Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 3 / Monday, January 6, 2025 / Notices 601 

1See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From 

Malaysia: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 

Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 89 FR 96207 (December 4, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Jinko Solar’s Letter, ‘‘Jinko Request to 

Correct Ministerial Error,’’ dated December 9, 2024. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Ministerial Error 

Allegation,’’ dated December 9, 2024. 

4See section 735(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act); see also 19 CFR 351.224(f). 

5See 19 CFR 351.224(g). 

6See Petitioner’s Letter ‘‘Ministerial Error 

Allegation,’’ dated December 9, 2024. 

7See Jinko Solar’s Letter ‘‘Jinko Request to 

Correct Ministerial Error,’’ dated December 9, 2024. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Analysis of Ministerial 

Error Allegations,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Ministerial Error 

Memorandum). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–557–830] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From Malaysia: Amended 

Preliminary Determination of LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is amending its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation of crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, whether or not 

assembled into modules (solar cells), 

from Malaysia to correct two significant 

ministerial errors. The period of 

investigation (POI) is April 1, 2023, 

through March 31, 2024. 

DATES: Applicable January 6, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Barton or Elizabeth Talbot Russ, 

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) 482–0012 or 

(202) 482–5516 respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 4, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the LTFV investigation of solar cells 

from Malaysia.1 On December 9, 2024, 

a mandatory respondent, Jinko Solar 

Technology Sdn. Bhd. (Jinko Solar), 

timely alleged that Commerce made a 

significant ministerial error in 

calculating its estimated weightedaverage dumping margin.2 On December 

9, 2024, the American Alliance for Solar 

Manufacturing Trade Committee (the 

petitioner) timely alleged that 

Commerce made ministerial errors in 

calculating Jinko Solar’s estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin.3

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are solar cells from 

Malaysia. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see the 

Preliminary Determination. 

Legal Framework 

A ministerial error is defined as 

including errors ‘‘in addition, 

subtraction, or other arithmetic 

function, clerical error resulting from 

inaccurate copying, duplication, or the 

like, and any other similar type of 

unintentional error which {Commerce} 

considers ministerial.’’ 4 A ministerial 

error is considered to be ‘‘significant’’ if 

its correction, either singly or in 

combination with other errors, would 

result in: (1) a change of at least five 

absolute percentage points in, but not 

less than 25 percent of, the weightedaverage dumping margin calculated in 

the preliminary determination; or (2) a 

difference between a weighted-average 

dumping margin of zero (or de minimis) 

and a weighted-average dumping 

margin of greater than de minimis or 

vice versa.5 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.224(e), Commerce ‘‘will analyze any 

comments received and, if appropriate, 

correct any significant ministerial error 

by amending the preliminary 

determination.’’ 

Analysis of Significant Ministerial 

Errors 

In the Preliminary Determination, 

Commerce made significant ministerial 

errors within the meaning of section 

735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) 

and (g) in calculating the weightedaverage dumping margin for Jinko Solar. 

Specifically, Commerce failed to convert 

certain Malaysian ringgit (MYR)- 

denominated expense fields to U.S. 

dollars (USD) for the purposes of its 

dumping margin calculations.6

Moreover, Commerce did not correctly 

implement its decision to consolidate 

certain of Jinko Solar’s U.S. customer 

codes (CUSCODU) in the dumping 

margin calculations.7

We find that these errors meet the 

definition of ‘‘ministerial errors,’’ and 

that the corrections of the errors for 

Jinko Solar results in a change that is at 

least five absolute percentage points in, 

and not less than 25 percent of, the 

margin calculated for Jinko Solar in the 

Preliminary Determination. As such, 

they constitute significant errors within 

the meaning of 19 CFR 351.224(g). 

Accordingly, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.224(e), Commerce is amending the 

Preliminary Determination to correct 

these significant ministerial errors by 

revising the rates for Jinko Solar and all 

other producers and/or exporters.8

For a complete discussion of the 

alleged ministerial errors, see the 

Ministerial Error Memorandum. 

Amended Preliminary Determination 

As a result of correcting the 

significant ministerial errors for Jinko 

Solar, Commerce determines the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 


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9See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 

Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, 

from Malaysia: Amended Preliminary 

Determination Calculations for Jinko Solar 

Technology Sdn. Bhd.,’’ dated October 31, 2024. 

1See Antidumping Duty Order: Raw Flexible 

Magnets from the People’s Republic of China, 73 FR 

53847 (September 17, 2008); Antidumping Duty 

Order: Raw Flexible Magnets from Taiwan, 73 FR 

53848 (September 17, 2008); and Raw Flexible 

Magnets from the People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 73 FR 53849 (September 

17, 2008) (collectively, Orders). 

2See Raw Flexible Magnets from China and 

Taiwan; Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 89 FR 

47607 (June 3, 2024). 

3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 

FR 47525 (June 3, 2024). 

4See Raw Flexible Magnets from the People’s 

Republic of China and Taiwan: Final Results of the 

Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 89 FR 79242 (September 27, 2024), 

and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum (IDM); see also Raw Flexible Magnets 

from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results 

of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order, 89 FR 82565 (October 

11, 2024), and accompanying IDM. 

5See Raw Flexible Magnets from China and 

Taiwan; Determination, 89 FR 105627 (December 

27, 2024) (ITC Final Determination); see also Raw 

Flexible Magnets from China and Taiwan: 

Investigation Nos. 701–TA–452 and 731–TA–1129– 

1130 (Third Review). 

Exporter/producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offsets(s)) 

(percent) 

Hanwha Q Cells Malaysia Sdn. Bhd ................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 

Jinko Solar Technology Sdn. Bhd ....................................................................................................... 9.90 9 6.43 

Baojia New Energy Manufacturing Sdn .............................................................................................. * 81.24 * 81.24 

CRC Solar Cell Joint Stock Company ................................................................................................. * 81.24 * 81.24 

Lynter Enterprise ................................................................................................................................. * 81.24 * 81.24 

Mega PP Sdn. Bhd .............................................................................................................................. * 81.24 * 81.24 

All Others ............................................................................................................................................. 9.90 6.43 

* Rates based on facts available with adverse inferences. 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for this amended preliminary 

determination to parties within five 

days after public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224. 

Amended Cash Deposits and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

The collection of cash deposits and 

suspension of liquidation will be 

revised according to the rates calculated 

in this amended preliminary 

determination, in accordance with 

section 733(d) of the Act. Because the 

amended rate for Jinko Solar and all 

other producers and/or exporters result 

in decreased cash deposit rates, the 

amended rates will be effective 

retroactively to December 4, 2024, the 

date of publication of the Preliminary 

Determination. We will also instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

issue instructions for requesting a 

refund of the difference between the 

amount of cash deposits paid as a result 

of the application of the Preliminary 

Determination rates and the amount due 

as a result of the amended preliminary 

determination rates. 

Notification of U.S. International Trade 

Commission 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, we intend to notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission of our 

amended preliminary determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 733(d) and 777(i) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e). 

Dated: December 30, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–922, A–583–842, C–570–923] 

Raw Flexible Magnets From the 

People’s Republic of China and 

Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping 

Duty Orders 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 revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) orders on raw flexible magnets 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) and Taiwan, and revocation of 

the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

raw flexible magnets from China would 

likely lead to the continuation or 

recurrence of dumping, countervailable 

subsidies, and material injury to an 

industry in the United States, 

Commerce is publishing a notice of 

continuation of the AD orders and the 

CVD order. 

DATES: Applicable December 27, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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) 482–1397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 17, 2008, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD orders on raw flexible magnets from 

China and Taiwan and the CVD order 

on raw flexible magnets China.1 On June 

3, 2024, the ITC instituted,2 and 

Commerce initiated,3 the third sunset 

review of the Orders, pursuant to 

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

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

reviews, Commerce determined that 

revocation of the Orders would likely 

lead to the continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and 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.4

On December 27, 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.5

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by the Orders 

are certain flexible magnets regardless of 


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