Commerce Set to Create New Exemption From AD/CV Duties on China Solar Cells, Products
The Commerce Department intends to create new exemptions from antidumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (A-570-979/C-570-980) and crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China (A-570-010/C-570-011), it said in the preliminary results of two changed circumstances reviews released March 6. Commerce said "substantially all" U.S. producers of solar cells, including the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing, a domestic industry coalition, do not oppose Hello Tech's requests to create the exemptions.
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Should Commerce finalize this determination in its final results, it will exempt from the scope of AD/CVD on Chinese solar cells and Chinese solar products "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 cm2 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 of not less than 3 meters either permanently connected or attached to the package that terminates in an 8mm diameter male barrel connector."
Should it create the exemptions, Commerce would order liquidation, without regard to AD/CVD, and the refund of any cash deposits, for any unliquidated entries of covered products that aren't covered by the final results of an administrative review or automatic liquidation instructions from Commerce. Commerce’s final results in these changed circumstances reviews are due by June.