[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10159-10163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4051]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-890]
Notice of Initiation of Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of
China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') received timely
requests to conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty
order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC''). The anniversary month of this order is January. In
accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating this
administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Degnan or Robert Bolling, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
0414 or (202) 482-3434, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Background
The Department received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b) (2002), during the anniversary month of January, for an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom
furniture from the PRC covering 196 entities. The Department is now
initiating an administrative review of the order covering those
entities.
Initiation of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom
furniture from the PRC. We intend to issue the final results of this
review not later than January 31, 2008.
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Period
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Antidumping Duty Proceeding
The People's Republic of China: \1\ Wooden Bedroom 1/01/06-12/31/06
Furniture A-570-890.................................
Alexandre International Corp., Southern Art
Development Ltd., Alexandre Furniture (Shenzhen)
Co. Ltd., Southern Art Furniture Factory*
Art Heritage International Ltd., Super Art
Furniture Co. Ltd., Artwork Metal & Plastic Co.,
Ltd., Jibson Industries Ltd., Always Loyal
International*
Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai
Beijing MingYaFeng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Best King International Limited, Best King
International Ltd., Bouvrie International
Limited
Billy Wood Industrial (Dong Guan), Great Union
Industrial (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., Time Faith
Ltd.*
BNBM Co., Ltd.
Changshu HTC Import & Export Co. Ltd.*
Chen Meng Furniture (PTE) Co., Ltd., Cheng Meng
Decoration & Furniture (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.*
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Chuan Fa Furniture Factory*
Classic Furniture Global Co., Ltd.*
Clearwise Co., Ltd.*
COE, Ltd.*
Conghua J.L. George Timber & Co., Ltd.
Dalian Guangming Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dalian Huafeng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dalian Pretty Home Furniture Co., Ltd.
Decca Furniture Ltd., aka Decca*
Deqing Ace Furniture & Crafts Ltd.
Der Cheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Dong Guan Golden Fortune Houseware Co., Ltd.
Dong Guan Hua Ban Furniture Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Cambridge Furniture Co., Ltd., Glory
Oceanic Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Chunsan Wood Products Co., Ltd., Trendex
Industries Limited*
Dongguan Creation Furniture Co., Ltd., Creation
Industries Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Dihao Furniture Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Grand Style Furniture Co., Ltd., Hong
Kong DaZhi Furniture Company Ltd.*
Dongguan Great Reputation Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Hero Way Woodwork Co., Ltd., Hero Way
Enterprises, Ltd., Dongguan Da Zhong Woodwork
Co., Ltd., Well Earth International Ltd.*
Dongguan Hung Sheng Artware Products Co., Ltd.,
Coronal Enterprise Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Kin Feng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd., Kingstone
Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Landmark Furniture Products Ltd.*
Dongguan Liaobushangdun Huada Furniture Factory,
Great Rich (HK) Enterprises Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Lung Dong Furniture Co., Ltd., Dongguan
Dong He Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Mingsheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Dongguan New Technology Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Qingxi Xinyi Craft Furniture Factory
(Joyce Art Factory)*
Dongguan Sea Eagle Furniture Co., Ltd., Kalanter
(Hong Kong) Furniture Company Limited
Dongguan Singways Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Sunpower Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., Taicang Sunrise
Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai Sunrise
Furniture Co., Ltd., Fairmont Designs*
Dongguan Yihaiwei Furniture Limited
Dongying Huanghekou Furniture Industry Co., Ltd.*
Dorbest Ltd., Rui Feng Woodwork Co., Ltd., Rui
Feng Lumber Development Co., Ltd., aka, Dorbest
Ltd., Rui Feng Woodwork (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.,
Rui Feng Lumber Development (Shenzhen) Co.,
Ltd.*
Dream Rooms Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.*
Engmost Investments Limited
Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Eurosa Furniture Co.,
(PTE) Ltd.*
Ever Spring Furniture Co., Ltd., S.Y.C. Family
Enterprise Co., Ltd.*
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Ltd.*
Fortune Furniture Ltd. and its affiliate,
Dongguan Fortune Furniture Ltd.
Foshan Guanqiu Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co., Ltd., aka Fujian
Wonder Pacific Inc.*
Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co. Ltd.
Gaomi Yatai Wooden Ware Co., Ltd., Team Prospect
International Ltd., Money Gain International
Co.*
Garri Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., Molabile
International, Inc. Weei Geo Enterprise Co.,
Ltd.*
Golden Well International (HK), Ltd.
Green River Wood (Dongguan) Ltd.*
Guangdong New Four Seas Furniture Manufacturing,
Ltd., Four Seas Furniture Manufacturing Ltd.
Guangming Group Wumahe Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Guangzhou Lucky Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Guangzhou Maria Yee Furnishings, Ltd., Pyla HK
Ltd.*
Hainan Jong Bao Lumber Co., Ltd., Jibbon
Enterprise Co., Ltd.*
Hainan Rulai Furniture Co., Ltd.
Hamilton & Spill Ltd.*
Hang Hai Woodcrafts Art Factory*
Hong Kong Boliya Industry Development Co., Ltd.
Hong Yu Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Hualing Furniture (China) Co., Ltd., Tony House
Manufacture (China) Co., Ltd., Buysell
Investments Ltd., Tony House Industries Co.,
Ltd.*
Huizhou Jadom Furniture Co., Ltd., Jadom
Furniture Co., Ltd.
Hung Fai Wood Products Factory Ltd.
Hwangho New Century Furniture (Dongguan) Corp.
Ltd., Trade Rich Furniture (Dongguan) Corp.,
Ltd., Hwang Ho International Holdings Limited
Inni Furniture
Jardine Enterprise, Ltd.*
Jiangmen Kinwai Furniture Decoration Co., Ltd. *
Jiangmen Kinwai International Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*
Jiangsu Dare Furniture Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Weifu Group Company Fullhouse Furniture
Manufacturing Corp*
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Jiangsu Xiangsheng Bedtime Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Jiangsu Yuexing Furniture Group Co., Ltd.*
Jiedong Lehouse Furniture Co., Ltd.*
King Kei Trading Co. Ltd., King Kei Furniture
Factory, Jiu Ching Trading Co., Ltd.
King Wood Furniture Co., Ltd.
King's Way Furniture Industries Co., Ltd.,
Kingsyear, Ltd.*
Kong Fong Furniture, Kong Fong Mao Iek Hong
Kuan Lin Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., Kuan
Lin Furniture Factory, Kuan Lin Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*
Kunshan Junsen Furniture Co., Ltd.
Kunshan Lee Wood Product Co., Ltd.*
Kunshan Summit Furniture Co. Ltd.*
Kunwa Enterprises Company
Langfang TianCheng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Leefu Wood (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., King Rich
International, Ltd.*
Link Silver Ltd. (V.I.B.), Forward Win
Enterprises Co. Ltd., Dongguan Haoshun Furniture
Ltd.*
Locke Furniture Factory, Kai Chan Furniture Co.
Ltd., Kai Chan (Hong Kong) Enterprise Ltd.,
Taiwan Kai Chan Co. Ltd.*
Longrange Furniture Co. Ltd.*
Maria Yee, Inc.
Mei Jia Ju Furniture Industrial Shenzhen Co.,
Ltd.
Meikangchi (Nantong) Furniture Company Ltd.*
Nanjing Nanmu Furniture Co., Ltd.
Nan Tong YangZi Furniture Co., Ltd.
Nanhai Baiyi Woodwork Co. Ltd.*
Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co. Ltd., Fortune Glory
Industrial, Ltd. (HK Ltd.)*
Nantong Dongfang Orient Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Nantong Yushi Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Nathan China Group
Nathan International Ltd., Nathan Rattan Factory*
Ningbo Furniture Industries Limited, Techniwood
Industries Ltd., Ningbo Hengrun Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*
Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign
Trading Co., Ltd.*
Passwell Corporation, Pleasant Wave Ltd.*
Perfect Line Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Po Ying Industrial Co.
Primewood International Co., Ltd., Prime Best
International Co., Ltd., Prime Best Factory,
Liang Huang (Jiaxing) Enterprise Co., Ltd.*
Profit Force Limited
PuTian JingGong Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Putian Ou Dian Furniture Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Beiyuan-Shengli Furniture Co., Ltd.,
Qingdao Beiyuan Industry Trading Co. Ltd.
Qingdao Liangmu Co., Ltd.*
Qingdao Shengchang Wooden Co., Ltd.
Restonic (Dongguan) Furniture Ltd., Restonic Far
East (Samoa) Ltd.*
RiZhao SanMu Woodworking Co., Ltd.*
Season Furniture Manufacturing Co., Season
Industrial Development Co.*
Sen Yeong International Co. Ltd., Sheh Hau
International Trading Ltd.*
Shanghai Aosen Furniture Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Jian Pu Export & Import Co., Ltd.*
Shanghai Maoji Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.*
Shanghai Star Furniture Co., Ltd.
Shanghai XingDing Furniture Industrial Co., Ltd.
Sheng Jing Wood Products (Beijing) Co., Ltd.,
Telstar Enterprises Ltd.*
Shenyang Kunyu Wood Industry Co., Ltd.*
Shenyang Shining Dongxing Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Dafuhao Industrial Development Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Forest Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Jiafa High Grade Furniture Co., Ltd.,
Golden Lion International Trading Ltd.
Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Shen Long Hang Industry Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Tiancheng Furniture Co., Ltd., Winbuild
Industrial Ltd., Red Apple Furniture Co., Ltd.
and Red Apple Trading Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Wonderful Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Xiande Furniture Factory*
Shenzhen Xingli Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shing Mark Enterprise Co., Ltd., Carven
Industries Ltd. (BVI), Carven I Industries
Limited (HK), Dongguan Zhenxin Furniture Co.,
Ltd., Dongguan Yongpeng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shun Feng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Sino Concord (Zhangzhou) Furniture Co., Ltd.,
Sino Concord International Corporation
Songgang Jasonwood Furniture Factory, Jasonwood
Industrial Co., Ltd. S.A.*
Speedy International Ltd.
Starcorp Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Orin
Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai
Starcorp Furniture Co., Ltd. *
Starwood Furniture Manufacturing Co., Ltd.*
Starwood Industries Ltd.*
Strongson Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.,
Strongson Furniture Co., Ltd., Strongson (HK)
Co.*
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Sunforce Furniture (Hui-Yang) Co., Ltd., Sun Fung
Wooden Factory, Sun Fung Co., Shin Feng
Furniture Co. Ltd., Stupendous International Co.
Ltd.*
Superwood Co. Ltd., Lianjiang Zongyu Art Products
Co., Ltd.*
T.J. Maxx International Co., Ltd.
Tarzan Furniture Industries, Ltd., Samso
Industries Ltd.*
Teamway Furniture (Dong Guan) Co. Ltd.,
Brittomart Inc.*
Tianjin First Wood Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Fortune Furniture Co. Ltd.*
Tianjin Master Home Furniture*
Tianjin Phu Shing Woodwork Enterprise Co., Ltd.*
Tianjin Sande Fairwood Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Time Crown (U.K.) International Ltd., China
United International Co.
Top Art Furniture, Ngai Kun Trading
Top Goal Development Co., Top Goal Furniture Co.,
Ltd. (Shenzhen)
Tradewinds Furniture Ltd.
Tradewinds International Enterprise Ltd.
Transworld (Zhangzhou) Furniture Co., Ltd.
Trendex Industries Limited (BVI)
Triple J Furntiure Enterprises Co., Mandarin
Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Tube-Smith Enterprises (ZhangZhou) Co., Ltd.,
Tube-Smith Enterprise (Haimen) Co., Ltd.,
Billionworth Enterprise, Ltd.*
Union Friend International Trade Co., Ltd.*
U-Rich Furniture (ZhangZhou) Co., Ltd., U-Rich
Furniture, Ltd.*
Wan Bao Cheng Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd.
Wanhengtong Nueevder (Furniture) Manufacture Co.,
Ltd., Dongguan Wanhengtong Industry Co., Ltd.*
Winmost Enterprises Limited
Winny Universal, Ltd., Zhongshan Winny Furniture
Ltd., Winny Overseas, Ltd.
Woodworth Wooden Industries (Dong Guan) Co.,
Ltd.*
Xiamen Yongquan Sci-Tech Development Co., Ltd.*
Xilinmen Group Co., Ltd.
Xingli Arts & Crafts Factory of Yangchun*
Yangchun Hengli Co., Ltd.*
Yeh Brothers World Trade Inc*.
Yichun Guangming Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Yida Co. Ltd., Yitai Worldwide Ltd., Yili Co.,
Ltd., Yetbuild Co., Ltd.*
Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd., aka Guangdong
Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.*
Yongxin Industrial (Holdings) Limited
ZhangZhou Sanlong Wood Product Co., Ltd.*
Zhangjiagang Daye Hotel Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Zhangjiagang Zheng Yan Decoration Co. Ltd.*
Zhangzhou Guohui Industrial & Trade Co. Ltd.*
Zhanjiang Sunwin Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd.*
Zhejiang NiannianHong Industrial Co., Ltd.
Zhong Cheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Zhong Shan Fullwin Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Zhongshan Fookyik Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Zhongshan Gainwell Furniture Co., Ltd.
Zhongshan Golden King Furniture Industrial Co.,
Ltd.*
Zhongshan Youcheng Wooden Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd.
Zhoushan For-Strong Wood Co., Ltd.*
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\1\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
rate, all other exporters of wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC
that have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered
by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named
exporter is a part.
* These companies received a separate rate in the prior segment (the
less-than-fair-value-investigation) of this proceeding.
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving non-market economy (``NME'') countries,
the Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies
within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should
be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the
Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to
investigation in an NME country this single rate unless an exporter can
demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to be entitled to
a separate rate.
To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a
separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the
subject merchandise under a test arising from the Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic
of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (``Sparklers''), as amplified by
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide
from the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994)
(``Silicon Carbide''). In accordance with the separate-rates criteria,
the Department assigns separate rates to companies in NME cases only if
respondents can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto
government control over export activities.
The Department recently modified the process by which exporters and
producers may obtain separate-rate status in NME investigations. See
Policy Bulletin 05.1: Separate-Rates Practice and Application of
Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigations Involving Non-Market
Economy Countries, (April 5, 2005), available on
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the Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf.
The process now requires the submission of a separate-rate status
application.
Due to the large number of firms requesting an administrative
review in this proceeding, the Department is requiring all firms listed
above that wish to qualify for separate-rate status in this
administrative review to complete, as appropriate, either a separate-
rate status application or certification, as described below.
For this administrative review, in order to demonstrate separate-
rate eligibility, the Department requires entities for whom a review
was requested that were assigned a separate rate in the less than fair
value investigation of this proceeding to certify that they continue to
meet the criteria for obtaining a separate rate. The certification form
will be available on the Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of publication of this Federal Register. In
responding to the certification, please follow the ``Instructions for
Filing the Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification.
Certifications are due to the Department no later than March 21, 2007.
The deadline and requirement for submitting a Certification applies
equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign
sellers who purchase the subject merchandise and export it to the
United States.
For entities that have not previously been assigned a separate
rate, to demonstrate eligibility for such, the Department requires a
separate-rate status application. The separate-rate status application
will be available on the Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of publication of this Federal Register. In
responding to the separate-rate status application, refer to the
instructions contained in the application. Separate-rate status
applications are due to the Department no later than May 7, 2007. The
deadline and requirement for submitting a separate-rate status
application applies equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned
firms, and foreign sellers that purchase the subject merchandise and
export it to the United States.
Section 777A(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act'') directs the Department to calculate individual dumping margins
for each known exporter and producer of the subject merchandise. Where
it is not practicable to examine all known producers/exporters of
subject merchandise, section 777A(c)(2) of the Act permits the
Department to examine either (1) a sample of exporters, producers or
types of products that is statistically valid based on the information
available at the time of selection; or (2) exporters and producers
accounting for the largest volume of the subject merchandise from the
exporting country that can be reasonably examined. Due to the large
number of firms requested for an administrative review and the
Department's experience regarding the resulting administrative burden
to review each company for which a request has been made, the
Department is considering exercising its authority to limit the number
of respondents selected for review using one of the two methods
described above.
Quantity and Value Questionnaire
In advance of issuance of the antidumping questionnaire, we will
also be requiring all parties for whom a review is requested to respond
to a Quantity and Value (``Q&V'') questionnaire, which will request
information on the respective quantity and U.S. dollar sales value of
all exports to the United States of wooden bedroom furniture during the
period of January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006. Additionally, in
the event sampling is employed, in order to determine a sampling method
that is representative of the sales under review, the Department will
require that each company complete the economic characteristics section
of the Q&V questionnaire. The Q&V questionnaire will be available on
the Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of
publication of this Federal Register. The responses to the Q&V
questionnaire are due to the Department no later than March 21, 2007.
Due to the time constraints imposed by our statutory and regulatory
deadlines, and the need to preserve the statistical validity of the
sampling methodology, the Department may not be able to grant any
extensions for the submission of the Q&V questionnaire. In responding
to the Q&V questionnaire, refer to the instructions contained in the
Q&V questionnaire.
Notice
This notice constitutes public notification to all firms requested
for review and seeking separate-rate status in this administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from
the PRC that they must submit a separate-rate status application or
certification (as appropriate) as described above, and a complete
response to the Q&V questionnaire within the time limits established in
this notice of initiation of administrative review in order to receive
consideration for separate-rate status. In other words, the Department
will not give consideration to any separate-rates certification or
separate rate-status application made by parties who fail to timely
respond to the Q&V questionnaire or fail to timely submit the requisite
separate-rate certification or application. All information submitted
by respondents in this administrative review is subject to
verification. To allow the possibility for sampling and to complete
this segment within the statutory time frame, the Department will be
limited in its ability to extend deadlines on the above submissions. As
noted above, the separate-rate certification, the separate-rate status
application, and the Q&V questionnaire will be available on the
Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of
publication of this Federal Register. However, the Department will also
issue, as a courtesy to the parties, a letter of notification of these
requirements to the parties requested for review.
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Instructions for filing such applications may be found on the
Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov.
This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: February 28, 2007.
Wendy J. Frankel,
Director AD/CVD Operations, Office 8 for Import Administration.
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