this investigation. Further, 
Commerce preliminarily determines that Hounen and Solar Long failed to 
cooperate by not acting to the best of each of their ability to comply 
with Commerce's request for information, and Commerce is using an 
adverse inference in selecting from among the facts otherwise available 
(i.e., applying adverse facts available (AFA) to each respondent) in 
accordance with section 776(b) of the Act. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying our preliminary determination, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

All-Others Rate

    Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that, in 
the preliminary determination, Commerce shall determine an estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin, i.e., all-others rate, for all 
exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be 
an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins established for exporters or producers 
individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, 
and any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.
    The estimated weighted-average dumping margins in this preliminary 
determination was determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. In 
cases where no estimated weighted-average dumping margins other than 
zero, de minimis, or those determined entirely under section 776 of the 
Act have been established for individually examined companies, in 
accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, Commerce typically 
calculates a simple average of the dumping margins alleged in the 
petition, and applies the results as the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin for all other producers and exporters not individually 
examined.\8\
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    \8\ See, e.g., Thermal Paper from Spain: Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 54162, 54163 (September 30, 
2021).
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    In the Petition,\9\ the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing 
Trade Committee (the petitioner) alleged a single estimated dumping 
margin for Cambodia, 125.37 percent.\10\ Therefore, consistent with our 
practice, for the all-others rate in this investigation, the simple 
average of the dumping margins alleged in the Petition is 125.37 
percent.
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    \9\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 
Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from Cambodia, 
Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Petitions 
for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties'' dated 
April 24, 2024 (Petition).
    \10\ See Initiation Notice, 89 FR 43812.
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Preliminary Determination

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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                                                       Cash deposit rate
                                    Weighted-average     (adjusted for
       Exporter or producer          dumping margin   subsidy offset(s))
                                       (percent)           (percent)
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Hounen Solar Inc. Co. Ltd........           * 125.37              117.12
Solar Long PV Tech Cambodia Co...           * 125.37              117.12
All Others.......................             125.37              117.12
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* Rate is based on AFA.

Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 733(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, entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 
to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will 
instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average dumping margin, as adjusted for export subsidies, as follows: 
(1) the cash deposit rate either produced or exported by Hounen or 
Solar Long will be equal to the company-specific, adjusted, estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin determined in this preliminary 
determination; (2) if the exporter is not a respondent identified 
above, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to 
the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin 
established for that producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the 
cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal 
to the adjusted, all-others estimated weighted-average dumping margin.
    Commerce normally adjusts cash deposits for estimated antidumping 
duties by the amount of export subsidies countervailed in a companion 
countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding. Accordingly, where Commerce 
preliminarily made an affirmative determination for countervailable 
export subsidies, Commerce has offset the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin by the appropriate CVD rate. Any such adjusted cash 
deposit rate

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may be found in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section above.
    Should provisional measures in the companion CVD investigation 
expire prior to the expiration of provisional measures in this LTFV 
investigation, Commerce will direct CBP to begin collecting estimated 
antidumping duty cash deposits unadjusted for countervailed export 
subsidies at the time that the provisional CVD measures expire. These 
suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until 
further notice.

Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with a preliminary determination within five 
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied AFA 
to the individually examined companies in this investigation, in 
accordance with section 776 of the Act, and the applied AFA rate is 
based solely on the Petition, there are no calculations to disclose.
    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 or do not satisfy the significance 
standard under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the preliminary 
determination. Instead, Commerce will address such allegations in the 
final determination if the ministerial error allegation is included 
with issues raised in the case briefs or other written comments.

Verification

    Because both mandatory respondents in this investigation withdrew 
their participation and did not act to the best of their ability to 
provide information requested by Commerce, and Commerce preliminarily 
determines the mandatory respondents have been uncooperative, Commerce 
will not conduct verification.

Public Comment

    All interested parties will have the opportunity to submit scope 
case and rebuttal briefs, to allow interested parties to comment on our 
preliminary scope decision at that time. For all scope case and 
rebuttal briefs, parties must file identical documents simultaneously 
on the records of the ongoing LTFV and CVD investigations of solar 
cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and 
Thailand. No new factual information or business proprietary 
information may be included in either scope case or rebuttal briefs.
    Case briefs or other written comments regarding non-scope issues 
may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance no later than 30 days after the date of publication of the 
preliminary determination. 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.\11\ 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.\12\
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    \11\ See 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).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    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 briefs 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.\13\ 
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 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 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).\14\
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    \13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \14\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    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.

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination 
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of 
exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative 
preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by 
the petitioner. Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce's regulations 
requires that a request by exporters for postponement of the final 
determination be accompanied by a request for extension of provisional 
measures from a four-month period to a period not more than six months 
in duration.
    On November 14, 2024, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e), Hounen and 
Solar Long requested that Commerce postpone the final determination and 
that provisional measures be extended to a period not to exceed six 
months.\15\ In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the preliminary determination is 
affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter(s) account(s) for a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise; and (3) 
no compelling reasons for denial exist, Commerce is postponing the 
final determination and extending the provisional measures from a four-
month period to a period not greater than six months. Accordingly, 
Commerce will make its final determination no later than 135 days after 
the date of publication of this preliminary determination.
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    \15\ See Hounen and Solar Long's Letter, ``Request to Postpone 
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U.S. International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, Commerce will notify 
the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) of

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its preliminary 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 these imports are materially injuring, or 
threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: November 27, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by these investigations 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.
    These investigations cover 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, 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 investigations.
    Excluded from the scope of the investigations 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 investigations are crystalline 
silicon photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000 mm\2\ 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 investigations are 
panels with surface area from 3,450 mm\2\ to 33,782 mm\2\ 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 investigations 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 cm\2\ 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 cm\2\ 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 investigations: 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 (cm\2\) 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 these investigations 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 cm\2\ 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 these investigations 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 (cm\2\) per panel; (C) include a keep-out area of 
approximately 1,200 cm\2\ 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.
    Further excluded from the scope of the investigations are:
    1. Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 10,500 cm\2\ per 
panel, (C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure, (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
    2. Off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic 
panels, with or without a glass cover, with the following 
characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or less per 
panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm\2\ per panel, (C) no 
built-in inverter, (D) an integrated handle or a handle attached to 
the package for ease of carry, (E) one or more integrated kickstands 
for easy installation or angle adjustment, and (F) a wire either 
permanently connected or attached to the package terminates in 
waterproof connector with a cylindrical positive electrode and a 
rectangular negative electrode with the positive and negative 
electrodes having an interlocking structure.
    Also excluded from the scope of the investigations are:
    1. Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 200 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 10,500 cm\2\ per 
panel, (C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure, (E) must include visible parallel grid 
collector metallic wire lines every 1-4

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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
    2. Small off-grid panels with glass cover, with the following 
characteristics: (A) surface area from 3,450 mm\2\ to 33,782 mm\2\, 
(B) with one black wire and one red wire (each of type 22AWG or 28 
AWG not more than 350 mm in length when measured from panel 
extrusion), (C) not exceeding 10 volts, (D) not exceeding 1.1 amps, 
(E) not exceeding 6 watts, and (F) for the purposes of this 
exclusion, no panel shall contain an internal battery or external 
computer peripheral ports.
    Additionally excluded from the scope of the investigations are:
    1. Off grid rigid CSPV panels with a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 175 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 9,000 cm\2\ per panel, 
(C) do not include a built-in inverter, (D) must include a 
permanently connected wire that terminates in waterproof connector 
with a cylindrical positive electrode and a rectangular negative 
electrode with the positive and negative electrodes having an 
interlocking structure; (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
    2. Off grid CSPV panels without a glass cover, with the 
following characteristics, (A) a total power output of 220 watts or 
less per panel, (B) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm\2\ 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 encased in 
a laminated material without stitching.
    Also excluded from the scope of these investigations are off-
grid CSPV panels in rigid form, with or without a glass cover, 
permanently attached to an aluminum extrusion that is an integral 
component of an automation device that controls natural light, 
whether or not assembled into a fully completed automation device 
that controls natural light, with the following characteristics:
    1. a total power output of 20 watts or less per panel;
    2. a maximum surface area of 1,000 cm\2\ per panel;
    3. does not include a built-in inverter for powering third party 
devices.
    Modules, laminates, and panels produced in a third-country from 
cells produced in a subject country are covered by the 
investigations; however, modules, laminates, and panels produced in 
a subject country from cells produced in a third-country are not 
covered by the investigations.
    Also excluded from the scope of these investigations 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 investigations 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 investigations is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Application of Facts Available with Adverse Inferences
V. Adjustments To Cash Deposit Rates For Export Subsidies In The 
Companion Countervailing Duty Investigation
VI. Recommendation

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