[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 220 (Thursday, November 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67133-67134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26976]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 13, 2008.
SUMMARY: On October 10, 2008, the United States Court of International 
Trade (``CIT'') sustained the Department of Commerce's (``Department'') 
final results of redetermination pursuant to the Department's voluntary 
remand. See Macau Youcheng Trading Co. and Zhongshan Youcheng Wooden 
Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd. v. United States Court No. 07-00322: Final 
Results Of Redetermination Pursuant To Voluntary Remand, dated October 
3, 2008 (``Youcheng v. United States''). Consistent with the decision 
of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 
(``CAFC'') in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (``Timken''), the Department is notifying the public that the 
final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's 
final results of the administrative review of the

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antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture (``WBF'') from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period of review 
(``POR'') of June 24, 2004, through December 31, 2005. See Amended 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper 
Reviews: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China, 
72 FR 46957 (August 22, 2007) (``Final Results''); and Second Amended 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture From the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 62834 (November 7, 
2007) (``Amended Final Results'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Veith, 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) 482-4295.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 22, 2007, the Department published 
its final results in the administrative review and on November 7, 2007, 
it published its amended final results. See Final Results and Amended 
Final Results. In the Final Results, the Department denied Macau 
Youcheng Trading Co. and Zhongshan Youcheng Wooden Arts and Crafts Co., 
Ltd. (collectively ``Youcheng'') a separate rate stating that Youcheng 
failed to demonstrate that it made a sale of subject merchandise during 
the POR because Youcheng did not provide proof of payment for its 
reported sales transaction. The Department's determination to deny 
Youcheng a separate rate in the Final Results remained unchanged in the 
Amended Final Results.
    On September 4, 2007, Youcheng filed a summons and complaint with 
the CIT challenging the Department's denial of a separate rate to 
Youcheng. On June 19, 2008, the Department requested a voluntary remand 
so that the Department could further analyze the record, explain its 
decision, and take such action as may be appropriate pertaining to the 
denial of separate-rate status to Youcheng. On June 20, 2008, the CIT 
granted the Department's voluntary remand motion. On August 22, 2008, 
we issued our draft redetermination pursuant to the remand to the 
interested parties for comment. On September 12, 2008, Petitioners\1\ 
and Youcheng provided comments on the Department's draft 
redetermination results.
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    \1\ American Furniture Manufacturers Committee for Legal Trade 
and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company, Inc.
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    On October 3, 2008, the Department issued its final results of 
redetermination pursuant to Youcheng v. United States. The remand 
redetermination explained that, in accordance with the CIT's 
instructions, the Department analyzed the record and reconsidered the 
Final Results and determined to grant separate-rate status to Youcheng. 
Based on this reconsideration, Youcheng's status from the final results 
changed from an entity considered as part of the PRC-wide entity and 
subject to the PRC-wide rate to an entity eligible for separate-rate 
status and having a separate rate. Accordingly, Youcheng's revised 
antidumping duty margin is the weighted-average margin of the mandatory 
respondents (i.e., 35.78 percent) in the administrative review.
    TIMKEN NOTICE:
    In its decision in Timken, the CAFC held that, pursuant to section 
516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the 
Department must publish a notice of a court decision that is not ``in 
harmony'' with a Department determination and must suspend liquidation 
of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. See Timken, 893 
F.2d at 341. The CIT's decision in Youcheng v. United States on October 
10, 2008, constitutes a final decision of that court that is not in 
harmony with the Department's Final Results and Amended Final Results. 
This notice is published in fulfillment of the publication requirements 
of Timken. Accordingly, the Department will continue the suspension of 
liquidation of the subject merchandise pending the expiration of the 
period of appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and conclusive court 
decision. In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed or, if 
appealed, upheld by the CAFC, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties based on the 
weighted average of the cash deposit rates calculated for the mandatory 
respondents (i.e., 35.78 percent) in the administrative review pursuant 
to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
516A(c)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 5, 2008.
David M. Spooner
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-26976 Filed 11-12-08; 8:45 am]
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