China Solar Cells: Commerce to Consider New Exemption From AD/CV Duties
The Commerce Department will consider whether to create a new exemption from antidumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China (A-570-979/C-570-980), it said in a notice beginning a changed circumstances review. The review was requested by Pitsco, an importer of the products. SolarWorld, which originally requested AD/CV duties on solar products, said it does not oppose creating the exemption.
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In its request for a changed circumstances review, Pitsco defined products that would be partially revoked from the orders as follows:
"Excluded from the scope of these orders are panels with surface area from 3,450 mm2 to 33,782 mm2 with one black wire and one red wire (each of type 22 AWG or 24 AWG not more than 206 mm in length when measured from panel extrusion), and not exceeding 2.9 volts, 1.1 amps, and 3.19 watts. No panel shall contain an internal battery or external computer peripheral ports."
Commerce will consider whether “all or substantially all” U.S. manufacturers support the partial revocation, and will accept comments on the issue until Dec. 7. The agency will then issue preliminary results, providing the opportunity for further comments. Commerce’s final results are due in August 2018, unless all parties agree to the outcome of the review, in which case the final results will be issued in January.
(Federal Register 11/27/17)