China Solar Cells: Amended Final Results of CV Admin Review
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (C-570-980) to correct ministerial errors that affected the duty rate calculations in those final results. The new rates will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019.
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Commerce said that after correcting the ministerial errors in calculation methods, the rate for JA Solar was slightly lower (18.58% revised to 18.55%) and the rate for Risen Energy increased slightly (from 12.92% to 13.18%), which also means that the rate changed -- in an increase over the original final results (15.75% to 15.87%) -- for the 12 non-individually examined companies because that rate is a simple average of the two rates for the examined companies.
The new rates are effective Aug. 15, as follows:
| Producer/Exporter | CV Rate |
|---|---|
| JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd. and affiliates (see notice for a full list) | 18.55% |
| Risen Energy Co., Ltd. and affiliates (see notice for a full list) | 13.18% |
| Canadian Solar International Limited | 15.87% |
| Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc. | 15.87% |
| Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc. | 15.87% |
| Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
| CSI Cells Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
| CSI-GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
| Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
| Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
| Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
| LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
| Suntech Power Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
| Yingli Energy (China) Co., Ltd. | 15.87% |
Companies that didn't get a rate in this review will keep their most recently assigned cash deposit rate, and companies that have never been assigned a CV duty rate will get the all-others rate.
Commerce said JA Solar and Risen have each filed a summons at the Court of International Trade challenging the original final results of the review, so its assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication of this notice, or by Nov. 14.)
(The review period is 01/01/19 - 12/31/19. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2207060058 for the original final results and 2201060012 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)