[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14437-14439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5415]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-888


Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts 
Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 11, 2007, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of the second 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on ironing tables 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Floor-Standing, 
Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 51781 (September 11, 2007) (``AR2 
Preliminary Results''). This review covers exports from Since Hardware 
(Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (``Since Hardware''). The period of review 
(``POR'') is August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006. For these final 
results, the Department revised and continued to apply the Since 
Hardware supplier price benchmark analysis. Furthermore, the Department 
revised its calculation of the surrogate financial ratios. Therefore, 
the final results differ from the preliminary results. See ``Final 
Results of Review'' section below.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 18, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Wong or Michael Quigley, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0409 or (202) 482-4047, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    We published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 
second administrative review on September 11, 2007. See AR2 Preliminary 
Results.
    Following the AR2 Preliminary Results, on October 1, 2007, Since 
Hardware submitted surrogate financial information to value factors of 
production. On October 11, 2007, Home Products International Inc. 
(``petitioner'') and Since Hardware submitted case briefs. On October 
16, 2007, both petitioner and Since Hardware also submitted rebuttal 
briefs.

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of this order, the product covered consists of floor-
standing, metal-top ironing tables, assembled or unassembled, complete 
or incomplete, and certain parts thereof. The subject tables are 
designed and used principally for the hand ironing or pressing of 
garments or other articles of fabric. The subject tables have full-
height leg assemblies that support the ironing surface at an 
appropriate (often adjustable) height above the floor. The subject 
tables are produced in a variety of leg finishes, such as painted, 
plated, or matte, and they are available with various features, 
including iron rests, linen racks, and others. The subject ironing 
tables may be sold with or without a pad and/or cover. All types and 
configurations of floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables are covered 
by this review.
    Furthermore, this order specifically covers imports of ironing 
tables, assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, and certain 
parts thereof. For purposes of this order, the term ``unassembled'' 
ironing table means a product requiring the attachment of the leg 
assembly to the top or the attachment of an included feature such as an 
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``complete'' ironing table means 
product sold as a ready-to-use ensemble consisting of the metal-top 
table and a pad and cover, with or without additional features, e.g. 
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``incomplete'' ironing table means 
product shipped or sold as a ``bare board'' i.e., a metal-top table 
only, without the pad and cover with or without additional features, 
e.g. iron rest or linen rack. The major parts or components of ironing 
tables that are intended to be covered by this order under the term 
``certain parts thereof'' consist of the metal top component (with or 
without assembled supports and slides) and/or the leg components, 
whether or not attached together as a leg assembly. The order covers 
separately shipped metal top components and leg components, without 
regard to whether the respective quantities would yield an exact 
quantity of assembled ironing tables.
    Ironing tables without legs (such as models that mount on walls or 
over doors) are not floor-standing and are specifically excluded. 
Additionally, tabletop or countertop models with short legs that do not 
exceed 12 inches in length (and which may or may not collapse or 
retract) are specifically excluded.
    The subject ironing tables were previously classified under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') subheading 
9403.20.0010. Effective July 1, 2003, the subject ironing tables are 
classified under new HTSUS subheading 9403.20.0011. The subject metal 
top and leg components are classified under HTSUS subheading 
9403.90.8040. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and for Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') purposes, 
the Department's written description of the scope remains dispositive.

Separate Rates

    Since Hardware requested a separate, company-specific antidumping 
duty rate. In the AR2 Preliminary Results, we found that Since Hardware 
had met the criteria for the application of a separate antidumping duty 
rate. Preliminary Results, 72 FR at 51782.
    We have not received any information since the Preliminary Results 
with respect to Since Hardware that would warrant reconsideration of 
our separate-rates determination. Therefore, we have assigned an 
individual dumping margin to Since Hardware for this review period.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the briefs are addressed in the Memorandum to 
David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, from 
Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, regarding the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
accompanying the Final Results in the 2005-2006 Administrative Review 
of Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof 
from

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the People's Republic of China, (February 10, 2008) (``I&D 
Memorandum''), which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the 
issues raised, all of which are in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 
is attached to this notice as Appendix I. Parties can find a complete 
discussion of all issues raised in the briefs and the corresponding 
recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file in the 
Central Records Unit (``CRU''), room 1117 of the Department of 
Commerce. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at http://trade.gov/ia. 
The paper copy and electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from interested parties, we have 
made company-specific changes to certain surrogate value calculations 
that affect the margin calculations for Since Hardware as discussed 
below.
1) Benchmark Methodology:
    For these final results, the Department has determined to apply the 
benchmark analysis consistent with the methodology applied in the 
preliminary results. However, for the Preliminary Results, the 
Department inadvertently failed to remove export sales into NME 
countries from the benchmark analysis. Therefore, for these final 
results, the Department corrected this inadvertent error and revised 
the benchmark analysis to exclude export sales into NME countries from 
the analysis. This is consistent with the Department's recent practice. 
See Oil Country Tubular Goods (``OCTG''), Other Than Drill Pipe, from 
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 
13091 and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 
``Issue: The use of China, a non-market economy, as the basis for 
normal value'' (March 14, 2006). See also, Husteel Company, Ltd. v. 
United States, CIT Court No. 06-00075 (where the Department is 
currently defending this position before the CIT). For a more detailed 
discussion, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3; and 
the March 10, 2008, Memorandum to the File; From Blaine Wiltse, 
International Trade Compliance Analyst and Bobby Wong, Senior 
International Trade Complaince Analyst; Regarding Second Antidumping 
Administrative Review of Floor-standing, Metal-top Ironing Tables and 
Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Since 
Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (``Since Hardware'') Analysis Memorandum 
for the Final Results, accompanying these final results.
2) Carriage Inward:
    For these final results, consistent the Department's practice in 
recent reviews, the Department has included Infiniti Modules freight-in 
expenses in the calculation of the denominator used to determine Since 
Hardware's surrogate financial ratios. See Folding Metal Tables and 
Chairs from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 71355 (December 18, 2007) 
(``Tables & Chairs Final''). For a more detailed discussion, see, 
Comment 2 of the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying these 
final results.
3) Plywood:
    In the preliminary results of the instant review, the Department 
inadvertently applied the incorrect harmonized tariff schedule code to 
value plywood. For these final results, the Department has corrected 
this clerical error (for further detail). See Comment 4 of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum accompanying these final results.

Final Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following antidumping duty 
margins exist:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Exporter                         Margin (percent)
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Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.................          0.34 % (de
                                                                minimis)
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    For details on the calculation of the antidumping duty weighted-
average margin for each company, see See March 10, 2008, Memorandum to 
the File; From Blaine Wiltse, International Trade Compliance Analyst 
and Bobby Wong, Senior International Trade Compliance Analyst; 
Regarding Second Antidumping Administrative Review of Floor-standing, 
Metal-top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's 
Republic of China: Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (``Since 
Hardware'') Analysis Memorandum for the Final Results. The public 
version of this memorandum is on file in the CRU.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act'') and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 
15 days after the date of publication of these final results of review. 
For assessment purposes, where possible, we calculated importer-
specific assessment rates for subject ironing tables from the PRC via 
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount 
of the dumping margins calculated for the examined sales to the total 
entered value of those same sales. We will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results of this administrative review for 
all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for Since 
Hardware, the Department has calculated a de minimis margin for these 
final results, and therefore no cash deposit will be required for this 
company; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC 
exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise 
that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, including 
those companies for which this review has been rescinded, the cash 
deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 157.68 percent; and (4) for 
all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the PRC exporters that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as the final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and in the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective 
order of proprietary

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information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO.
    This administrative review and this notice are published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 10, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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