[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53344-53345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4893]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-890


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China; 
Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined 
that four requests for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), received before August 1, 2005,\1\ meet the statutory and 
regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') 
of these new shipper reviews is June 24, 2004, through June 30, 2005.
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    \1\ The Order for wooden bedroom furniture was published on 
January 4, 2005. Therefore, a request for a new shipper review based 
on the semi-annual anniversary month, July, would be due to the 
Department by the final day of July 2005. See 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1). 
However, because the final day of July 2005 fell on a Sunday, the 
Department has accepted requests filed on the next business day: 
Monday, August 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Degnan or Robert Bolling at 
(202) 482-0414 or (202) 482-3434, respectively, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
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Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom 
furniture from the PRC was published on January 4, 2005. On July 8, 
2005, we received a new shipper review request from Shenyang Kunyu Wood 
Industry Co., Ltd. (``Kunyu''); on July 28, 2005, we received new 
shipper review requests from Dongguan Landmark Furniture Products Ltd. 
(``Landmark'') and Meikangchi (Nantong) Furniture Company Ltd. 
(``Meikangchi''); on August 1, 2005, we received a new shipper review 
request from WBE Industries (Hui-Yang) Co., Ltd. (``WBE''). All of 
these companies certified that they are both the producers and 
exporters of the subject merchandise upon which the respective requests 
for a new shipper review are based.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(the ``Act'') and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Kunyu, Landmark, Meikangchi, 
and WBE certified that they did not export wooden bedroom furniture to 
the United States during the period of investigation (``POI''). In 
addition, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Kunyu, Landmark, Meikangchi, and WBE certified 
that, since the initiation of the investigation, they have never been 
affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported wooden bedroom 
furniture to the United States during the POI, including those not 
individually examined during the investigation. As required by 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), each of the above-mentioned companies also 
certified that their export activities were not controlled by the 
central government of the PRC.

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    In addition to the certifications described above, the companies 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) The date on 
which they first shipped wooden bedroom furniture for export to the 
United States and the date on which the wooden bedroom furniture was 
first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the 
volume of their first shipment and the volume of subsequent shipments 
(if applicable); and (3) the date of their first sale to an 
unaffiliated customer in the United States.
    The Department conducted Customs database queries to confirm that 
Kunyu's, Landmark's, Meikangchi's, and WBE's shipments of subject 
merchandise had entered the United States for consumption and had been 
suspended for antidumping duties.

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we find that the requests submitted by Kunyu, Landmark, 
Meikangchi, and WBE meet the threshold requirements for initiation of a 
new shipper review for shipments of wooden bedroom furniture from the 
PRC produced and exported by these companies.
    The POR is June 24, 2004, through June 30, 2005. See 19 CFR 
351.214(g)(1)(i)(B). We intend to issue preliminary results of these 
reviews no later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and final 
results of these reviews no later than 270 days from the date of 
initiation. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    Because Kunyu, Landmark, Meikangchi, and WBE have certified that 
they produced and exported the wooden bedroom furniture on which they 
based their respective requests for a new shipper review, we will 
instruct Customs and Border Protection to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit 
for each entry of wooden bedroom furniture that was both produced and 
exported by these companies until the completion of the new shipper 
reviews, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: August 30, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4893 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]
(BILLING CODE: 3510-DS-S)