[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 179 (Monday, September 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43516-43517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19773]


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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: Partial Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Applicable September 18, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill or Celeste Chen, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4037 or (202) 482-0890, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 7, 2012, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on 
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into 
modules, from the People's Republic of China (PRC) (Order).\1\ On 
December 1, 2016, the Department published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ The Department 
received multiple timely requests for an administrative review of the 
Order. On February 13, 2017, in accordance with section 751(a) of 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department published in 
the Federal Register a notice of the initiation of an administrative 
review of the Order.\3\ The administrative review was initiated with 
respect to 47 companies or groups of companies, and covers the period 
from December 1, 2015, through November 30, 2016. Requesting parties 
have subsequently timely withdrawn all review requests for nine 
companies or groups of companies for which the Department initiated a 
review, as discussed below.
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    \1\ See 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).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 80 FR 86694 (December 1, 2016).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 10457 (February 13, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice).
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Partial Rescission

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. All 
requesting parties withdrew their respective requests for an 
administrative review of the nine companies or groups of companies 
listed in the Appendix within 90 days of the date of publication of 
Initiation Notice. Accordingly, the Department is rescinding this 
review

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with respect to these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).\4\
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    \4\ See Appendix. As stated in Change in Practice in NME 
Reviews, the Department will no longer consider the non-market 
economy (NME) entity as an exporter conditionally subject to 
administrative reviews. See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of 
Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in 
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket 
Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 
(November 4, 2013). The PRC-wide entity is not subject to this 
administrative review because no interested party requested a review 
of the entity. See Initiation Notice.
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Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the 
companies for which this review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall 
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). The Department 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 
days after publication of this notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as the only reminder to importers whose entries 
will be liquidated as a result of this rescission notice, 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's assumption that 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms 
of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: August 16, 2017.
James Maeder,
Senior Director, performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.

Appendix

<bullet> BYD (Shangluo) Industrial Co., Ltd.
<bullet> Canadian Solar International Limited
<bullet> Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc.
<bullet> Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc.
<bullet> Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
<bullet> Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.
<bullet> JinkoSolar International Limited
<bullet> Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd.
<bullet> Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.

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