[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11404-11405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2138]


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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: March 7, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined 
that three requests for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), received by January 31, 2006, meet the statutory and 
regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') 
of these new shipper reviews is June 24, 2004, through December 31, 
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., 
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 (70 FR 329). On 
January 31, 2006, we received new shipper review requests from Dongguan 
Huanghouse Furniture Co., Ltd. (``Huanghouse''), Senyuan Furniture 
Group (``Senyuan''), and Tianjin First Wood Co., Ltd. (``First Wood''). 
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, 
as amended (the ``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Huanghouse, 
Senyuan, and First Wood certified that they did not export wooden 
bedroom furniture to the

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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), Huanghouse, Senyuan, and First Wood 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 its export activities were not controlled by the central 
government of the PRC.
    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; (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.

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 Huanghouse, 
Senyuan, and First Wood 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 December 31, 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 Huanghouse, Senyuan, and First Wood 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 U.S. 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 each company 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 
these new shipper reviews 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: February 28, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-2138 Filed 3-6-06; 8:45 am]
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