[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 25 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6372-6385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2675]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper 
Reviews and Partial Rescission of Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture 
(``WBF'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The period of 
review (``POR'') is January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. This 
administrative review covers multiple exporters of the subject 
merchandise, two of which are being individually reviewed as mandatory 
respondents. The Department is also conducting two new shipper reviews 
for exporters/producers. The POR for the new shipper reviews is also 
January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007.
    We preliminarily determine that the mandatory respondents in the 
administrative review made sales in the United States at prices below 
normal value (``NV''). With respect to the remaining respondents in the 
administrative review, we preliminarily determine that 16 entities have 
provided sufficient evidence that they are separate from the state-
controlled entity, and we have established a weighted-average margin 
based on the rates we have calculated for the mandatory respondents, 
excluding any rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 
adverse facts available, to be applied to these separate rate 
entities.\1\ Further, we preliminarily determine that the remaining six 
respondents in the administrative review have not demonstrated that 
they are entitled to a separate rate, and thus are considered part of 
the PRC entity. Finally, we preliminarily determine that the new 
shippers have not made sales in the United States at less than NV. If 
these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, 
we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess 
antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise during the POR for 
which the importer-specific assessment rates are above de minimis.
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    \1\ These 16 entities do not include the two new shipper 
respondents, one of whom is also subject to the administrative 
review. Both new shipper respondents have demonstrated that they are 
separate from the state-controlled entity; however, their margins 
will be based on the results of their respective new shipper 
reviews.
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    We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results. Parties who submit comments are requested to submit with each 
argument a statement of the issue and a brief summary of the argument. 
We intend to issue the final results of this review no later than 120 
days from the date of publication of this notice.

DATES: Effective Date: February 9, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz, or Sergio 
Balbont[iacute]n, 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) 482-4474 and (202) 482-6478, respectively.

Background

    On January 4, 2005, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from 
the PRC. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture 
from the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005) 
(``Order''). Our first notice to the public that we were initiating an 
administrative review with respect to wooden bedroom furniture was 
published on February 27, 2008, wherein we stated, in a footnote, that 
we would subsequently publish a separate initiation notice identifying 
all the exporters under review. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 10422 (February 27, 
2008). On March 7, 2008, the Department published in the Federal 
Register this subsequent notice of initiation of administrative review, 
wherein we identified the exporters under review by name. See Notice of 
Initiation of Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 
12387 (March 7, 2008) (``AR Initiation Notice''). Additionally on March 
7, 2008, the Department initiated new shipper reviews with respect to 
the following exporter/producer combinations: 1) Golden Well 
International (HK), Ltd./Zhangzhou XYM Furniture Product Co., Ltd. 
(collectively ``Golden Well''); and 2) Dongguan Sunshine Furniture Co., 
Ltd./Dongguan Sunshine Furniture Co., Ltd. (``Sunshine''). See Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China; Initiation of 
New Shipper Reviews, 73 FR 12392 (March 7, 2008) (``NS Initiation 
Notice'').
    In the AR Initiation Notice, parties were notified that, due to the 
large number of firms requested for this administrative review and the 
resulting administrative burden of reviewing each company, the 
Department considered exercising its authority to limit the number of 
respondents selected for review in accordance with section 777A(c)(2) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). Accordingly, the 
Department requested that all companies listed in the AR Initiation 
Notice wishing to qualify for separate rate status in this 
administrative review complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate 
application or certification.\2\ The Department also

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stated in the AR Initiation Notice its intention to select respondents 
based on CBP data for U.S. imports for the POR. As such, the Department 
stated that companies for which a review was initiated should notify 
the Department within 30 days of publication of this notice if they had 
no shipments, entries, or sales of the subject merchandise under 
consideration during the POR.
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    \2\ In order to demonstrate separate rate eligibility, the 
Department requires companies for which a review was requested that 
were assigned a separate rate in the previous segment of this 
proceeding to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for 
obtaining a separate rate. See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts 
Thereof, Finished or Unfinished, from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of 2005-2006 Administrative Review and Partial 
Rescission of Review, 72 FR 56724 (October 4, 2007) (``TRBs 2007'') 
which was upheld by the Court of International Trade (``CIT'') in 
Peer Bearing Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 08-134 (Ct. Int'l Trade 
2008) (``Peer Bearing''). For companies that have not previously 
been assigned a separate rate, the Department requires that they 
demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate by submitting a separate 
rate application.
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    For this administrative review, the Department determined to use 
value of exports instead of volume of exports in selecting the largest 
exporters. The Department based this determination on the fact that CBP 
data for volume of imports were reported in differing units of measure 
(e.g., pieces, cubic meters, etc.) across the exporters and the 
Department did not have the information to convert the data into an 
equivalent unit of measure for all relevant imports. See Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 
People's Republic of China: Selection of Respondents, dated July 31, 
2008 (``Selection of Respondents Memorandum''). On July 31, 2008, the 
Department selected: (1) Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd., 
(a.k.a., Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.) (``Yihua Timber''); and (2) 
Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trading Co., Ltd. 
(``Orient International'') as mandatory respondents in this 
administrative review. See Selection of Respondents Memorandum.
    On August 21, 2008, the Department issued its questionnaire to 
Yihua Timber and Orient International. See below for mandatory 
respondent-specific chronologies. On September 18, 2008, Orient 
International stated that it would no longer be participating in this 
administrative review, except with respect to briefing and a hearing, 
if held. See Letter from Orient International, dated September 18, 
2008.
    On August 22, 2008, the Department aligned the deadlines and the 
time limits of the new shipper reviews of WBF with the administrative 
review of WBF. See Memorandum to the File, ``Wooden Bedroom Furniture 
from the People's Republic of China: Alignment of the 1/1/2007-12/31/
2007 Annual Administrative Review and the 1/1/2007-12/31/2007 New 
Shipper Review,'' dated August 22, 2008.
    Between March 7, 2008, and June 5, 2008, several parties withdrew 
their requests for administrative review. On August 25, 2008, the 
Department published a notice rescinding the review with respect to the 
entities for which all review requests had been withdrawn. See Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 
49990 (August 25, 2008).
    On September 16, 2008, the Department requested comments on 
surrogate country selection from all interested parties. On September 
30, 2008, domestic interested parties, the American Furniture 
Manufacturers Committee for Legal Trade and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture 
Company, Inc. (``Petitioners'') provided information regarding the 
selection of a surrogate country.\3\ Also, on September 30, 2008, Yihua 
Timber submitted comments regarding the selection of a surrogate 
country.\4\ On October 7, 2008, the Department received rebuttal 
surrogate country comments from both the Petitioners \5\ and Yihua 
Timber.\6\ On October 17, 2008, Petitioners' submitted a reply to Yihua 
Timber's October 7, 2008, rebuttal comments.\7\ Also, on October 17, 
2008, Yihua Timber responded to Petitioner's October 7, 2008, rebuttal 
comments.\8\ On October 27, 2008, Petitioners submitted further 
rebuttal comments to Yihua Timber's October 17, 2008, submission.\9\ No 
other party to the proceeding submitted information or comments 
concerning the selection of a surrogate country.
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    \3\ See Letter from Petitioners titled, ``Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture From China Surrogate Country Comments,'' dated September 
30, 2008.
    \4\ See Letter from Yihua Timber titled, ``Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from the People's Republic of China, A-570-890: Comments 
on Surrogate Country Selection,'' dated September 30, 2008.
    \5\ See Letter from Petitioners titled, ``Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture From China: Rebuttal Surrogate Country Comments,'' dated 
October 7, 2008.
    \6\ See Letter from Yihua Timber titled, ``Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from the People's Republic of China, A-570-890: Rebuttal 
Comments on Surrogate Country Selection,'' dated October 7, 2008.
    \7\ See Letter from Petitioners titled, ``Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from China: Petitioners' Reply To Yihua Timber's Rebuttal 
Comments On Surrogate Country Selection,'' dated October 17, 2008.
    \8\ See Letter from Yihua Timber titled, ``Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from the People's Republic of China, A-570-890: Further 
Rebuttal Comments on Surrogate Country Selection,'' dated October 
17, 2008.
    \9\ See Letter from Petitioners titled, ``Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from China: Petitioners' Reply to Yihua Timber's Further 
Rebuttal Comments On Surrogate Country Selection,'' dated October 
27, 2008.
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    On October 6, 2008, the Department extended the deadline for the 
issuance of the preliminary results of the administrative review and 
new shipper reviews until January 30, 2008. See Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limits 
for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and New Shipper Reviews, 73 FR 58113 (October 6, 2008).
    Between March 13, 2008 and April 4, 2008, Petitioners and Kimball 
International, Inc., Kimball Furniture Group, Inc., and Kimball 
Hospitality Inc. (collectively ``Kimball'') submitted numerous comments 
pertaining to Kimball's standing as a domestic interested party. On 
November 4, 2008, the Department found that Kimball is a U.S. producer 
of wooden bedroom furniture for purposes of this antidumping 
administrative review and thus has standing as a U.S. producer of the 
like product to request administrative reviews of foreign exporters. 
See Memorandum to the File ``Whether Kimball International, Inc., 
Kimball Furniture Group, Inc. and Kimball Hospitality, Inc. 
(collectively, ``Kimball'') is a U.S. Domestic Producer of Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture: Administrative Review of Wooden Bedroom Furniture 
from the People's Republic of China'' (November 4, 2008).
    On January 9, 2009, Lifestyle Enterprise, Inc. (``Lifestyle'') and 
Trade Masters of Texas, Inc. (``Trade Masters'') submitted comments 
arguing that the Department's current WBF administrative review is 
unlawful and must therefore be rescinded. See Letter from Lifestyle and 
Trade Masters, dated January 9, 2009. Lifestyle and Trade Masters 
asserted that the Department's administrative review is unlawful 
because, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department is 
required to ``publish notice of initiation of the review no later than 
the last day of the month following the anniversary month.'' Lifestyle 
and Trade Masters further stated that 19 CFR 351.102(b) defines the 
``anniversary month'' as ``the calendar month in which the anniversary 
of the date of publication of an order or suspension of investigation 
occurs,'' and thus, in this case the Department should have published 
its initiation notice by February 29, 2008. Additionally, Lifestyle and 
Trade Masters state that, on February 27, 2008, the Department 
published a notice in the Federal Register indicating that it was 
initiating a review, but then, in contradiction, stated that ``the 
administrative review for {case A-570-890{time}  will be published in a 
separate initiation notice.'' Lifestyle and Trade Masters contend that 
on March 7, 2008, eight days after the deadline for initiating the 
review according to its own regulations, the Department published its 
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review. Lifestyle and Trade Masters therefore assert that the 
Department failed to initiate this review by the deadline in its own 
regulations, and accordingly, the review is unlawful and must be 
rescinded and terminated.
    On January 16, 2009, Petitioners rebutted Lifestyle and Trade 
Masters submission. Petitioners stated the following: (1) The 
Department notice was timely filed; (2) the Act mandates an 
administrative review; and (3) the Department's practice has been to 
initiate a review, even if past the regulations deadline. See Letter 
from Petitioners, ``Pre-Preliminary Comments,'' dated January 16, 2009.
    We have determined that our notice was timely and complied with our 
regulations for the following reasons. Our first notice to the public 
that we were initiating an administrative review with respect to wooden 
bedroom furniture published on February 27, 2008, prior to the close of 
the month following the anniversary month of the order. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 
10422 (February 27, 2008). Although this notice did not contain the 
list of all of the exporters under review, a footnote to this notice 
stated that we would publish a separate initiation notice for this 
review. That subsequent notice, which listed all of the exporters under 
review, was published on March 7, 2008. Additionally, section 751 of 
the Act requires the Department to conduct an administrative review 
when timely and properly requested, as was done by multiple parties for 
this review. Thus, the Department was under an obligation to conduct an 
administrative review. Further, the Department has established its 
practice in regards to this proceeding; in two prior administrative 
reviews, the Department has published its initiation notice after the 
last day of the month following the anniversary month. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administraive Reviews, 72 FR 
8969 (February 28, 2007); Notice of Initiation of Administrative Review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 
People's Republic of China, 72 FR 10159 (March 7, 2007); Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administraive Reviews, 71 FR 9519 
(February 24, 2006); Notice of Initiation of Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 
People's Republic of China, 71 FR 11394 (March 7, 2006). Furthermore, 
the Department has, on occasion, initiated an administrative review 
after the close of the month following the anniversary month of the 
relevant antidumping duty order. For example, when the Department has 
inadvertently omitted a case from the appropriate monthly initiation 
notice, the Department has initiated the review in the subsequent 
monthly initiation notice, notifying the public of its inadvertent 
omission from the prior month's initiation notice (i.e., first 
publishing the notice of initiation for that review after the close of 
the month following the anniversary month of the respective order). 
See, e.g., Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 56745 
(September 22, 2004); Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 30282 
(May 27, 2004). Therefore, consistent with Department practice, we have 
determined to continue with this administrative review.
    Moreover, Lifestyle and Trade Masters do not claim that they were 
prejudiced by the alleged untimely notice. See Letter from Lifestyle 
and Trade Masters, dated January 9, 2009. Although their February 29, 
2008, application for confidential information under Administrative 
Protective Order (``APO'') was rejected by the Department on the 
grounds that the application was untimely, Lifestyle and Trade Masters' 
subsequent application for APO access, submitted November 25, 2008, was 
granted by the Department on December 3, 2008. Thus, there is no 
evidence that Lifestyle and Trade Masters were denied due process 
because their initial APO application was rejected, nor is there 
evidence that Lifestyle and Trade Masters suffered any actual harm due 
to the Department's allegedly untimely initiation of this review.
    As noted above, the Department issued its antidumping questionnaire 
to the two mandatory respondents and two new shippers. Upon receipt of 
the various responses, the Department issued supplemental 
questionnaires. Yihua Timber, Golden Well, and Sunshine timely 
responded to the original and supplemental questionnaires.
    On September 11, 2008, Orient International timely submitted its 
response to section A of the original questionnaire. However, on 
September 18, 2008, Orient International submitted a statement that it 
would no longer participate in this administrative review and did not 
respond to either sections C or D of the antidumping duty 
questionnaire.
    On January 14, 2009, the Department requested that Golden Well 
place its new shipper review response to section A of the original 
questionnaire and its response to the section A supplemental 
questionnaires on the administrative review record. See Memorandum to 
the File: Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review on Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Request for Greenberg 
Traurig to Place Responses to Section A and Section A Supplemental 
Questionnaires on the Administrative Review Record, dated January 14, 
2009.

Period of Review

    The POR is January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the order is wooden bedroom furniture. 
Wooden bedroom furniture is generally, but not exclusively, designed, 
manufactured, and offered for sale in coordinated groups, or bedrooms, 
in which all of the individual pieces are of approximately the same 
style and approximately the same material and/or finish. The subject 
merchandise is made substantially of wood products, including both 
solid wood and also engineered wood products made from wood particles, 
fibers, or other wooden materials such as plywood, strand board, 
particle board, and fiberboard, with or without wood veneers, wood 
overlays, or laminates, with or without non-wood components or trim 
such as metal, marble, leather, glass, plastic, or other resins, and 
whether or not assembled, completed, or finished.
    The subject merchandise includes the following items: (1) Wooden 
beds such as loft beds, bunk beds, and other beds; (2) wooden 
headboards for beds (whether stand-alone or attached to side rails), 
wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden 
canopies for beds; (3) night tables, night stands, dressers, commodes, 
bureaus, mule chests, gentlemen's chests, bachelor's chests, lingerie 
chests, wardrobes, vanities, chessers, chifforobes, and wardrobe-type 
cabinets; (4) dressers with framed glass mirrors that are attached to, 
incorporated in, sit on, or hang over the dresser; (5) chests-

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on-chests,\10\ highboys,\11\ lowboys,\12\ chests of drawers,\13\ 
chests,\14\ door chests,\15\ chiffoniers,\16\ hutches,\17\ and 
armoires; \18\ (6) desks, computer stands, filing cabinets, book cases, 
or writing tables that are attached to or incorporated in the subject 
merchandise; and (7) other bedroom furniture consistent with the above 
list.
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    \10\ A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-of-drawers in 
two or more sections (or appearing to be in two or more sections), 
with one or two sections mounted (or appearing to be mounted) on a 
slightly larger chest; also known as a tallboy.
    \11\ A highboy is typically a tall chest of drawers usually 
composed of a base and a top section with drawers, and supported on 
four legs or a small chest (often 15 inches or more in height).
    \12\ A lowboy is typically a short chest of drawers, not more 
than four feet high, normally set on short legs.
    \13\ A chest of drawers is typically a case containing drawers 
for storing clothing.
    \14\ A chest is typically a case piece taller than it is wide 
featuring a series of drawers and with or without one or more doors 
for storing clothing. The piece can either include drawers or be 
designed as a large box incorporating a lid.
    \15\ A door chest is typically a chest with hinged doors to 
store clothing, whether or not containing drawers. The piece may 
also include shelves for televisions and other entertainment 
electronics.
    \16\ A chiffonier is typically a tall and narrow chest of 
drawers normally used for storing undergarments and lingerie, often 
with mirror(s) attached.
    \17\ A hutch is typically an open case of furniture with shelves 
that typically sits on another piece of furniture and provides 
storage for clothes.
    \18\ An armoire is typically a tall cabinet or wardrobe 
(typically 50 inches or taller), with doors, and with one or more 
drawers (either exterior below or above the doors or interior behind 
the doors), shelves, and/or garment rods or other apparatus for 
storing clothes. Bedroom armoires may also be used to hold 
television receivers and/or other audio-visual entertainment 
systems.
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    The scope of the order excludes the following items: (1) Seats, 
chairs, benches, couches, sofas, sofa beds, stools, and other seating 
furniture; (2) mattresses, mattress supports (including box springs), 
infant cribs, water beds, and futon frames; (3) office furniture, such 
as desks, stand-up desks, computer cabinets, filing cabinets, 
credenzas, and bookcases; (4) dining room or kitchen furniture such as 
dining tables, chairs, servers, sideboards, buffets, corner cabinets, 
china cabinets, and china hutches; (5) other non-bedroom furniture, 
such as television cabinets, cocktail tables, end tables, occasional 
tables, wall systems, book cases, and entertainment systems; (6) 
bedroom furniture made primarily of wicker, cane, osier, bamboo or 
rattan; (7) side rails for beds made of metal if sold separately from 
the headboard and footboard; (8) bedroom furniture in which bentwood 
parts predominate; \19\ (9) jewelry armoires; \20\ (10) cheval mirrors; 
\21\ (11) certain metal parts; \22\ (12) mirrors that do not attach to, 
incorporate in, sit on, or hang over a dresser if they are not designed 
and marketed to be sold in conjunction with a dresser as part of a 
dresser-mirror set; and (13) upholstered beds.\23\
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    \19\ As used herein, bentwood means solid wood made pliable. 
Bentwood is wood that is brought to a curved shape by bending it 
while made pliable with moist heat or other agency and then set by 
cooling or drying. See Customs' Headquarters' Ruling Letter 043859, 
dated May 17, 1976.
    \20\ Any armoire, cabinet or other accent item for the purpose 
of storing jewelry, not to exceed 24'' in width, 18'' in depth, and 
49'' in height, including a minimum of 5 lined drawers lined with 
felt or felt-like material, at least one side door (whether or not 
the door is lined with felt or felt-like material), with necklace 
hangers, and a flip-top lid with inset mirror. See Issues and 
Decision Memorandum from Laurel LaCivita to Laurie Parkhill, Office 
Director, Concerning Jewelry Armoires and Cheval Mirrors in the 
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 
People's Republic of China, dated August 31, 2004. See also Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation in 
Part, 71 FR 38621 (July 7, 2006).
    \21\ Cheval mirrors are any framed, tiltable mirror with a 
height in excess of 50'' that is mounted on a floor-standing, hinged 
base. Additionally, the scope of the order excludes combination 
cheval mirror/jewelry cabinets. The excluded merchandise is an 
integrated piece consisting of a cheval mirror, i.e., a framed 
tiltable mirror with a height in excess of 50 inches, mounted on a 
floor-standing, hinged base, the cheval mirror serving as a door to 
a cabinet back that is integral to the structure of the mirror and 
which constitutes a jewelry cabinet lined with fabric, having 
necklace and bracelet hooks, mountings for rings and shelves, with 
or without a working lock and key to secure the contents of the 
jewelry cabinet back to the cheval mirror, and no drawers anywhere 
on the integrated piece. The fully assembled piece must be at least 
50 inches in height, 14.5 inches in width, and 3 inches in depth. 
See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Determination To 
Revoke Order in Part, 72 FR 948 (January 9, 2007).
    \22\ Metal furniture parts and unfinished furniture parts made 
of wood products (as defined above) that are not otherwise 
specifically named in this scope (i.e., wooden headboards for beds, 
wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden 
canopies for beds) and that do not possess the essential character 
of wooden bedroom furniture in an unassembled, incomplete, or 
unfinished form. Such parts are usually classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') 
subheading 9403.90.7000.
    \23\ Upholstered beds that are completely upholstered, i.e., 
containing filling material and completely covered in sewn genuine 
leather, synthetic leather, or natural or synthetic decorative 
fabric. To be excluded, the entire bed (headboards, footboards, and 
side rails) must be upholstered except for bed feet, which may be of 
wood, metal, or any other material and which are no more than nine 
inches in height from the floor. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review and Determination to Revoke Order in Part, 72 
FR 7013 (February 14, 2007).
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    Imports of subject merchandise are classified under subheading 
9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS as ``wooden * * * beds'' and under subheading 
9403.50.9080 of the HTSUS as ``other * * * wooden furniture of a kind 
used in the bedroom.'' In addition, wooden headboards for beds, wooden 
footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden canopies 
for beds may also be entered under subheading 9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS 
as ``parts of wood'' and framed glass mirrors may also be entered under 
subheading 7009.92.5000 of the HTSUS as ``glass mirrors * * * framed.'' 
This order covers all wooden bedroom furniture meeting the above 
description, regardless of tariff classification. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our 
written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

Bona Fide Analysis

    Consistent with the Department's practice, the Department 
investigated the bona fide nature of the sales made by Golden Well and 
Sunshine for these reviews. In evaluating whether or not sales in an 
NSR are commercially reasonable, and therefore bona fide, the 
Department considers, inter alia, such factors as: (1) The timing of 
the sale(s); (2) the price and quantity of the sale(s); (3) the 
expenses arising from the transaction(s); (4) whether the goods were 
resold at a profit; and (5) whether the transaction(s) was (were) made 
on an arm's-length basis. See, e.g., Tianjin Tiancheng Pharmaceutical 
Co., Ltd. v. United States, 366 F. Supp. 2d 1246, 1250 (Ct. Int'l Trade 
2005). Accordingly, the Department considers a number of factors in its 
bona fide analysis, ``all of which may speak to the commercial 
realities surrounding an alleged sale of subject merchandise.'' See 
Hebei New Donghua Amino Acid Co., Ltd. v. United States, 374 F. Supp. 
2d 1333, 1342 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2005) (citing Fresh Garlic From the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Administrative 
Review and Rescission of New Shipper Review, 67 FR 11283 (March 13, 
2002), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum).
    The Department preliminarily finds that the new shipper sales made 
by Golden Well and Sunshine are bona fide for antidumping purposes. 
Specifically, the Department finds that: (1) The price and quantity of 
each new shipper sale was within the range of the prices and quantities 
of other entries of subject merchandise from the PRC into the United 
States during the POR; (2) the new shippers and their respective 
customers did not incur any extraordinary expenses arising from the 
transactions; (3) each new shipper sale was made between unaffiliated 
parties at arm's length; (4) the record evidence indicates that each 
new shipper sale was based on commercial principles; (5) the 
merchandise was resold at a profit; and (6) the timing of each of the 
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shipper sales does not indicate the sales were made on a non-bona fide 
basis. See Memorandum to the File ``Antidumping Duty New Shipper 
Reviews of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of 
China: Bona Fide Nature of the Sales Under Review for Dongguan Sunshine 
Furniture Co., Ltd. and Golden Well International (HK), Ltd.,'' dated 
January 30, 2009. Therefore, the Department has preliminarily found 
that Golden Well's and Sunshine's sales of subject merchandise to the 
United States were bona fide for purposes of these NSRs.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    On October 8 and 10, 2008, RiZhao SanMu Woodworking Co., Ltd. 
(``SanMu'') and Petitioners, respectively, withdrew their 
administrative review requests with respect to SanMu. Although both 
parties submitted their withdrawal requests after the 90-day regulatory 
deadline at 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department had already completed 
its selection of mandatory respondents and SanMu was not selected as a 
mandatory respondent in this administrative review. Therefore, the 
Department's selection process of the mandatory respondents for this 
administrative review was not compromised by the timing of the review 
request withdrawals. Furthermore, the Department had not expended any 
resources in its review of SanMu as of the date the parties withdrew 
their requests for review. Therefore, the Department is rescinding the 
administrative review with respect to SanMu.
    The Department is also rescinding this review with respect to 
Shanghai Aosen Furniture Co., Ltd., and Yeh Brothers World Trade Inc. 
as each submitted ``no shipment'' letters on April 7, 2008, and the 
Department's review of the CBP import data did not reveal any 
contradictory information. See ``No Shipment'' Letters from Shanghai 
Aosen Furniture Co., Ltd., and Yeh Brothers World Trade Inc., dated 
April 7, 2008.

Non-Market Economy Country Status

    In every case conducted by the Department involving the PRC, the 
PRC has been treated as a non-market economy (``NME'') country. In 
accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination 
that a foreign country is an NME country shall remain in effect until 
revoked by the administering authority. See, e.g., Tapered Roller 
Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results 2001-2002 Administrative Review 
and Partial Rescission of Review, 68 FR 7500 (February 14, 2003). None 
of the parties to this proceeding have contested such treatment. 
Accordingly, the Department calculated NV in accordance with section 
773(c) of the Act, which applies to NME countries.

Surrogate Country

    When investigating imports from an NME country, section 773(c)(1) 
of the Act directs the Department to base NV on the NME producer's 
factors of production (``FOP''). The Act further instructs that 
valuation of the FOPs is to be based on the best available information 
in a surrogate market economy country or countries considered to be 
appropriate by the Department. See section 773(c)(1) of the Act. When 
valuing the FOPs, the Department utilizes, to the extent possible, the 
prices or costs of FOPs in one or more market economy countries that 
is: (1) At a level of economic development comparable to that of the 
NME country; and (2) has significant production of comparable 
merchandise. See Section 773(c)(4) of the Act. Further, the Department 
typically values all FOPs in a single surrogate country. See 19 CFR 
351.408(c)(2). The sources of the surrogate values (``SV'') are 
discussed under the NV section below and in the Memorandum to the File, 
``2007 Administrative and New Shipper Reviews of Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Surrogate Value 
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results'' (``Factor Valuation 
Memorandum''), which is on file in the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), 
Room 1117 of the main Department building.
    In examining which country to select as its primary surrogate for 
this proceeding, the Department first determined that India, Indonesia, 
the Philippines, Colombia, and Thailand are at a level of economic 
development comparable to the PRC. See ``Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's 
Republic of China: Request for a List of Surrogate Countries,'' dated 
September 2, 2008 (``Surrogate Country Memo''). As stated, both 
Petitioners and Yihua Timber submitted comments on surrogate country 
selection. Petitioners argue that India is the appropriate surrogate 
country, while Yihua Timber argues that the Philippines should be used.
    After evaluating the interested parties' comments, the Department 
determined that the Philippines and India are both: (1) At a level of 
economic development comparable to the PRC; (2) significant producers 
of comparable merchandise; and (3) provide contemporaneous publicly 
available data to value FOPs. Because the data from both India and the 
Philippines is relatively equal in terms of quality, availability, and 
general contemporaneity, we have broadened our analysis. Specifically, 
we have determined that the Philippine surrogate financial data provide 
for greater contemporaneity with the POR than the Indian surrogate 
financial data. Further, we note that we selected the Philippines as 
the primary surrogate country in the prior segment of this proceeding. 
For a complete discussion, see Memorandum to the File: Third 
Administrative Review and Fifth New Shipper Reviews of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of 
China: Surrogate Country Selection--Period of Review 1/1/07-12/31/07 
(January 30, 2009). Accordingly, the Department has calculated NV using 
Philippine prices to value the respondents' FOPs, when available and 
appropriate. The Department has obtained and relied upon publicly 
available information wherever possible. See Factor Valuation 
Memorandum. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), interested 
parties may submit publicly available information to value FOPs until 
20 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results.

Separate Rates

    In the AR Initiation Notice, the Department notified parties of the 
recent application process by which exporters and producers may obtain 
separate-rate status in NME investigations. See AR Initiation Notice. 
The process requires exporters and producers to submit a separate-rate 
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    \24\ See also Policy Bulletin 05.1: Separate-Rate Practice and 
Application of Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigations 
involving Non-Market Economy Countries, (April 5, 2005), at 6, 
available at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. (``Policy 
Bulletin 05.1''). Policy Bulletin 05.1 states, in relevant part, ``* 
* * while continuing the practice of assigning separate rates only 
to exporters, all separate rates that the Department will now assign 
in its NME investigations will be specific to those producers that 
supplied the exporter during the period of investigation. Note, 
however, that one rate is calculated for the exporter and all of the 
producers which supplied subject merchandise to it during the period 
of investigation. This practice applied both to mandatory 
respondents receiving an individually calculated separate rate as 
well as the pool of non-investigated firms receiving the weighted-
average of the individually calculated rates. This practice is 
referred to as the application of ``combination rates'' because such 
rates apply to specific combinations of exporters and one or more 
producers. The cash-deposit rate assigned to an exporter will apply 
only to merchandise both exported by the firm in question and 
produced by a firm that supplied the exporter during the period of 
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    In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department has a 
rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are 
subject to government control and thus should be assessed a single 
antidumping duty rate. It is the Department's policy to assign all 
exporters of subject merchandise 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. Exporters can demonstrate this 
independence through the absence of both de jure and de facto 
governmental control over export activities. The Department analyzes 
each entity exporting the subject merchandise under a test arising from 
the Notice of 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 further developed in Notice of 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''). However, if the Department determines that a company is 
wholly foreign-owned or located in a market economy, then a separate 
rate analysis is not necessary to determine whether it is independent 
from government control.

A. Separate Rate Recipients

1. Wholly Foreign-Owned
    Nine separate-rate applicants in the administrative review and one 
new shipper respondent provided evidence that they are wholly owned by 
individuals or companies located in a market economy in their separate-
rate applications/certifications (collectively ``Foreign-owned SR 
Applicants''). Therefore, because they are wholly foreign-owned and the 
Department has no evidence indicating that they are under the control 
of the PRC, a separate rates analysis is not necessary to determine 
whether these companies are independent from government control. See 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Creatine Monohydrate from the People's Republic of China, 64 FR 71104 
(December 20, 1999) (where the respondent was wholly foreign-owned, and 
thus, qualified for a separate rate). Accordingly, the Department has 
preliminarily granted a separate rate to these Foreign-owned SR 
Applicants. See Preliminary Results of Review section below for 
companies marked See Preliminary Results of Review with a ``[caret]'' 
designating these companies as wholly foreign-owned (collectively 
``Foreign-owned SR Recipients'').
2. Located in a Market Economy With No PRC Ownership
    None of the separate-rate applicants in this administrative review 
are located outside the PRC.
3. Joint Ventures Between Chinese and Foreign Companies or Wholly 
Chinese-Owned Companies
    Seven of the separate-rate applicants in this administrative review 
and one of the new shipper respondents stated that they are either 
joint ventures between Chinese and foreign companies or are wholly 
Chinese-owned companies (collectively PRC SR Applicants). The 
Department has analyzed whether each PRC SR Applicant has demonstrated 
the absence of de jure and de facto governmental control over its 
respective export activities.
a. Absence of De Jure Control
    The Department considers the following de jure criteria in 
determining whether an individual company may be granted a separate 
rate: (1) An absence of restrictive stipulations associated with an 
individual exporter's business and export license; (2) legislative 
enactments decentralizing control of companies; and (3) other formal 
measures by the government decentralizing control of companies. See 
Sparklers, 56 FR at 20589.
    The evidence provided by the eight PRC SR Applicants supports a 
preliminary finding of de jure absence of governmental control based on 
the following: (1) An absence of restrictive stipulations associated 
with the individual exporters' business and export licenses; (2) there 
are applicable legislative enactments decentralizing control of PRC 
companies; and (3) there are formal measures by the government 
decentralizing control of PRC companies.
b. Absence of De Facto Control
    The Department considers four factors in evaluating whether each 
respondent is subject to de facto governmental control of its export 
functions: (1) Whether the export prices are set by or are subject to 
the approval of a governmental agency; (2) whether the respondent has 
authority to negotiate and sign contracts and other agreements; (3) 
whether the respondent has autonomy from the government in making 
decisions regarding the selection of management; and (4) whether the 
respondent retains the proceeds of its export sales and makes 
independent decisions regarding disposition of profits or financing of 
losses. See Silicon Carbide, 59 FR at 22586-87; see also Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Furfuryl Alcohol 
From the People's Republic of China, 60 FR 22544, 22545 (May 8, 1995). 
The Department has determined that an analysis of de facto control is 
critical in determining whether respondents are, in fact, subject to a 
degree of governmental control which would preclude the Department from 
assigning separate rates.
    The evidence provided by the eight SR Applicants supports a 
preliminary finding of de facto absence of governmental control based 
on the following: (1) An absence of restrictive governmental control on 
the PRC SR Applicants' export prices; (2) a showing of the PRC SR 
Applicants' authority to negotiate and sign contracts and other 
agreements; (3) a showing that the PRC SR Applicants maintain autonomy 
from the government in making decisions regarding the selection of 
management; and (4) a showing that the PRC SR Applicants retain the 
proceeds of their respective export sales and make independent 
decisions regarding disposition of profits or financing of losses.
    In all, the evidence placed on the record of this investigation by 
the eight PRC SR Applicants demonstrates an absence of de jure and de 
facto government control, in accordance with the criteria identified in 
Sparklers and Silicon Carbide. Accordingly, the Department has 
preliminarily granted a separate rate to the PRC SR Applicants. See 
``Preliminary Results of Review'' section below for companies marked 
with an ``*'' designating these companies as joint ventures between 
Chinese and foreign companies or wholly Chinese-owned companies 
(collectively referred to as ``PRC SR Recipients'').

B. Companies Not Receiving a Separate Rate

    In the AR Initiation Notice, we requested that all companies listed 
therein wishing to qualify for separate rate status in this 
administrative review submit, as appropriate, either a separate rate 
status application or certification. See AR Initiation Notice. The 
following five exporters did not provide, as appropriate, either a 
separate rate application or certification: (1) Dongguan Bon Ten 
Furniture Co., Ltd. (``Bon Ten''); (2) Dongguan Qingxi Xinyi Craft 
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Factory) (``Joyce Art''); (3) Tianjin Sande Fairwood Furniture Co. Ltd. 
(``Sande''); (4) Yida Co. Ltd., Yitai Worldwide Ltd., Yili Co., Ltd., 
and Yetbuild Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Yida''); and (5) Hamilton & 
Spill, Ltd. (``Hamilton''), and therefore have not demonstrated their 
eligibility for separate rate status in this administrative review.
    Therefore, the Department preliminarily determines that there were 
exports of merchandise under review from PRC exporters that did not 
demonstrate their eligibility for separate-rate status. As a result, 
the Department is treating these PRC exporters as part of the PRC-wide 
entity.
    Further, on April 4, 2008, Dream Rooms Furniture (Shanghai) Co., 
Ltd. (``Dream Rooms'') submitted a separate rate certification to the 
Department. See Letter from Dream Rooms, dated April 4, 2008. On June 
24, 2008, White & Case LLP (``White & Case'') withdrew its notice of 
appearance on behalf of Dream Rooms. See Letter from White & Case, 
dated June 14, 2008. On January 7, 2009, the Department issued a 
supplemental questionnaire to Dream Rooms requiring clarification of 
the information that Dream Rooms submitted in its separate rate 
certification. See the Department's January 7, 2009, supplemental 
questionnaire to Dream Rooms. In the absence of legal representation in 
the United States, the Department attempted to contact Dream Rooms via 
direct mail. However, Dream Rooms failed to respond to this 
supplemental questionnaire.
    Because Dream Rooms did not respond to the Department's request for 
clarification regarding its separate rate certification on the record 
of this review, the Department is unable to determine if Dream Rooms 
operates free from PRC government control for purposes of this review. 
It is the Department's practice to require a party to submit the 
evidence necessary for the Department to determine that it operates 
independently of the state-controlled entity in each segment of a 
proceeding in which it requests separate rate status. See TRBs 2007 and 
Peer Bearing. Thus, because Dream Rooms' separate-rate certification is 
deficient, Dream Rooms has not demonstrated its eligibility for 
separate-rate status in this administrative review. See section 
776(a)(2)(D) of the Act. Consequently, the Department is treating Dream 
Rooms as part of the PRC-wide entity.

Margins for Separate-Rate Recipients

    For the Separate Rate Recipients subject to this administrative 
review that were not selected as mandatory respondents, we have 
established a weighted-average margin based on an average of the rates 
we calculated for the mandatory respondents, excluding any rates that 
are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on adverse facts available. 
That rate is 124.31 percent. Entities receiving this rate are 
identified by name in the ``Preliminary Results of Review'' section of 
this notice.

Use of Facts Available and Adverse Facts Available

    Section 776(a) of the Act provides that the Department shall apply 
``facts otherwise available'' if (1) necessary information is not on 
the record, or (2) an interested party or any other person (A) 
Withholds information that has been requested, (B) fails to provide 
information within the deadlines established, or in the form and manner 
requested by the Department, subject to subsections (c)(1) and (e) of 
section 782 of the Act, (C) significantly impedes a proceeding, or (D) 
provides information that cannot be verified as provided by section 
782(i) of the Act.
    Where the Department determines that a response to a request for 
information does not comply with the request, section 782(d) of the Act 
provides that the Department will so inform the party submitting the 
response and will, to the extent practicable, provide that party the 
opportunity to remedy or explain the deficiency. If the party fails to 
remedy the deficiency within the applicable time limits and subject to 
section 782(e) of the Act, the Department may disregard all or part of 
the original and subsequent responses, as appropriate.
    Section 782(e) of the Act provides that the Department ``shall not 
decline to consider information that is submitted by an interested 
party and is necessary to the determination but does not meet all 
applicable requirements established by the administering authority'' if 
the information is timely, can be verified, is not so incomplete that 
it cannot be used, and if the interested party acted to the best of its 
ability in providing the information. Where all of these conditions are 
met, the statute requires the Department to use the information 
supplied if it can do so without undue difficulties.
    Section 776(b) of the Act further provides that the Department may 
use an adverse inference in applying the facts otherwise available when 
a party has failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of its 
ability to comply with a request for information. Such an adverse 
inference may include reliance on information derived from the 
petition, the final determination, a previous administrative review, or 
other information placed on the record.
    Section 776(c) of the Act provides that, when the Department relies 
on secondary information rather than on information obtained in the 
course of an investigation or review, it shall, to the extent 
practicable, corroborate that information from independent sources that 
are reasonably at its disposal. Secondary information is defined as 
``{i{time} nformation derived from the petition that gave rise to the 
investigation or review, the final determination concerning the subject 
merchandise, or any previous review under section 751 concerning the 
subject merchandise.'' See Statement of Administrative Action, 
reprinted in H.R. Doc. No. 103-216, at 870 (1994) (``SAA''). 
Corroborate means that the Department will satisfy itself that the 
secondary information to be used has probative value. Id. To 
corroborate secondary information, the Department will, to the extent 
practicable, examine the reliability and relevance of the information 
to be used.

 A. Application of Partial Facts Available for Yihua Timber

    Yihua Timber reported both gross weights (on a finished, packed 
per-product basis) and FOP weights on a per-product basis.\25\ FOP 
weights represent the weight of the inputs that went into making the 
finished, packed product. In furniture production, the FOP weights 
should be higher than the gross weight of the finished product because, 
generally, there is a yield loss associated with WBF production. 
However, in its supplemental questionnaire response, Yihua Timber's 
reported product-specific FOP weights appeared to be insufficient to 
account for its reported product-specific gross weights. Yihua Timber 
provided a subsequent submission, stating that: (1) Its reported gross 
weights are estimates that came from its packing lists; and (2) while 
the gross weights are estimates and may not be accurate, the reported 
FOP input weights are accurate and, thus, there is no need to adjust 
them in the margin calculation. To demonstrate its claim with respect 
to the gross weights, Yihua Timber weighed two products and provided 
revised gross weights for these two products. Yihua Timber concludes 
that although the revised gross weights are still higher than the FOP 
weights, these differences are minor and stem from the application of 
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product standards in deriving its FOP weights. Yihua Timber concludes 
that while for some products the FOP weights will be lower than the 
actual gross weight, for other products, the FOP weights will be 
greater than the actual gross weights and, therefore, we should 
continue to rely on its reported data. Further, Yihua Timber claims 
that while the absolute product-specific gross weights (as originally 
reported) are not accurate, the relative weight differences among 
products are valid, and therefore, the Department should use the 
reported gross weights as the allocation basis for Yihua Timber's 
reported movement expenses. We do not agree with Yihua Timber's 
conclusions with respect to its reported data.
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    With respect to the two products Yihua Timber weighed, as it noted, 
the FOP weights are insufficient to account for the revised gross 
weights reported. However, we do not agree that the differences are 
minor. Moreover, because Yihua Timber weighed only two products, based 
on the record data, we are unable to determine the extent of 
underreported FOP weights or confirm Yihua Timber's contention that the 
reported FOP weights are greater than the actual gross weights for some 
products. Accordingly, we preliminarily determine to base the FOPs for 
all products on facts otherwise available in accordance with section 
776(a) of the Act. Therefore, as facts available, we will increase the 
reported FOP weights for each product by the average of the differences 
between the reported FOP weights and the actual gross weights of the 
two products that Yihua Timber weighed. We are also not preliminarily 
granting the by-product offset because any such offset appears to 
result in FOP weights that are insufficient to produce the merchandise 
under review.
    In addition, with respect to movement charges being valued with 
surrogate values, we are preliminarily applying the movement charges to 
the revised FOP weights discussed above. With regard to movement 
charges being valued based on market economy purchases, because we do 
not have the aggregate movement expense data, we are unable to 
reallocate it over the revised weights. Therefore, we will continue to 
use those expenses as reported for purposes of the preliminary 
determination.
    We intend to issue a post-preliminary results supplemental 
questionnaire to Yihua Timber, to address each of these issues. As 
appropriate, we will consider any additional data and the results of 
verification for purposes of completing the final results of review.

B. Application of Partial Adverse Facts Available for Yihua Timber

    In our original questionnaire, consistent with our standard 
practice, we requested that each respondent report all of its U.S. 
sales to the first unaffiliated U.S. customer. In Yihua Timber's 
initial questionnaire response, some of the sales reported in Yihua 
Timber's U.S. sales database were transactions between one of Yihua 
Timber's affiliated U.S. companies, New Classic Home Furnishings Inc. 
(``New Classic''), and another affiliated U.S. company (i.e., Company 
A).\26\ See Yihua Timber's Section C response, dated October 15, 2008.
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    The Department issued a supplemental section C questionnaire to 
Yihua Timber requesting, among other things, that Yihua Timber ``revise 
{its{time}  U.S. sales database so that it reflects sales * * * to the 
first unaffiliated customer,'' and ``provide complete section C 
responses (including sales reconciliations).* * *'' See the 
Department's December 12, 2008, supplemental questionnaire. In response 
to the Department's supplemental questionnaire, Yihua Timber provided 
incomplete information regarding Company A's downstream sales to 
unaffiliated parties. Specifically, Yihua Timber did not provide 
sufficient evidence (e.g., a sales reconciliation) to support its 
contention that only a portion of the sales reported in Company A's 
financial statements reflected sales of subject merchandise. Thus, 
Yihua Timber has not successfully demonstrated that it appropriately 
excluded the non-reported sales, which represent a significant portion 
of the sales on Company A's financial statements, and thereby failed to 
demonstrate that it had accounted for all of Company A's sales of 
wooden bedroom furniture in that databases.
    Further, Yihua Timber failed to provide certain costs and expenses 
associated with Company A sales that it did report. Consequently, we do 
not have complete and appropriate data on the record to calculate 
accurate dumping margins with respect to Yihua Timber's U.S. sales 
through its affiliate, Company A. Accordingly, we preliminarily 
determine to base the margins for these sales on facts otherwise 
available in accordance with section 776(a) of the Act.
    Because the Department requested information concerning 
unaffiliated sales in both its original and supplemental 
questionnaires, it is clear from the record that Yihua Timber was aware 
of its obligation to submit a complete section C response and sales 
reconciliation for Company A. Further, because Yihua Timber did not 
indicate that it could not provide this information, we find that Yihua 
Timber failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability to 
comply with the Department's requests for information.
    Accordingly, the Department preliminarily determines that, when 
selecting from among the facts otherwise available with respect to 
Yihua Timber's U.S. sales through Company A, an adverse inference is 
warranted pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act. For a discussion of 
the rate we applied as adverse facts available to these sales see the 
section below entitled Selection of the Adverse Facts Available Rate. 
We intend to issue a post-preliminary results supplemental 
questionnaire to Yihua Timber to address this issue. As appropriate, we 
will consider any additional data and the results of verification for 
purposes of completing the final results of review.

C. Application of Total Adverse Facts Available

1. Hamilton
    On April 7, 2008, Hamilton submitted a letter to the Department 
stating that it had no shipments of the subject merchandise to the 
United States. See Letter from Hamilton, dated April 7, 2008. 
Subsequently, the Department conducted independent research to confirm 
Hamilton's response of no shipments by reviewing import information 
obtained from CBP. On January 15, 2009, the Department issued a 
supplemental questionnaire to Hamilton to inquire about a discrepancy 
found between Hamilton's statement of no shipments and the CBP data. 
See the Department's January 15, 2009, supplemental questionnaire to 
Hamilton. On January 22, 2009, Hamilton responded to the Department's 
supplemental questionnaire stating that when it performed its original 
internal data search for shipments of subject merchandise during the 
POR, it inadvertently limited the search to shipments over a certain 
dollar amount and thereby missed any transactions under that dollar 
value. As a result, Hamilton reported that it did not have sales of 
subject merchandise during the POR. In its January 22, 2009 
supplemental response, Hamilton argues that the POR shipments consisted 
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insignificant quantity of subject merchandise with a ``de minimis'' 
value that constituted a sample sale. Hamilton requests that the 
Department apply facts available without an adverse inference and allow 
it to maintain its status as eligible for a separate rate. See 
Hamilton's Supplemental Response, dated January 22, 2009.
    Hamilton, however, did not submit a separate rate certification on 
the record of this review. Thus, the Department is unable to determine 
if Hamilton operates free from PRC government control for purposes of 
this review. It is the Department's practice to require a party to 
submit evidence that it operates independently of the state-controlled 
entity in each segment of a proceeding in which it requests separate 
rate status. See TRBs 2007 and Peer Bearing. Thus, we find that 
Hamilton has not demonstrated its eligibility for separate-rate status 
in this administrative review and is, consequently, part of the PRC-
wide entity. See section 776(a)(2)(D) of the Act.
    Further, based on record evidence, Hamilton, as part of the PRC-
wide entity, did not supply the requested information on its shipments 
of subject merchandise to the United States and, by not doing so, 
withheld necessary information. Because Hamilton, as part of the PRC-
wide entity, limited its examination of its complete database to a 
certain subset, it misreported that it did not have shipments during 
the POR. Additionally, when the Department presented information from 
CBP to Hamilton and allowed it an opportunity to reconcile the 
discrepancy between the CBP information and what it reported, Hamilton 
submitted invoices that did not reflect the quantity or value 
information reflected in the CBP data. Thereby, Hamilton, was unable to 
substantiate its claims with respect to the U.S. import data. 
Therefore, we preliminarily find that the PRC-wide entity, which 
includes Hamilton, withheld requested information and impeded the 
Department's proceeding because it did not accurately report that it 
had shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the 
POR. Accordingly, we have preliminary determined to base the PRC-wide 
entity's margin on facts otherwise available. See section 776(a) of the 
Act. Further, because the PRC-wide entity failed to cooperate by not 
acting to the best of its ability to comply with the Department's 
request for information, we preliminary determine that, when selecting 
from among the facts otherwise available, an adverse inference is 
warranted for the PRC-wide entity pursuant to section 776(b) of the 
Act. For a discussion of the rate we applied as adverse facts available 
to the PRC-wide entity see the section below entitled Selection of the 
Adverse Facts Available Rate.
2. Orient International
    On April 4, 2008, Orient International submitted its separate-rate 
certification. On July 31, 2008, the Department selected Orient 
International as a mandatory respondent in this administrative review. 
See Selection of Respondents Memorandum. On August 21, 2008, the 
Department issued its questionnaire to Orient International. On 
September 12, 2008, Orient International submitted its response to 
Section A of the Department's questionnaire. Although Orient 
International responded to Section A of the questionnaire and submitted 
a separate rate certification, Orient International did not respond to 
Sections C and D of the Department's questionnaire. On September 18, 
2008, Orient International submitted a document stating: (1) It would 
no longer participate in this review; and (2) it is not withdrawing its 
notice of appearance or its separate rate certification, and intends to 
participate in briefing and any hearings held in this review. Further, 
Orient International requested that the Department: (1) Allow it to 
remove certain business proprietary data submitted under administrative 
protective order (``APO''); (2) return or destroy its business 
proprietary versions of its Section A response filed on September 11 
and 12, 2008; and (3) instruct all parties on the APO service list to 
return or destroy all such data as well. See Letter from Orient 
International, dated September 18, 2008.
    Although Orient International's separate rate certification remains 
on the record of this review, because the respondent ceased to 
participate, the Department is unable to verify the accuracy of this 
information, as provided by section 782(i) of the Act. Thus, we find 
that Orient International has not demonstrated its eligibility for 
separate-rate status in this administrative review and is, 
consequently, part of the PRC-wide entity. See Section 776(a)(2)(D) of 
the Act.
    Further, from the record evidence, it is clear that Orient 
International was aware of its obligation to submit its Section C and D 
questionnaire responses and it failed to do so. In addition, Orient 
International has requested that the Department allow it to remove 
certain business proprietary data submitted under APO and return or 
destroy its business proprietary versions of its Section A responses 
filed on September 11 and 12, 2008. See Letter from Orient 
International, dated September 18, 2008. Thus, we preliminarily find 
that Orient International, as part of the PRC-wide entity, withheld 
requested information and significantly impeded the Department's 
proceeding. Accordingly, we preliminarily determine to base the PRC-
wide entity's margin, which includes Orient International, on facts 
otherwise available, pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act. Further, 
because the PRC-wide entity, which includes Orient International, 
determined not to participate in the administrative review, as 
discussed above, we find that the PRC-wide entity failed to cooperate 
by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with the 
Department's request for information. Accordingly, the Department 
preliminarily determines that, when selecting from among the facts 
otherwise available, an adverse inference is warranted for the PRC-wide 
entity, pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act. For a discussion of the 
rate we applied as adverse facts available to the PRC-wide entity see 
the section below entitled Selection of the Adverse Facts Available 
Rate.

Application of Total Adverse Facts Available to the PRC-Wide Entity

    As noted above, the Department has determined that several 
companies are part of the PRC-wide entity; as a result, the PRC-wide 
entity is now under review. Pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act, the 
Department further finds that, as discussed above, the PRC-wide entity 
failed to respond to the Department's questionnaires, withheld required 
information, and/or submitted information that cannot be verified, thus 
significantly impeding the proceeding. Thus, the Department concludes, 
it is appropriate to apply a preliminary dumping margin to the PRC-wide 
entity using the facts otherwise available on the record. Also as 
discussed above, because the PRC-entity failed to cooperate by not 
acting to the best of its ability to comply with the Department's 
requests for information, we find an adverse inference is appropriate, 
pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act, for the PRC-wide entity.

Selection of the Adverse Facts Available Rate

    In deciding which facts to use as AFA, section 776(b) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.308(c)(1) provide that the Department may rely on 
information derived from (1) The petition, (2) a final determination in 
the investigation, (3)

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any previous review or determination, or (4) any information placed on 
the record. In selecting a rate for AFA, the Department selects a rate 
that is sufficiently adverse ``as to effectuate the purpose of the 
facts available rule to induce respondents to provide the Department 
with complete and accurate information in a timely manner.'' See Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Static Random 
Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan, 63 FR 8909, 8932 (February 
23, 1998). Further, it is the Department's practice to select a rate 
that ensures ``that the party does not obtain a more favorable result 
by failing to cooperate than if it had cooperated fully.'' See SAA. See 
also Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Final Results 
and Partial Rescission of the Seventh Administrative Review; Final 
Results of the Eleventh New Shipper Review, 70 FR 69937, 69939 
(November 18, 2005).
    Generally, the Department finds that selecting the highest rate 
from any segment of the proceeding as AFA is appropriate. See, e.g., 
Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China; Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Intent to Rescind in Part, 70 FR 76755, 76761 (December 28, 2005). The 
Court of International Trade (``CIT'') and the Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit (``Federal Circuit'') have affirmed decisions to select 
the highest margin from any prior segment of the proceeding as the AFA 
rate on numerous occasions. See, e.g., Rhone Poulenc, Inc. v. United 
States, 899 F. 2d 1185, 1190 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (affirming the 
Department's presumption that the highest margin was the best 
information of current margins) (``Rhone Poulenc''); NSK Ltd. v. United 
States, 346 F. Supp. 2d 1312, 1335 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2004) (affirming a 
73.55 percent total AFA rate, the highest available dumping margin from 
a different respondent in the investigation); Kompass Food Trading 
International v. United States, 24 CIT 678, 683 (2000) (affirming a 
51.16 percent total AFA rate, the highest available dumping margin from 
a different, fully cooperative respondent); and Shanghai Taoen 
International Trading Co., Ltd. v. United States, 360 F. Supp. 2d 1339, 
1348 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2005) (affirming a 223.01 percent total AFA rate, 
the highest available dumping margin from a different respondent in a 
previous administrative review).
    In choosing the appropriate balance between providing respondents 
with an incentive to respond accurately and imposing a rate that is 
reasonably related to the respondents' prior commercial activity, 
selecting the highest prior margin ``reflects a common sense inference 
that the highest prior margin is the most probative evidence of current 
margins, because, if it were not so, the importer, knowing of the rule, 
would have produced current information showing the margin to be 
less.'' See Rhone Poulenc, 899 F. 2d at 1190.
    As AFA, we have preliminarily assigned to the PRC-wide entity in 
total and to Yihua in part, a rate of 216.01 percent, from the 2004-
2005 new shipper reviews of WBF from the PRC, which is the highest rate 
on the record of all segments of this proceeding. The Department 
preliminarily determines that this information is the most appropriate 
from the available sources to effectuate the purposes of AFA. The 
Department's reliance on the highest calculated rate from the 2004-2005 
new shipper review to determine an AFA rate is subject to the 
requirement to corroborate secondary information. See the Corroboration 
of Secondary Information section below.

Corroboration of Secondary Information

    Section 776(c) of the Act provides that, when the Department relies 
on secondary information rather than on information obtained in the 
course of an investigation or review, it shall, to the extent 
practicable, corroborate that information from independent sources that 
are reasonably at its disposal. Secondary information is defined as 
information derived from the petition that gave rise to the 
investigation or review, the final determination concerning the subject 
merchandise, or any previous review under section 751 concerning the 
subject merchandise. See SAA at 870. Corroborate means that the 
Department will satisfy itself that the secondary information to be 
used has probative value. Id. To corroborate secondary information, the 
Department will, to the extent practicable, examine the reliability and 
relevance of the information to be used. See Tapered Roller Bearings 
and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished from Japan, and Tapered 
Roller Bearings Four Inches or Less in Outside Diameter, and Components 
Thereof, from Japan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Partial Termination of Administrative 
Reviews, 61 FR 57391, 57392 (November 6, 1996) (unchanged in the final 
determination) Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews 
and Termination in Part: Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished and Unfinished from Japan, and Tapered Roller Bearings Four 
Inches or Less in Outside Diameter, and Components Thereof, from Japan, 
62 FR 11825 (March 13, 1997). Independent sources used to corroborate 
such evidence may include, for example, published price lists, official 
import statistics and customs data, and information obtained from 
interested parties during the particular investigation. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: High and 
Ultra-High Voltage Ceramic Station Post Insulators from Japan, 68 FR 
35627 (June 16, 2003) (unchanged in final determination) Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: High and Ultra 
High Voltage Ceramic Station Post Insulators from Japan, 68 FR 62560 
(November 5, 2003); and Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Live Swine From Canada, 70 FR 12181, 12183-84 (March 
11, 2005).
    The AFA rate that the Department is now using was determined in the 
published final results of the previous new shipper review. See Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
the 2004-2005 Semi-Annual New Shipper Reviews, 71 FR 70739, 70741 
(December 6, 2006). In the new shipper review, the Department 
calculated a company-specific rate, which was above the PRC-wide rate 
established in the investigation. Because this new rate is a company-
specific calculated rate concerning subject merchandise, we have 
determined this rate to be reliable.
    With respect to the relevance aspect of corroboration, the 
Department will consider information reasonably at its disposal to 
determine whether a margin continues to have relevance. Where 
circumstances indicate that the selected margin is not appropriate as 
AFA, the Department will disregard the margin and determine an 
appropriate margin. See Fresh Cut Flowers from Mexico: Final Results of 
Antidumping Administrative Review, 61 FR 6812, 6814 (February 22, 1996) 
(where the Department disregarded the highest margin in that case as 
adverse best information available (the predecessor to facts available) 
because the margin was based on another company's uncharacteristic 
business expense resulting in an unusually high margin). Similarly, the 
Department does not apply a margin that has been discredited. See D&L 
Supply Co. v. United States, 113 F. 3d 1220, 1221 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 
(ruling that the Department will not use a margin that has been 
judicially invalidated). To assess the relevancy of the rate used, the 
Department compared the margin

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calculations of the mandatory respondent in the instant administrative 
review with the 216.01 percent calculated rate from the 2004-2005 new 
shipper review. The Department found that the margin of 216.01 percent 
was within the range of the margins calculated on the record of the 
instant administrative review. Because the record of this 
administrative review contains margins within the range of 216.01 
percent, we determine that the rate from the 2004-2005 review continues 
to be relevant for use in this administrative review.
    As the adverse margin is both reliable and relevant, we determine 
that it has probative value. Accordingly, we determine that this rate 
meets the corroboration criterion established in section 776(c) of the 
Act that secondary information have probative value. As a result, the 
Department determines that the margin is corroborated for the purposes 
of this administrative review and may reasonably be applied to the PRC-
wide entity as AFA.
    Because these are preliminary results of review, the Department 
will consider all margins on the record at the time of the final 
results of review for the purpose of determining the most appropriate 
final adverse margin. See Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the 
Russian Federation, 65 FR 1139, 1141 (January 7, 2000).

Export Price

    For Golden Well and Sunshine, the Department based the U.S. price 
on export price (``EP''), in accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, 
because EP is the price at which the subject merchandise is first sold 
(or agreed to be sold) before the date of importation by the producer 
or exporter of the subject merchandise outside of the United States to 
an unaffiliated purchaser in the United States or to an unaffiliated 
purchaser for exportation to the United States, as adjusted under 
section 772(c) of the Act. Additionally, the Department calculated EP 
based on the packed price from the exporter to the first unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
    For Golden Well, we calculated EP based on delivered prices to 
unaffiliated purchaser(s) in the United States. We made deductions from 
the U.S. sales price for a movement expense in accordance with section 
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act. These included foreign inland freight--plant/
warehouse to port of exit, foreign brokerage and handling, U.S. 
brokerage and handling, and U.S. Customs duties. See Memorandum titled 
``Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from 
the People's Republic of China: Analysis of the Preliminary Results 
Margin Calculation for Golden Well (HK) International Ltd. (``Analysis 
Memo Golden Well''), dated January 30, 2009.
    For Sunshine, we calculated EP based on delivered prices to 
unaffiliated purchaser(s) in the United States. We made deductions from 
the U.S. sales price for a movement expense in accordance with section 
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act. These included foreign inland freight--plant/
warehouse to port of exit, and foreign brokerage and handling. We 
deducted these expenses from the gross unit price, in accordance with 
section 772(c) of the Act. For a detailed description of all 
adjustments, see Memorandum titled, ``Antidumping Duty New Shipper 
Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: 
Analysis of the Preliminary Results Margin Calculation for Dongguan 
Sunshine Furniture Co., Ltd.'' (``Analysis Memo Sunshine''), dated 
January 30, 2009.
    At the time of initiation of the new shipper review covering 
Sunshine's sales of subject merchandise, the Department was unable to 
locate Sunshine's entries of subject merchandise in CBP import data. In 
Sunshine's supplemental questionnaire response dated December 22, 2008, 
Sunshine explained that the importer's customs broker entered 
Sunshine's merchandise under an incorrect manufacturer number. The 
importer's customs broker submitted a corrected Entry Summary form 
showing the correct manufacturer number for Sunshine to CBP under a 
cover letter dated December 11, 2007. See Sunshine's December 22, 2008 
Supplemental Questionnaire Response, at pgs. 5-6 and Exhibit SQ2-4.

Constructed Export Price

    In accordance with section 772(b) of the Act, constructed export 
price (``CEP'') is the price at which the subject merchandise is first 
sold (or agreed to be sold) in the United States before or after the 
date of importation by or for the account of the producer or exporter 
of such merchandise or by a seller affiliated with the producer or 
exporter, to a purchaser not affiliated with the producer or exporter, 
as adjusted under sections 772(c) and (d) of the Act. In accordance 
with section 772(b) of the Act, we used CEP for Yihua Timber's sales 
(with the exception of the sales to which we applied adverse facts 
available, as discussed above) because the sales were made by U.S. 
affiliates in the United States.
    We calculated CEP based on delivered prices to unaffiliated 
purchasers in the United States. In accordance with section 772(d)(1) 
of the Act, we made deductions from the starting price for billing 
adjustments, movement expenses, discounts and rebates. We made 
deductions from the U.S. sales price for movement expenses in 
accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act. These included, where 
applicable, foreign inland freight from plant to the port of 
exportation, foreign brokerage and handling, ocean freight, marine 
insurance, U.S. inland freight from port to the warehouse, U.S. freight 
from warehouse to customer, U.S. warehousing, U.S. customs duty, and 
U.S. brokerage and handling. In accordance with section 772(d)(1) of 
the Act, the Department deducted, where applicable, commissions, credit 
expenses, inventory carrying costs, factoring expense, warranty 
expense, and indirect selling expenses from the U.S. price, all of 
which relate to commercial activity in the United States. In addition, 
we deducted CEP profit in accordance with sections 772(d)(3) and 772(f) 
of the Act. In accordance with section 773(a) of the Act, we calculated 
Yihua Timber's credit expenses and inventory carrying costs based on 
the company's short-term interest rate. We deducted these expenses from 
the gross unit price, in accordance with section 772(c) of the Act. For 
a detailed description of all adjustments, see Memorandum titled 
``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from 
the People's Republic of China: Analysis of the Preliminary Results 
Margin Calculation for Guangdong Yiua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.,'' 
(``Yihua Timber Analysis Memo'') dated January 30, 2009.
    We have denied one of Yihua Timber's billing adjustments because 
Yihua Timber has not provided evidence showing that this adjustment 
should be an adjustment to gross unit price. For a complete discussion 
of this issue, see Yihua Timber Analysis Memo. Both Petitioners and 
Yihua Timber commented on the FOP input weights and gross weights 
reported by Yihua Timber which we will examine further after issuance 
of these preliminary results. For these preliminary results, we have 
utilized Yihua Timber's reported gross weight selling expenses, and 
unadjusted FOPs in calculating Yihua Timber's preliminary margin. See 
Yihua Timber Analysis Memo.

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Normal Value

    Section 773(c)(1) of the Act provides that the Department shall 
determine the NV using an FOP methodology if: (1) the merchandise is 
exported from an NME country; and (2) the information does not permit 
the calculation of NV using home-market prices, third-country prices, 
or constructed value under section 773(a) of the Act. When determining 
NV in an NME context, the Department will base NV on FOPs, because the 
presence of government controls on various aspects of these economies 
renders price comparisons and the calculation of production costs 
invalid under our normal methodologies. Under section 772(c)(3) of the 
Act, FOPs include, but are not limited to: (1) Hours of labor required; 
(2) quantities of raw materials employed; (3) amounts of energy and 
other utilities consumed; and (4) representative capital costs. The 
Department used FOPs reported by respondents for materials, energy, 
labor and packing.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1), the Department will 
normally use publicly available information to find an appropriate SV 
to value FOPs, but when a producer sources an input from a market 
economy and pays for it in market economy currency, the Department will 
normally value the factor using the actual price paid for the input. 
See 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1); see also Lasko Metal Products, Inc. v. United 
States, 43 F.3d 1442, 1446 (Fed. Cir. 1994). However, when the 
Department has reason to believe or suspect that such prices may be 
distorted by subsidies, the Department will disregard the market 
economy purchase prices and use SVs to determine the NV. See Tapered 
Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the 
People's Republic of China; Final Results of the 1998-1999 
Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Determination 
Not to Revoke Order in Part, 66 FR 1953 (January 10, 2001) (``TRBs 
1998-1999''), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 1.
    It is the Department's consistent practice that, where the facts 
developed in either U.S. or third-country countervailing duty findings 
include the existence of subsidies that appear to be used generally (in 
particular, broadly available, non-industry specific export subsidies), 
it is reasonable for the Department to find that it has a reason to 
believe or suspect that prices of the inputs from the country granting 
the subsidies may be subsidized. See TRBs 1998-1999 at Comment 1; see 
also Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of 1999-
2000 Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and 
Determination Not To Revoke Order in Part, 66 FR 57420 (November 15, 
2001), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1; 
see also China National Machinery Imp. & Exp. Corp. v. United States, 
293 F. Supp. 2d 1334, 1338-39 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2003).
    In avoiding the use of prices that may be subsidized, the 
Department does not conduct a formal investigation to ensure that such 
prices are not subsidized, but rather relies on information that is 
generally available at the time of its determination. See also SAA at 
590.

Factor Valuations

    In accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, we calculated NV 
based on FOPs reported by respondents for the POR. To calculate NV, the 
Department multiplied the reported per-unit factor quantities by 
publicly available Philippine SVs (except as noted below). In selecting 
the SV, the Department considered the quality, specificity, and 
contemporaneity of the data. As appropriate, the Department adjusted 
input prices by including freight costs to make them delivered prices. 
Specifically, the Department added to Philippine import SVs a surrogate 
freight cost using the shorter of the reported distance from the 
domestic supplier to the factory or the distance from the nearest 
seaport to the factory where appropriate (i.e., where the sales terms 
for the market-economy inputs were not delivered to the factory). This 
adjustment is in accordance with the decision of the Federal Circuit in 
Sigma Corp. v. United States, 117 F.3d 1401 (Fed. Cir. 1997). Due to 
the extensive number of SVs it was necessary to assign in this 
administrative review, we present a discussion of the main factors. For 
a detailed description of all SVs used to value the respondents 
reported FOPs, see Factor Valuation Memorandum.
    Golden Well reported that certain of its reported raw material 
inputs were sourced from a market-economy country and paid for in 
market-economy currencies. Both Sunshine and Yihua Timber did not 
report any raw material inputs sourced from a market-economy country.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1), when a mandatory respondent 
sources inputs from a market-economy supplier in meaningful quantities 
(i.e., not insignificant quantities), we use the actual price paid by 
respondents for those inputs, except when prices may have been 
distorted by findings of dumping by the PRC and/or subsidies. See 19 
CFR 351.408(c)(1); see also Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; 
Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27366 (May 19, 1997). Golden Well reported 
information demonstrating that the quantities of certain raw materials 
purchased from market-economy suppliers are significant. Where we found 
market-economy purchases to be in significant quantities, in accordance 
with our statement of policy as outlined in Antidumping Methodologies: 
Market Economy Inputs, we have used the actual purchases of these 
inputs to value the inputs. See Antidumping Methodologies: Market 
Economy Inputs, Expected Non-Market Economy Wages, Duty Drawback; and 
Request for Comments, 71 FR 61716 (October 19, 2006) (``Antidumping 
Methodologies: Market Economy Inputs''); See also, Analysis Memo Golden 
Well.
    We used import values from the World Trade Atlas[supreg] online 
(``Philippine Import Statistics''), which were published by the 
Philippines National Statistics Office (``Philippines NSO''), which 
were reported in U.S. dollars and are contemporaneous with the POR, 
where market-economy purchases were not made in significant quantities, 
to value the following inputs: processed woods (e.g., particleboard, 
etc.), adhesives and finishing materials (e.g., glue, paints, sealer, 
lacquer, etc.), hardware (e.g., nails, staples, screws, bolts, knobs, 
pulls, drawer slides, hinges, clasps, etc.), other materials (e.g., 
mirrors, glass, leather, cloth, sponge, etc.), and packing materials 
(e.g., cardboard, cartons, plastic film, labels, tape, etc.). See 
Factor Valuation Memorandum. We used import values published by the 
Philippines NSO, which are available upon request from the Philippines 
NSO, which were reported in U.S. dollars, contain import quantities in 
cubic decimeters, and are contemporaneous with the POR to value the 
following inputs: wood inputs (e.g., lumber of various species), wood 
veneer of various species, and processed woods (e.g., plywood, etc.). 
For a complete listing of all the inputs and the valuation for each 
mandatory respondent see Factor Valuation Memorandum.
    Where we could not obtain publicly available information 
contemporaneous with the POR with which to value FOPs, we adjusted the 
SVs using, where appropriate, the Philippines Wholesale Price Index 
(``WPI''), available at the Philippines NSO Web site: http://

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www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/datawpi.html.
    For the purposes of the preliminary results, the Department has 
used http://www.allmeasures.com and other publicly available 
information where interested parties did not submit conversion rates or 
information to calculate conversion rates for specific FOPs.
    For labor, consistent with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(3), we used the PRC 
regression-based wage rate as reported on Import Administration's home 
page, Import Library, Expected Wages of Selected NME Countries, revised 
in May 2008, available at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/wages/index.html. 
Because this regression-based wage rate does not separate the labor 
rates into different skill levels or types of labor, we have applied 
the same wage rate to all skill levels and types of labor reported by 
the respondents. If the NME wage rates are updated by the Department 
prior to issuance of the final determination, we will use the updated 
wage rate in the final determination. See Factor Valuation Memorandum.
    To value electricity, we used data from The Cost of Doing Business 
in Camarines Sur available at the Philippine government's Web site for 
the province: http://www.camarinessur.gov.ph. Because the value for 
electricity was not contemporaneous with the POR, we adjusted the 
values for inflation. See Factor Valuation Memorandum.
    To calculate the value for domestic brokerage and handling, the 
Department used brokerage fees available at the Web site of the 
Republic of the Philippines Tariff Commission, http://www.tariffcommission.gov.ph/cao01-2001.html. We calculated the SV for 
truck freight using Philippine data from two sources: (1) The Cost of 
Doing Business in Camarines Sur, available at the Philippine 
government's Web site for the province: http://www.camarinessur.gov.ph; 
and (2) a news article from the Manila Times titled ``Government Mulls 
Cut in Export Target.'' We also used this truck rate to value inland 
boat freight because no other information was available on the record, 
consistent with Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Romania: 
Notice of Final Results and Final Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 12651 (March 15, 2005), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 14.
    We valued marine insurance using a publicly available price quote 
from RJG Consultants, a marine insurance provider at http://www.rjgconsultants.com/ insurance.html. To calculate the value for 
domestic brokerage and handling, the Department used brokerage fees 
available at the Web site of the Republic of the Philippines Tariff 
Commission, http://www.tariffcommission.gov.ph/cao01-2001.html. See 
Factor Valuation Memorandum.
    To value factory overhead, selling, general, and administrative 
expenses (``SG&A''), and profit, we used the audited financial 
statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, from the 
following producers: Maitland-Smith Cebu, Inc.; Casa Cebuana 
Incorporated; Global Classic Designs, Inc.; Diretso Design Furniture 
Inc.; and Las Palmas Furniture, Inc., all of which are Philippine 
producers of comparable merchandise. From this information, we were 
able to determine factory overhead as a percentage of the total raw 
materials, labor and energy (``ML&E'') costs; SG&A as a percentage of 
ML&E plus overhead (i.e., cost of manufacture); and the profit rate as 
a percentage of the cost of manufacture plus SG&A. For further 
discussion, see Factor Valuation Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period January 1, 2007, through December 
31, 2007: 
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    \27\ Bon Ten, Dream Rooms, Hamilton, Joyce Art, Orient 
International, Sande, and Yida are all part of the PRC-wide entity.

                          Administrative Review
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                                                            Antidumping
                        Exporter                           duty percent
                                                              margin
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Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd. (a.k.a. Yihua           124.31
 Timber Timber Industry Co., Ltd.) *....................
Brother Furniture Manufacture Co., Ltd. *...............          124.31
COE, Ltd. [caret].......................................          124.31
Decca Furniture Limited [caret].........................          124.31
Dongguan Landmark Furniture Products Ltd. [caret].......          124.31
Dongguan Mingsheng Furniture Co., Ltd. *................          124.31
Dongguan Yihaiwei Furniture Limited [caret].............          124.31
Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co., Ltd. aka Fujian Wonder                124.31
 Pacific , Inc. (Dare Group) *..........................
Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co., Ltd. (Dare Group) *......          124.31
Jiangsu Dare Furniture Co., Ltd. (Dare Group) *.........          124.31
Hwang Ho International Holdings Limited [caret].........          124.31
Meikangchi (Nantong) Furniture Company Ltd. [caret].....          124.31
Qingdao Shengchang Wooden Co., Ltd. [caret].............          124.31
Shenzhen Shen Long Hang Industry Co., Ltd. *............          124.31
Transworld (Zhangzhou) Furniture Co., Ltd. [caret]......          124.31
Winny Universal, Ltd., Zhongshan Winny Furniture Ltd.,            124.31
 Winny Overseas, Ltd. [caret]...........................
Xingli Arts & Crafts Factory of Yangchun *..............          124.31
Zhongshan Gainwell Furniture Co., Ltd. *................          124.31
PRC-Wide Entity \27\....................................          216.01
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                           New Shipper Review
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                                                            Antidumping
             Exporter/ producer combination                duty percent
                                                              margin
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Golden Well International (HK), Ltd. [caret]/Producer:               0.0
 Zhangzhou XYM Furniture Product Co., Ltd...............
Dongguan Sunshine Furniture Co., Ltd. */Dongguan                     0.0
 Sunshine Furniture Co., Ltd............................
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 Disclosure

    The Department will disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Comments

    Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments 
no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these 
preliminary results of review.\28\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal 
briefs and rebuttals to written comments, limited to issues raised in 
such briefs or comments, may be filed no later than 35 days after the 
date of publication. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). Further, parties submitting 
written comments are requested to provide the Department with an 
additional copy of those comments on diskette. Any interested party may 
request a hearing within 30 days of publication of these preliminary 
results. See 19 CFR

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351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested, will be held two days after the 
scheduled date for submission of rebuttal briefs. See 19 CFR 
351.310(d).
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    \28\ Because the Department is conducting verification after 
issuance of the preliminary results of review in this case, the 
Department will provide interested parties with an updated briefing 
and hearing schedule once the verification schedule is established.
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    The Department will issue the final results of the administrative 
and new shipper reviews, which will include the results of its analysis 
of issues raised in the briefs, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) unless the 
time limit is extended.

Assessment Rates

    The Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review. For assessment purposes, the 
Department calculated exporter/importer- (or customer-) specific 
assessment rates for merchandise subject to this review. Where 
appropriate, the Department calculated an ad valorem rate for each 
importer (or customer) by dividing the total dumping margins for 
reviewed sales to that party by the total entered values associated 
with those transactions. For duty-assessment rates calculated on this 
basis, the Department will direct CBP to assess the resulting ad 
valorem rate against the entered customs values for the subject 
merchandise. Where appropriate, the Department calculated a per-unit 
rate for each importer (or customer) by dividing the total dumping 
margins for reviewed sales to that party by the total sales quantity 
associated with those transactions. For duty-assessment rates 
calculated on this basis, the Department will direct CBP to assess the 
resulting per-unit rate against the entered quantity of the subject 
merchandise. Where an importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rate 
is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), the Department will 
instruct CBP to assess that importer (or customer's) entries of subject 
merchandise without regard to antidumping duties. The Department 
intends to instruct CBP to liquidate entries containing subject 
merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity at the PRC-wide rate we 
determine in the final results of this review. The Department intends 
to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days 
after publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of these reviews for shipments of 
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
sections 751(a)(1)(C) and (a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For all respondents 
receiving a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that 
established in the final results of these reviews; (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, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide 
rate of 216.01 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 Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    The Department is issuing and publishing these preliminary results 
of administrative review and new shipper reviews in accordance with 
sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b) and 
351.214(h).

    Dated: January 30, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-2675 Filed 2-6-09; 8:45 am]
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