[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7495-7496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02709]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-511 and 731-TA-1246-1247 (Final)]


Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products From China and 
Taiwan

Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to sections 705(b) and 735(b) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) 
(``the Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured by reason of imports of certain crystalline silicon 
photovoltaic (``CSPV'') products from China and Taiwan, provided for in 
subheadings 8541.40.60 (statistical reporting numbers 8541.40.6020 and 
8541.40.6030) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 
that have been found by the Department of Commerce to be sold in the 
United States at less than fair value (``LTFV''), and subsidized by the 
government of China.\2\
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    \1\ The record is defined in section 207.2(f) of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Vice Chairman Dean A. Pinkert and Commissioners Irving A. 
Williamson, David S. Johanson, and Rhonda K. Schmidtlein voted in 
the affirmative. Chairman Meredith M. Broadbent voted in the 
affirmative with respect to CSPV modules from China and Taiwan and 
in the negative with respect to CSPV cells from Taiwan (CSPV cells 
from China were not included in the scope of these investigations). 
Commissioner F. Scott Kieff did not participate in these 
investigations.
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Background

    The Commission instituted these investigations effective December 
31, 2013, following receipt of petitions filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by SolarWorld America, Inc., Hillsboro, Oregon. The final 
phase of the investigations was scheduled by the Commission following 
notification of preliminary determinations by Commerce that imports of 
CSPV products from China and Taiwan were dumped within the meaning of 
733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)) and were subsidized by the 
government of China within the meaning of section 703(b) of the Act (19 
U.S.C. 1671b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of the final phase of the 
Commission's investigations and of a public hearing to be held in 
connection therewith was given by posting copies of the notice in the 
Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal Register on 
August 25, 2014 (79 FR

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50696). The hearing was held in Washington, DC, on December 8, 2014, 
and all persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear 
in person or by counsel.
    The Commission completed and filed its determinations in these 
investigations on February 5, 2015. The views of the Commission are 
contained in USITC Publication 4519 (February 2015), entitled Certain 
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from China and Taiwan, Inv. 
Nos. 701-TA-511 and 731-TA-1246-1247 (Final).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: February 5, 2015.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-02709 Filed 2-9-15; 8:45 am]
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