Commerce to issue no-shipment inquiry to CBP regarding Taiwanese solar product imports

The U.S. Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that 14 companies undergoing an antidumping duty administrative review on solar products from Taiwan had no shipments during the period of review, from Feb. 1, 2016 through Jan. 31, 2017.    The U.S. Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that 14 companies undergoing an antidumping duty administrative review on solar products from Taiwan had no shipments during the Feb. 1, 2016-Jan. 31, 2017 period of review, Commerce announced.
   Commerce will issue a no-shipment inquiry to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requesting an additional review process of the “no-shipment” claims.
   If Commerce upholds its preliminary determination of no shipments by those companies in the final results of its administrative review, subject merchandise from the companies will continue entry at antidumping rates set in the most recent prior review.
   Commerce is assigning an additional nine companies a preliminary rate of 1.07 percent.
   These companies comprise Canadian Solar Inc., Canadian Solar International, Ltd., Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc., Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc., Canadian Solar Solution Inc., Sunrise Global Solar Energy, Trina Solar (Schweiz) AG, Trina Solar (Singapore) Science and Technology Pte. Ltd., and Win Win Precision Technology Co., Ltd.
   The cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 19.5 percent ad valorem, which is the “all-others” rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation completed Dec. 23, 2014.
   When final results are issued, Commerce will determine, and CBP will assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Commerce will issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the review’s final results.
   For merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered by this administrative review, but covered by a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the manufacturer or exporter participated.
   If the manufacturer, but not the exporter, is a firm covered by this review, a prior review, or less-than-fair-value investigation, the cash deposit rate assessed in the final results of this review will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of the proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise, Commerce said.