[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1021-1025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00098]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-979]


Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination 
of No Shipments; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on crystalline 
silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules 
(``solar cells''), from the People's Republic of

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China (``PRC''). The period of review (``POR'') is May 25, 2012, 
through November 30, 2013. The administrative review covers two 
mandatory respondents, Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited and Wuxi 
Suntech Power Co., Ltd. The Department preliminarily finds that the 
mandatory respondent Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited sold subject 
merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value (``NV'') 
during the POR and that Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd., is not eligible 
for a separate rate. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander or Drew Jackson, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0182 or (202) 482-4406, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order 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.\1\ 
Merchandise covered by this review is classifiable under subheading 
8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020, 8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.
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    \1\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2012-2013 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the 
People's Republic of China'' from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Operations, 
to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
issued concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice 
(``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'').
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') information, and comments provided by a number of companies, 
the Department preliminarily determines that 23 of the companies that 
claimed no shipments during this POR did not have any reviewable 
transactions during the POR.\2\ We found that two companies which 
claimed no exports, sales or entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR did, in fact, sell subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POR. Neither of these companies filed a separate rate application 
or certification and thus they have not established their entitlement 
to a separate rate in this review. For additional information regarding 
this determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \2\ We treated two companies which reported making no shipments 
during the POR, Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd. and Suntech Power 
Co., Ltd., as part of a single entity together with the mandatory 
respondent, Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. See the ``Preliminary 
Affiliation and Single Entity Determination'' section of this 
notice.
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    Consistent with an announced refinement to its assessment practice 
in non-market economy (``NME'') cases, the Department is not rescinding 
this review, in part, but intends to complete the review with respect 
to the companies for which it has preliminarily found no shipments and 
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of the 
review.\3\
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    \3\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and 
the ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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Preliminary Affiliation and Single Entity Determination

    Based on record evidence, the Department preliminarily finds that 
the mandatory respondent Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited is 
affiliated with the following seven companies pursuant to section 
771(33)(F) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''): (1) 
Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (2) Tianjin 
Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; (3) Hengshui Yingli New Energy 
Resources Co., Ltd.; (4) Lixian Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; 
(5) Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.; (6) Beijing 
Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd.; and (7) Hainan Yingli 
New Energy Resources Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Yingli''). Furthermore, 
the Department preliminarily finds that the mandatory respondent Wuxi 
Suntech Power Co., Ltd. is affiliated with the following three 
companies pursuant to section 771(33)(F) of the Act: (1) Luoyang 
Suntech Power Co., Ltd.; (2) Suntech Power Co., Ltd.; and (3) Wuxi 
Sunshine Power Co., Ltd. (collectively, ``Wuxi Suntech Single 
Entity''). In addition, based on the information presented in this 
review, we preliminarily find that each of the mandatory respondents 
and the respective companies listed above should be treated as a single 
company for the purposes of this review pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). 
For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

PRC-Wide Entity

    Several companies for which the Department initiated this review 
failed to respond to the Department's request for quantity and value 
information. Therefore, these companies are not eligible for separate 
rate status.\4\ Accordingly, the Department preliminarily finds that 
the PRC-wide entity includes these companies. Furthermore, because 
necessary information is not available on the record and the PRC-wide 
entity withheld requested information, failed to provide information in 
a timely manner and in the form requested, and significantly impeded 
this proceeding, the Department relied on facts otherwise available 
(``FA'') to determine the PRC-wide rate.\5\
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    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 79 FR 
6147 (February 3, 2014) (``Furthermore, firms to which the 
Department issues a Quantity and Value (``Q&V'') questionnaire in 
the antidumping duty administrative review of solar cells and 
modules from the PRC must submit a timely and complete response to 
the Q&V questionnaire, in addition to a timely and complete Separate 
Rate Application or Certification in order to receive consideration 
for separate-rate status.'').
    \5\ See Section 776(a) of the Act.
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    Additionally, the Department finds that the PRC-wide entity failed 
to cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with a 
request for information. Therefore, pursuant to section 776(b) of the 
Act, the Department is using an adverse inference when selecting from 
among the facts otherwise available. Thus, the Department is relying on 
adverse facts available (``AFA'') in order to determine a margin for 
the PRC-wide entity, pursuant to sections 776(a)(1), 776(a)(2)(A), (B), 
(C) and 776(b) of the Act. For additional information, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, the Department verified 
information provided by Yingli. The Department conducted the 
verification using standard verification procedures including the 
examination of relevant sales and financial records and the selection 
and review of original documentation containing relevant information. 
The results of the

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verification are outlined in the public version of the verification 
reports. The verification reports will be on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (``ACCESS'').\6\ ACCESS is 
available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is 
available to all parties in the Department's Central Records Unit, 
located in room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building.
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    \6\ On November 20, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the 
name of the Import Administration AD and CVD Centralized Electronic 
Service System (``IA ACCESS'') to AD and CVD Centralized Electronic 
Service System (``ACCESS''). The Web site location was changed from 
http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. See 
Enforcement and Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System Name, 
79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Use of Partial Facts Available and Adverse Facts Available

    Section 776(a) of the Act provides that the Department shall apply 
FA if (1) necessary information is not on the record, or (2) an 
interested party or any other person (A) withholds information that has 
been requested, (B) fails to provide information within the deadlines 
established, or in the form and manner requested by the Department, 
subject to subsections (c)(1) and (e) of section 782 of the Act, (C) 
significantly impedes a proceeding, or (D) provides information that 
cannot be verified as provided by section 782(i) of the Act.
    Section 776(b) of the Act further provides that the Department may 
use an adverse inference in applying FA when a party has failed to 
cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with a 
request for information. Such an adverse inference may include reliance 
on information derived from the petition, the final determination, a 
previous administrative review, or other information placed on the 
record.
    Based on findings at verification, pursuant to sections 776(a) and 
(b) of the Act, we are applying partial AFA to a portion of Yingli's 
U.S. sales. Moreover, Yingli did not report FOP data from certain 
suppliers or tollers based on the specific facts on the record of this 
review. Thus, because necessary information is not available on the 
record, and in accordance with section 776(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department is applying FA with respect to these unreported FOP data. 
For details regarding these determinations, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

The Wuxi Suntech Single Entity's Separate Rate Status

    Wuxi Sunshine, an exporter and member of the Wuxi Suntech Single 
Entity, reported that certain shareholders are state-owned 
companies.\7\ Because of the level of government ownership in Wuxi 
Sunshine, and the control or potential to exercise control that such 
ownership establishes, we preliminarily conclude that Wuxi Sunshine, 
and thus the Wuxi Suntech Single Entity, does not satisfy the criteria 
demonstrating an absence of de facto government control over export 
activities.\8\ Consequently, we preliminarily determine that the Wuxi 
Suntech Single Entity is ineligible for a separate rate.
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    \7\ See Wuxi Sunshine's April 4, 2014 Separate-Rate Application 
at 11. The details regarding Wuxi Sunshine's ownership by the PRC 
government is business proprietary information and may not be 
publically disclosed. For further information regarding the 
Department's separate rate analysis, see Memorandum to Abdelali 
Elouaradia, Director, Office IV, AD/CVD Operations from Drew 
Jackson, International Trade Analyst, Office IV, AD/CVD Operations, 
regarding, ``Antidumping Duty Review of Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the 
People's Republic of China: Wuxi Suntech Single Entity Separate Rate 
Analysis,'' dated December 31, 2014 (``Wuxi Suntech Separate Rate 
Memorandum'').
    \8\ Id.
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Rate for Separate-Rate Companies Not Individually Examined

    The statute and the Department's regulations do not address the 
establishment of a rate to be applied to individual respondents not 
selected for examination when the Department limits its examination in 
an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act. 
Generally, the Department looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an 
investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for respondents 
which we did not examine in an administrative review. Section 
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act articulates a preference that we are not to 
calculate an all-others rate using rates which are zero, de minimis or 
based entirely on facts available. Accordingly, the Department's usual 
practice has been to average the weighted-average dumping margins for 
the selected companies, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or 
based entirely on facts available.\9\ Because we preliminarily 
determine that the Wuxi Suntech Single Entity is ineligible for a 
separate rate, the Department assigned to the companies that it did not 
individually examine, but which demonstrated their eligibility for a 
separate rate, a margin calculated for mandatory respondent Yingli.
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    \9\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews in Part, 73 FR 
52823, 52824 (September 11. 2008), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 16.
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. The Department calculated export prices and 
constructed export prices in accordance with section 772 of the Act. 
Given that the PRC is a NME country, within the meaning of section 
771(18) of the Act, the Department calculated NV in accordance with 
section 773(c) of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying the 
preliminary results of this review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document 
and is made available to the public via ACCESS. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the POR:

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                                                        Weighted-average
                       Exporter                          dumping margin
                                                           (Percent)
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Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited/Baoding Tianwei               1.82
 Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd./Tianjin Yingli
 New Energy Resources Co., Ltd./Hengshui Yingli New
 Energy Resources Co., Ltd./Lixian Yingli New Energy
 Resources Co., Ltd./Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic
 Technology Co., Ltd./Beijing Tianneng Yingli New
 Energy Resources Co., Ltd./Hainan Yingli New Energy
 Resources Co., Ltd..................................
Canadian Solar International Limited.................               1.82

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Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc..........               1.82
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc...........               1.82
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd./Trina Solar                  1.82
 (Changzhou) Science and Technology Co., Ltd.\10\....
Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd......................               1.82
De-Tech Trading Limited HK...........................               1.82
Eoplly New Energy Technology Co., Ltd................               1.82
Hangzhou Zhejiang University Sunny Energy Science and               1.82
 Technology Co., Ltd.................................
Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd...............               1.82
LDK Solar Hi-tech (Nanchang) Co., Ltd................               1.82
Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.....               1.82
Renesola Jiangsu Ltd.................................               1.82
Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd................................               1.82
Shenzhen Topray Solar Co. Ltd........................               1.82
Sopray Energy Co., Ltd...............................               1.82
Star Power International Limited.....................               1.82
Sun Earth Solar Power Co., Ltd.......................               1.82
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited..........               1.82
Yingli Green Energy International Trading Company                   1.82
 Limited.............................................
Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology                1.82
 Limited Liability Company...........................
PRC-Wide Entity \11\.................................        \12\ 238.56
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Disclosure and Public  Comment
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    \10\ In the investigation in this proceeding, the Department 
treated Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. and Trina Solar 
(Changzhou) Science & Technology Co., Ltd. as a single entity. See 
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled 
into Modules, from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Affirmative 
Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 77 FR 63791 
(October 17, 2012). Absent information to the contrary, the 
Department has continued to treat these companies as a single entity 
for purposes of this review.
    \11\ The PRC-wide entity includes the following companies: (1) 
Changzhou NESL Solartech Co., Ltd.; (2) CSG PVTech Co., Ltd. (3) Era 
Solar Co., Ltd.; (4) Innovosolar; (5) Jiangsu Sunlink PV Technology 
Co., Ltd.; (6) Jiawei Solarchina Co., Ltd.; (7) Jinko Solar Co., 
Ltd.; (8) LDK Solar Hi-tech (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.; (9) Leye 
Photovoltaic Co., Ltd.; (10) Magi Solar Technology; (11) Ningbo ETDZ 
Holdings, Ltd.; (12) ReneSola; (13) Shanghai Machinery Complete 
Equipment (Group) Corp., Ltd.; (14) Shenglong PV-Tech; (15) 
Solarbest Energy-Tech (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; (16) Suzhou Shenglong 
PV-TECH Co., Ltd.; (17) Zhejiang Shuqimeng Photovoltaic Technology 
Co., Ltd.; (18) Zhejiang Xinshun Guangfu Science and Technology Co., 
Ltd.; (19) Zhejiang ZG-Cells Co., Ltd.; (20) Zhiheng Solar Inc.; 
(21) Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd./Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd./
Suntech Power Co., Ltd./Wuxi Sunshine Power Co. Ltd. In addition, 
the PRC-wide entity includes the companies listed in Appendix II of 
the notice Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 
Assembled Into Modules From the People's Republic of China: Amended 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 79 FR 
43713 (July 28, 2014).
    \12\ This PRC-wide entity rate equals the PRC-wide entity rate 
of 249.96% adjusted for export subsidies and estimated domestic 
subsidy pass-through.
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    The Department intends to disclose to parties the calculations 
performed for these preliminary results of review within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 
days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of 
review.\13\ Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later than five days after 
case briefs are due and may respond only to arguments raised in the 
case briefs.\14\ A table of contents, list of authorities used, and an 
executive summary of issues should accompany any briefs submitted to 
the Department. The summary should be limited to five pages total, 
including footnotes.
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing 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.\15\ Requests should contain the party's 
name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, and a 
list of the issues to be discussed. Oral argument presentations will be 
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is 
made, the Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230, at a date and time to be determined.\16\ Parties should confirm 
by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days 
before the scheduled date.
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS.\17\ An electronically filed document must 
be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic 
records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (``ET'') on the due 
date. Documents excepted from the electronic submission requirements 
must be filed manually (i.e., in paper form) with the APO/Dockets Unit 
in Room 1870 and stamped with the date and time of receipt by 5 p.m. ET 
on the due date.\18\
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    \17\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \18\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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    Unless otherwise extended, the Department intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, which will include the 
results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days 
of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results of this review, the Department 
will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review.\19\ The Department intends 
to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication 
date of the final results of this review. For each individually 
examined respondent in this review whose weighted-average dumping 
margin in the final results of review is above de minimis (i.e., 
greater than or equal to 0.5 percent), the Department intends to 
calculate importer- (or customer)-specific assessment rates, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\20\ Where the respondent reported 
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entered values, the Department intends to calculate importer- (or 
customer)-specific ad valorem rates by aggregating the dumping margins 
calculated for all U.S. sales to the importer- (or customer) and 
dividing this amount by the total entered value of the sales to the 
importer- (or customer).\21\ Where the Department calculates an 
importer- (or customer)-specific weighted-average dumping margin by 
dividing the total amount of dumping for reviewed sales to the 
importer- (or customer) by the total sales quantity associated with 
those transactions, the Department will direct CBP to assess importer- 
(or customer)-specific assessment rates based on the resulting per-unit 
rates.\22\ Where an importer- (or customer)- specific ad valorem or 
per-unit rate is greater than de minimis, the Department will instruct 
CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where 
either the respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or de 
minimis, or an importer (or customer-) specific ad valorem or per-unit 
rate is zero or de minimis, the Department will instruct CBP to 
liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\23\
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    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \20\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted 
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(``Final Modification'').
    \21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \22\ Id.
    \23\ See Final Modification at 8103.
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    On October 24, 2011, the Department announced a refinement to its 
assessment practice in NME antidumping duty cases.\24\ Pursuant to this 
refinement in practice, for entries that were not reported in the U.S. 
sales database submitted by an exporter individually examined during 
this review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries 
at the PRC-wide rate. Additionally, pursuant to this refinement, if the 
Department determines that an exporter under review had no shipments of 
the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that entered under that 
exporter's case number will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.
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    \24\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full 
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    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 
the weighted-average amount by which the normal value exceeds U.S. 
price. The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of 
this notice, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 
the exporters listed above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of 
this review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then the cash 
deposit rate will be zero for that exporter); (2) for previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 
that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
exporter-specific rate published for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a separate 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the PRC-wide entity 
and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not 
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. 
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: December 31, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
5. Selection of Respondents
6. Single Entity Treatment
7. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. NME Country
    b. Separate Rates
    c. The PRC-wide Entity
    d. Use of Facts Available and AFA
    e. Surrogate Country
    f. Date of Sale
    g. Fair Value Comparisons
    h. U.S. Price
    i. Normal Value
    j. Section 777A(f) of the Act
    k. Currency Conversion
8. Conclusion

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