• Effective Date: Mar 31, 2024
  • Period Covered: 09/13/2023 to 03/30/2024
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
  • Cite as: 89 FR 53042 • Cite date: Jun 25, 2024
1. On 06/25/2024 (89 FR 53042), Commerce published in the Federal Register its amended final results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on solar products from China for the period 01/01/2021 through 12/31/2021. See message 4179403, dated 06/27/2024. 2. Title 19 U.S.C. 1520(a)(4) authorizes refunds prior to liquidation whenever an importer of record declares or it is ascertained that excess duties, fees, charges, or exactions have been deposited or paid. In accordance with 19 U.S.C. 1520(a)(4), CBP is authorized to grant a refund, if requested by the importer, of cash deposits for entries of solar products from China from the entities listed in paragraph 4 below which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 09/13/2023 (the date of the final results in the Federal Register) through 03/30/2024 (the day before the date of publication of the amended final results in the Federal Register). 3. The refund amount will be calculated by determining the difference between the amount of cash deposits paid as a result of the application of the final results rate and the amount due as a result of the application of the amended final results rate. 4. Listed below is the deposit rate that was assigned to certain firms in the final results. See message 3263401, dated 09/20/2023. In addition, listed below is the amended deposit rate assigned in the amended final results (see message number 4179403, dated 06/27/2024): Producer and/or Exporter: Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology Co., Ltd. or either of its cross-owned companies: Yancheng Trina Solar Guoneng Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Su Qian) Technology Co., Ltd., Trina Solar Yiwu Technology Co., Ltd., Trina Solar Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Yancheng Dafeng) Co., Ltd., Trina Solar Science & Technology (Yancheng) Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Suqian) Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Changzhou) Optoelectronic Device Co., Ltd., Changzhou Trina Solar Yabang Energy Co., Ltd., Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., Turpan Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Hefei) Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Changzhou Hesai PV Ribbon Materials Co., Ltd., Changzhou Hewei New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Changzhou Trina Hezhong PV Co., Ltd., Changzhou Trina PV Ribbon Materials Co., Ltd. Case number: C-570-011-002 Final results rate: 13.21% Amended final results rate: 9.02% 5. Do not liquidate entries of solar products from China produced and/or exported by the entities listed in paragraph 4 above until specific liquidation instructions are issued. 6. The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order. Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated countervailing duties is required through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period. 7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OVII:GHC.) 8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur